Share your babies feeding pattern with me (maybe one more for the ff mums)

[strawberrycake]

I have a 9 week old and he's a snacker, all day he snacks rather than feeds. However I know he can take a big feed as he wolfs down around 150ml in the middle of the night. The max for a daytime feed is 90ml though, occassionally as little as 40ml (mid-morning). It's not a hunger thing as even his 7 o'clock feed he eats about 80ml, then again at 9.30. He's a good sleeper, sleeps 7.30-3am, eats about 150ml+ (in minutes!), then sleeps to about 7.

A day could look like this (roughly)

(night 140-180ml total)

7am- 90ml
9.30am-40ml
11-70ml
1pm-80ml
2.30-60ml
4pm-90ml
6pm-70ml
7.30-100ml

It totals to a good amount for a 9 week old 11 odd pounder. He's definatley grizzingly for food, nothing els will sate him and after his snack he's content. HE is also definately done after as little as 40ml, pokes his tongue and and cries if you push it (obviously I don't!). HV is on about 150ml feeds now, he doesn't eat much more than as a newborn, just more often. MY husband one day tried to stretch his feeds but this just resulted in him undereating as he still stuck to 90ml after 3-4 hours.

So ignore HV? As a footnote he has been unwell, possibly allergic to cows milk formula (I couldn't bf, severe reflux and other issues) so now on soya, seems to be happy.

Anyone elses dc do this/ did this? He'd starve on GF routines!

Dd1 used to have anything up to 100 ml per feed, every 1 1/2 - 2 hours, pretty much until she was weaned, but did the same as your ds in the middle of the night - she would guzzle a 6oz bottle practically in her sleep.

She was very colicky and really seemed to be happy only when she was having little and often.

When she was weaned she started taking more milk at more spaced intervals.

DS is 5 weeks and just eats and eats.

He is eating 180-200 mls 5 times a day (including one overnight) at roughly 4 hour intervals and then snacks on breast milk in between those times. I have no idea how much he gets from me, but he stays on the breast about 15 mins or so each side.

He is 11 pounds already. 8 pounds at birth.

anyabanya-the weights are exactly the same for my ds at birth/ 5 weeks. He was eating about 2-3oz every 3-4 though! I'm hoping he's just efficient with his food!

That is a relief strawberrycake!

We were at a baby massage group today and he looks just enornmous compared with the other babies! I keep thinking there might be something wrong as he is just eating and growing, he looks almost like a little boy rather than a baby!

Watching with interest.

My6wk old never eats more than 90ml and cries for food every 2 hours during the day, but will go 4hrs at night.

My dd2 could have snacked all day and night(bit like her Mum!!!) thought it was strange but think that was just her way, she was 8lb8 much bigger than dd1. She settled down after weaning as well. Bit of a pain with making up bottles, I also remember fibbing to HV!! She is now a beautiful, healthy if a bit loud almost 3 year old, the almost is important apparently!!. Good luck and congratulations.

He is BF & 3 months old. Feeds roughly 3 hourly - 7am, 10pm 1pm 4pm 6.30pm and extra feed before I got to bed. Today was a feed less as he fed at 4am so we had a later start at 8am.

So 4am, 8am, 11am, 3pm 6pm and about to feed him now.