Hi, i'm just looking for some advice re. feeding my son with his CMPI.
He's currently 3 weeks old and after a difficult first 2 weeks unable to keep anything down/gain weight he was diagnosed with CMPI and put on Aptamil Pepti 1 formula. Within 24hrs he was a completely different baby, no more vomiting/diarrhea and was back above his birth weight and has continued to gain and be happy since.
I'm finding, however, that with this new formula he is ALWAYS hungry. As per the guidelines on the tin he's currently having 4oz per feed and seems relatively satisfied after he finishes the whole bottle and falls asleep. He's waking like clock work every 2 hours on the dot though wanting more milk and acting like he's starving. At this rate he's having 12 x 4oz feeds a day (as opposed to the recommended six on the tin) which works out to be 48oz a day and i'm worried i'm overfeeding him as a result 😬
Does anyone have any experience with Apatamil Pepti 1 (or any other CMPI formula which are all quite thin) and have any tips or advice? I've read a few posts where people have added thickeners such as carabel - has anyone tried this and found it worked?
Any advice is appreciated at this point! :)