DS is 19 weeks. I've sais elsewhere on here that I had a nightmare feeding him to begin with but that is now better. He currently is breastfed apart from one bottle at night.
He was taking about 6-7 oz in his bottle (SMA gold) which he was having at about 11. He would then sleep till about 6.30 or so, then feed then sleep another couple of hours. We would make 7 or 8, he would usually leave a bit. This seemed pretty normal to me, and I was happy with it except I would prefer he went to bed earlier.
Over the last couple of weeks he has started taking more and more in his bottle. For the last 4 nights he has totally drained a 9 oz bottle and still seems to be looking for more I think. When he has finished the bottle he now is getting very agitated and screaming for about 20 mins or so until he goes to sleep. Before, he would fall asleep while feeding quite calmly.
9 oz seems a heck of a lot for such a little baby (and he is little too - 13 pounds, and just above 2nd centile). His nappy is full to bursting in the morning!
He doesn't seem to be especially feeding more in the day, it doesn't really seem like a growth spurt. He is waking earlier though, now more like 5.
The HV suggested trying him on SMA white for a couple of nights - we did this last night and he woke 3 times in the night which is very unusual for him.
Any ideas?
Are we getting close to needing to add in a bit of food? I don't think I'm going to wait till 26 weeks as he will be going to nursery then and I want to at least start him off a bit before then. But I was hoping to wait another 3 or 4 weeks before startng if possible.