I posted on here the other day that I was worried my baby wasn’t getting enough from breast feeding so resulted in top up bottles due to how hungry and demanding she is. Unfortunately even when I pump I am still only getting colostrum and not much at all so I just don’t feel comfortable to keep baby on just breast. Yesterday I even put her on each breast, 15 minutes at a time, then did both again and she was still hunting for food! We have decided to just bottle feed going forward because I just don’t think so can produce milk, this happened with my first born as well.
So, last night around 9pm my little girl fed from the breast as mentioned above 4 times, was still hungry and ended up having a 80ml bottle after! If I take the bottle away from her after the recommended 30/40ml she screams and is still so hungry! Her next feed was then at 1:30am this morning and she had no breast but a whole 110ml! If you take it away from her she absolutely screams and she isn’t satisfied and just keeps going. It’s currently 6:30am and she is still asleep, so rather than eating little and often which is what is expected, she is eating every 4-6 hours but larger amounts. Is this normal for a baby that is only 6 days old?! I was expecting to be feeding every 2-3 hours little and often. Just wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this before. I am so worried of over feeding but she just cries and cries and hunts for food until she is satisfied. My first born I remember waking up 3/4 times in the night but this time round is totally different, it’s like she is already 3/4 months old!