23 week old...is he drinking enough milk?

[mistletoekisses]

DS2 is 23 weeks. I have just weaned him from the breast onto the bottle - as he started to lose interest in feeding from me. I thought the bottle would mean feeding was easier, but I am really worried about how little milk he is drinking. On most days he has 5 bottles (maybe 6), but each time it is a struggle to get more than 4 ozs into him. So he is getting 20-24oz into him on an average day.

He is a very contented baby during the day, doing all the things a baby his age should do - rolling over/ very alert etc.

However during the night, he has started waking every 2 hours, wont take milk, just needs help resettling. I started some solids thinking that would help - but am now not sure if I should stop them and concentrate on milk feeds alone until 6 months.

Please help!

It's normal for babies of that age to lose interest in feeding as they become more aware of/fascinated by the world around them.

Re: solids / waking - it's a myth that waking in the night indicates readiness for solids. After about 4mo there's normally a period of sleep regression where even babies who previously slept through start waking.

I have no idea how much a bottlefed baby 'should' take, but am assuming that as with breastfed babes that as long as there's plenty of wet/dirty nappies, continued weight gain, etc then all is well? Sure someone more experienced will be along shortly to correct me ;)