Hi, I'm looking for advice/reassurance really.
DS is 20 weeks today (was 7 weeks prem so 13wks corrected). He was 3lb 9oz when born and at his last weigh in (last Monday) he was 11lb 5oz. He is ff and has been since birth (tried and tried to bf but for various reasons it didn't happen).
ANYWAY, this is my problem/issue. DS has kind of got himself into a routine in the day where he has his first bottle at 7am and then feeds roughly every 3-4 hours. This is all down to him as we feed him when he wants. The thing is he barely takes 5oz at any feed, sometimes only wants 4. He has a bottle at 7/7.30pm and then goes to bed. He has started to go through the night now from about 10.45/11pm so has completely dropped one feed. The 11pm ish feed is a sleepy/dreamfeed and for the last few nights he has only taken 1 or 2ozs at the most.
I'm worried that he isn't having enough. Surely for a baby weighing over 11lb he should have more than 1 ounce between 7.30pm and when he wakes up?
As he was prem I've been advised to start weaning at 6 months. I can't see it working at all because he's not interested in his bottles, let alone anything else!!
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The bigger he gets, the less milk he seems to want - this can't be right!!
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Jack2601 · 15/06/2009 11:06
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