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Purplstar · 15/10/2022 21:33

My newborn is 1 day old, is it normal for her to have different intakes at each feed, first feed she drank 30ml then 25ml then 20ml and now she is just sleeping and never went over 10ml, any tips or advice? Am I just being paranoid

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Pizzaandsushi · 16/10/2022 05:51

Yes it’s very normal. Think about yourself. Sometimes you’re super thirsty and can drink loads and other times you just want a little to refresh. Babies are exactly the same.
Same thing with timings. You don’t always want a drink every certain amount of hours on the dot so don’t expect her to.
Just feed her when she gives the signals she’s hungry and let her dictate how much she wants or at least offer a bottle at a scheduled timing (I know with bottle feeding it’s almost a necessity to work to a schedule so not to waste milk and be constantly making bottles) and if she drinks it all then great and if she doesn’t then that’s probably all she wanted for that time.
If you’re finding at night however she’s drinking only a little and then falling asleep only to wake again very shortly afterwards hungry again, try gently blowing air on her head to help wake her up during a feed and see if she carries on drinking. At such a young age it’s very easy for them to fall back asleep at night after getting rid of the initial hunger and not realise they want a bit more.
As long as she’s having wet and dirty nappies and gaining weight and happy during feeding times, try not to worry.

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