Demand feeding-Please help.

[summerfling]

My 15 day old is fed on demand (advice from midwives due to jaundice).

Jaundice is now sorted however he eats 3 ounces over 3 hours, not in 1 go.

As soon as he's finished, he's crying for his next bottle. Please help me!

What does he weigh?

He was born 6lbs

He then was 6lbs 0.5oz

Then 6lbs 5oz

& now 6lbs 10oz

So general guide is they need to drink 2.5 oz per pound of weight. 6.10 x 2.5 = around 16oz. But like I say, this is a guide. My daughter who was 3 weeks early and weighed 6.1 at birth has never drunk what she's "supposed" to. It's always been a lot less but at 4.5 months old she's healthy and is gaining weight. She's also jumped up a percentile which is great (she was born on the 9th). All babies are different and drink different amounts. Let him drink and take him to see the HV if you're worried.