I'll try to make it short as I have a tendency to waffle on!
Quick background, was induced at 37+3 because IUGR was suspected, baby was born at 5lb 9oz. He was between the 9th-11th centile at birth.
First week we really struggled to get him to eat, and he dropped to 5lb 3oz. I know that's a normal amount of loss.
Since then he has been putting on weight, and eating well.
I've queried quite a few times that he is more hungry than my first. He's more hungry than any baby I've ever known.
At his jaundice check at 7 weeks old, I fed him one 5oz bottle, then half an hour later he was screaming the hospital down to get another bottle. He had 4oz in the waiting room, and continued to scream through the appointment because he wanted food.
The paediatrician said he's a very, very demanding little boy, but not to worry.
I've spoken with my health visitor, who said at 10 weeks, when he was weighed at 15lb 3oz and on the 50th- 75% percentile to just continue feeding him when he's hungry.
He regularly drinks between 40-50 oz of milk per day. I very rarely get through an hour without him wanting to be fed
We're at the point, where we get through 2 SMA tubs of hungry milk each week. He puts on 1lb per week, and he never seems satiated.
I took him swimming today, I knew to feed him before I got him changed for swimming. 5oz gone, during swimming he's crying and doing all of his hunger queues.
I did a quick calculation of his milk, by 1pm today he had 2 x 9 oz bottles and 2 x 5 oz bottles from when we woke at 5:30.
Since we got in, another 9 oz and 5 oz bottle down.
- I make that 42oz and we will need another 3-4 bottles + before tomorrow.
Please someone tell me that he will grow out of this?
I'm so concerned that he may want proper food like he wants milk when he's a bit older.