Could ds be hungry?

[kbaby]

Hmm.. not sure if anyone can help with this.

DS is 15 weeks old and up until 12 weeks was feeding at 7pm going to sleep and then waking for feeds at 2am, 5am and 8am. However he is now feeding at 7pm, 11pm, 2am and 4.30/5am. It means an extra night waking. He is bf and doesnt seem to feed for long. My mum has him on a sat night where he has ebm but only manages 3-4ozs each time. I was thinking that maybe he is waking more because he is hungry but then that doesnt explain why he isnt finishing a bottle.

Anyone have any ides why the extr waking and also how many oxs should he be having at this age.

TIA

[hiliry]

my ds was exactly the same. he only seemed to take short feeds and when bottle fed expressed milk he only took 4 onzes.

do you feed both sides. Also i discovered he was extremely windy which i wasnt expecting from a bf baby, and needed winding after a feed.

I think he too was probably hungery. i kept to the rules and waited until 17 weeks old (well 16 weeks and 5 days). i refused to supplament with formula and am still breastfeeding at 12months.

if i had to do it again i would give him solids earlier,but this is only my opinion. ask your doctors advice

this message was supposed to convey reassurance.it doesnt really do that.

You are doing great stick with it, and i hope this helps.

[laundrylover]

kbaby, stop fretting about how many ozs he takes - many bf babies never have a bottle and ignorance is often bliss.

TBH babies often just start feeding more in the night for no apparent reason. DD2 has started this a couple ofmonths ago at 6 months...it's annoying but it won't last forever.

Weaning early will not make a jot of difference IMO - she feeds more now she is on solids!! My advice would be to stop worrying and sit it out a few weeks- are you co sleeping to make the nights easier?

[kbaby]

it just seemed that as a newborn baby he fed less often than he does now! im not planning to wean him until 6 monthish but just trying to get my head around his wakings.
im co sleeping from 4am waking but to be honest i just cant relax and so just doze a bit.

[CantWaitForTheSnow]

dd does this from time to time. I think they just go through 'hungry' stages. On a Saturday night it could be that he's taking the minimum amount to stave off the hunger because its a bottle and not you, so having to wake up more often.

DD often only had a few gulps of the bottle, thinking that she'd get a better option if she held on

[hiliry]

i wasn't going to wean until 6 months either!!!!

[laundrylover]

I know it's bloody knackering isn't it squashed up at the edge of the bed?? I think it's worse when they sleep well at first - DD1 was terrible from the start so 4 night feeds seemed like an improvement! DD2 was a good sleeper from about 6 weeks and has slept 12 hours straight through a few times- surely she will do this again at some point??

I weaned both of mine at 6 months (or a week before ish), one on purees and this time doing baby led weaning and would definately say wait and do the baby led if you can as it's great.