8 week old feeding every 2 hours

[Naurts]

I have an 8 week old son, who is formula fed. He used to eat every 3 hours, but for the last 2 weeks he’s wanting to eat every 2 hours.

I had thought the gap between feed was supposed to get longer, not shorter. When will the feeds spread out again?

I should add that he’s started sleeping through the night, he takes his last feed around 10pm and then doesn’t eat again until 6ish.

TIA

Probably a growth spurt. Just go with it for now nothing stays the same for very long with babies that age. Sadly they don't read the books about what they are supposed to do when.

Is he draining the bottle as well at each feed? If he is it might be worth upping the amount he gets each feed by an ounce or so to see if that helps.

Thanks,

He drains the bottle in the morning for his first feed, then takes less for his feeds through the day, about an ounce less.

It may be that because he’s sleeping through the night, he needs to make up his calories though a shorter amount of time, which means feeding more often.

It’s hard work constantly making up bottles. I feel like one feed rolls into the next!

If he’s Sttn don’t change a thing. I used to make up 4 bottles at a time and store at the back of the fridge.

www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/micro/PIF_Bottle_en.pdf

Mine still feeds two hourly through the night too 🙈 so no advice from me but congratulations on your nights!

Fishstupidity, is your baby 8 weeks too?

Our baby is quite a bruiser (already in 3-6 months clothes due to his length) so maybe he just needs more to sustain him.

Have u tried faster flow bottles? We moved up a size and noticed she was more satisifed and went longer between feeds.

We haven’t tried faster flow bottles yet, as we’ve purposely had to slow him down as he guzzles milk. He has no problem necking 5-6oz in 10/15 mins. I don’t think the flow is the issue.

Naurtz yep also 8 weeks. Although actually very recently she has started doing 3 hours at start of night (4 once or twice!)

She wakes every 1-2 hours after that at the moment but doesn’t even want to feed all the time 🙈 she eats loads in the day but trying to ramp it up in the hope she will get enough to see her through

Good luck with your little fast growing one!

naurts what an amazing eater!! Enjoy that, so much better than a snacker