should i be switching to hungry baby formula?

[confuzed90]

So my DS2 is 15 days old, and is currently eating all of 4ounce, and is showing his hungry signs after 2 hours, and by 3 hours he screams the place down. He used to seem settled after his feeds, now I'm struggling to get him to sleep afterwards. He has just had his bedtime feed, 4 ounce-demolished...cried for more and has had another 1ounce. Wanted more but he'll end up being sick. Now I can't settle him for bed.

DS1 was the same, thus making me unable to bf with DS1, DS2 this problem plus other problems. Anyway, DS1 had to go onto hungry baby milk as he to was also a pig.

Do you think that he needs to go onto HBM?surely 4-5 ounce every 2-3 hours at 2 week old is a lot??

Does he have a dummy? If he wants to feed but takes so much milk he is sick then it sounds like he needs to suckle.

Hungry baby milk is hard to digest so probably isn't a good idea for a newborn. I'd try to meet his sucking needs without a bottle first.

confuzed, this is prob a question to share with your HV. 2 -hourly feeding is not a bit unusual for a baby of 15 days old - sucking and feeding and being held close are very important to new babies and he might be a baby who settles better and enjoys life more if he is fed 'little and often'. Your HV can help you decide on quantities, and whether the quantities would be too much.

If a baby isn't being breastfed, then the usual guidance is to stick to regular infant formula when the baby is young - hungry baby milk is milk that has not been 'modified' as much (basically the protein in it is closer to cows milk) and is therefore harder on the baby's digestive system (takes longer to break down, which is why it is marketed as 'hungry baby' milk. Calorie content of it is virtually identical).

Hope you get a good chance to talk this through so everyone's happier.

No, stay with the normal stuff. The calorie content of hungry baby milk is the same as the stage 1 stuff, its just harder to digest.

The amount he's having sounds ok to me... DS had 3oz every 2 hours for ages..

Agree with the dummy suggestion

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Ok thankyou will be sticking to normal stage 1 formula,

Yes he has a dummy, when he's hungry he has a few sucks and spits it out and pulls a face, like he's saying ppfffttt no milk out of THAT! Lol. So I can certainly tell when he's hungry or just need a comfort suck, he's not a major dummy fan. He is a very cuddly baby though.

He isn't sick after his feeds, even last night when he took 5 ounce, I'm just scared that he will be if he has much more than that.when he does eat, you can hear him gulping the milk down as quick as possible! He really is a little piggy lol.

IIRC (and it's a while ago, so memory may be hazy) DS doubled his feeds at about 4-5 weeks. He was on 2-3oz every 2 hours until that point, and then he doubled to 4-5 oz every 2-3 hours. Sounds normal normal normal.

If he's not actually been sick then I wouldn't worry, just follow his cues and feed as demanded needed :)

Have you tried paced bottle feeding? He might be eating too fast for him to recognise he's full hence the guzzling then screaming for more?

Good handout on how to do paced bottle feeding here.