Do I have a hungry boy?

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Hi all.
My son is 13wks old and he's a monster. A few weeks ago he weighed in at 6kg!!!
Anyways, he was on 7oz 5x per day for around 2 weeks and he then started to become hungry before the 4 hour mark so this week we upped his feeds to 8oz. He has no problem with this and empties the whole bottle in around 10 minutes.
However, he still can't last the 4hours or longer through the day and I'm wondering what to do? They don't recommend hungry baby and obv I can't wean until 6mnths.
Has anyone had a baby like this and if do what did you find worked?
PS I should say he sleeps from around 8 til 8 the next morning with a dream feed at 11/12pm (again whole 8oz half asleep no problem) so he can last through the night but through the day he's not reaching even 4 hours.

I suggest you do that. People were trying to help.

I disagree, people were not trying to help.
Some gave fab insights. Others just asked questions and implied I don't know what I'm doing.

If he's still hungry feed him more. Should always be some left in the bottles. Also don't worry by what the box of formula says. All babies are different.

rainbowdashflip - you my friend are an arse
I'm not an idiot I know to feed my son when he's hungry hense why he's a monster. He's healthy, I don't need the likes of you to imply that I don't know how to care for my son when I've done a pretty good job so far.
There is no problem as you say I was purely asking if anyone has experienced a baby that has went up feeds and shorter time frames.
I don't know what your problem is but please refrain from passing judgement on my post.
I come on here for some advice and seem to get shit for it.

I'm an arse

Read back your posts. Then read again above how you have acknowledged there is no problem. Now tell me what the fuck you posted for? What were you asking? You say there is no problem and you know how to feed your son. So why the post? What were you actually looking for people to say? You have told both the people that said it was fine and the problem offering alternatives that they are wrong

Nobody was giving you 'shit' more so trying to work out what you think the problem is.

Oh I didn't know that?
So if he doesn't leave any then I should what? Up the feed again?

Others just asked questions and implied I don't know what I'm doing.

Asking questions is people's ways of gathering more information, in order to help

Ask your HV. HTH.

I think you just need to remember that, as babies grow and develop, the routines you’ve established will also need to change. My twins were milk monsters for the first ten weeks and I was panicked, and then suddenly they slowed right down and their feeding patterns became more stable. We were in a good routine and then they went through another growth spurt, so we adapted again and things settled down again. I found that was basically my experience of their first year with regards to sleeping and eating: I’d think I had had it sussed, and then they’d throw me a curveball and I’d have to figure it all out again.

To be fair, I don’t think anyone was being unkind or implying you’re doing a bad job. They just didn’t understand why you were concerned.

I was just under the impression that the more milk they get the less they get hungry.. Maybe that's me just being uneducated or whatever but to me that makes sense.
Anyway he's not 2 minutes in telling me he's hungry or if he's had enough or not enough.
I just wanted to make sure I was feeding him enough even though he's going shorter times between feeds compared to before.
But all is well, a chubby baby is a healthy baby and he's definitely chubby
As long as he's getting enough then I'm OK with that but I'll ask my HV when she phones back

I am very curious about the post saying there should be milk left in bottles?? I've never heard this 😱

There should always be a little bit of milk left in the bottle if they are draining it you need to add another oz

I think the idea is you feed them slowly with lots of breaks for winding, switching sides etc so they don't guzzle the whole thing in one go. It takes a little while for your stomach to tell your brain you are full, so eating quickly means you can take more than you need.

My Ds was on 6oz every 2 hours at his worst point.

Even at night time. It just about killed me

Some babies are just hungrier than others

Yes, thee should always be some milk left in a bottle. If he's draining bottles I'd try feeding more frequently and having a rest in the middle of the feed to wind . If he's going 10 hours or so at night I would expect him to feed frequently during the day. At 13 my dd (bf) never really went much more than 2 hours without a feed.

Try upping him to 11oz and see if he leaves a dribble. Doesn't need to be a whole lot of milk left. Just a small amount. Shows they are full despite almost draining an entire bottle

He sorry just then you know he is definitely full if there is some left in the bottle.

I spoke to my HV and she said that to keep feeding him when hungry (like I currently do) and it could be a growth spurt or the hot weather so to maybe try some water and he might slow down again but for his weight and his age the amount of milk he's having in 24hours is perfect so that's made me feel a bit better
As long as I'm giving him enough and he's not starving I'm okay with that lol!
Thank you guys.

Sounds like a growth spurt to me! My daughter was still bfing at this stage, so was hard to know exactly how much she was having. But honestly she could feed all day long! She's still a hungry girl now at 12 months old. Try not to worry and just follow your instincts. You know if he is genuinely hungry and as you've said you know when to feed him. Once you do start weaning things will settle down. You are lucky though that he is clearly a good sleeper and getting the calories in during the day to sustain him over night. My daughter wanted to feed all night too

Hey op, you will usually get someone implying you are a bad parent. I say imply because tone is hard to guage in text.

You aren't though because you asked for advice. My DD found a pattern of 3 hours between bottles, ff is hard sometimes because you can't get the on demand quite right. But all our ff babies thrived and survived.
What might be useful is to get some ready made formula in if he'll take it. That might be easier than the hunger screams until he either slows down or finds a pattern.

Also, if he drains the bottle, or takes more than the recommendation on the box the only thing you can do is offer more.

Whatever you do don't feed hungry milk unless on advice of doctor/HV cos it lies heavier on their little tummies.