My ds is 6 weeks old. He was EBF for 5 weeks, and for several reasons he is now FF. (Doctor advice, bad now I know about reflux as well as other issues).
Anyway I feed him on demand (I figure I eat on demand, why should he stick to a timetable!)and he had started to spread feeds out to between 3 and 4 hours, eating anything from 3-5 oz. At night he will go 4-5 hours (although not often!!)
Today he has not gone more than 2 hours between feeds. I have tried winding him, offering cooled boiled water (on advice of HV) when he starts making hunger signals after an hour half/2 hours. But then I feed him, and he gulps down 5oz! The contented noises he makes make me think he is hungry.
Anyway, I know it is ok to feed a BF baby on demand, but now I am FF have little or no help in RL (seeing as I have "given up" to quote HV) Is it ok to feed him this much, am I over-feeding him? Could it be growth spurt?
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Worried about overfeeding FF baby- I am feeding on demand, but he is eating loads!
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roslily · 20/10/2009 18:29
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