Hi all, I’m new here! I’m not up to date with abbreviations just yet so can I ask if you use them, just put what they mean such as lo and ff etc!
I have an almost 6 week old who has developed snacking. I’m completely aware that this is doing her absolutely no harm but my concern is that she’s not taking as much formula as she probably should at each feed. She’ll have perhaps a 2oz and won’t have anymore, sometimes it’s 3oz. Times can be every hour up to 3 during the day, and even goes up to 4-5 hours during the night. I would expect her to be on 3-4oz per feed and going 3-4 hours between but she won’t no matter what I try to spread the time between feeds to.
she also guzzles her milk, especially when she’s really ratty. She’ll make out she’s starving but then only take 2/3oz at most. The calmer she is, the calmer she feeds. She will do this thing where she squirts milk out from the bottom of her mouth too which I interpret as she’s had enough, but then, I take the bottle away and she creates like she still wants it! I’m so confused and stressed about it all. Has anyone had this experience? Any tips? I will literally try anything!! Sorry for the long post and thank you if you’ve taken the time to read!