VERY hungry 4 week old - formula feeding - advice please

[wilkie50]

My 4 week old is a hungry little man. He has been taking 4oz bottles every three hours for the past five days or so and really downing every feed and then looking for more.

HV suggested I try him on a 5oz bottle at the beginning and end of the day which I did but he loved his 5oz bottles so much that he wants them at every feed which I have started doing but he STILL only just manages to go 4 hours between feeds (including nights) before he is screaming for more again!

I am using SMA Gold (if LTH about - I know you said you didn't rate it but I persevered as HV suggested I not swap brands). Could it be I need to use hungry baby milk OR a different brand? I just realy don't want to over feed him!!

I just don't see how he id ever going to sleep through (I'm not expecting him to just yet but was hoping so in the next few weeks as he does feed well) as he is never satisfied! Seriously debating giving him sausage and chips with his bottle

Ay advice greatly appreciated.

Wilkie, the HV I had when Ds1 was a baby said a rough guide for formula feeding is 2.5 oz of milk per pound of body weight.

Ds1 is almost 8 now so it could all be crap but it does work out about right for DS4.

You can't over feed a baby - my hungry son keeps going until he is over flowing, whereas his twin sister would happily never feed! Anyway he was definately on 5 -6 oz at 4 weeks. He is now 4 months and will sometimes down 12 oz in a feed! Although more usually about 8oz. I always do extra, and he decides. He has slept from 7-7 from 12 weeks, and is on the 50th centile on the weight charts, so the massive appetite hasn't done him any harm! PS Every one I speak to says don't use the hungry baby formula - just give more milk each feed.