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Feeding time - is all of this normal?

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gamer33 · 25/07/2020 13:00

I have a 2 week old who's FF. She sometimes goes over 4 hours without wanting a feed (I end up waking her) and then only has 1-2oz and then sometimes she's hungry after an hour and a half after she's had 4oz. She also falls asleep mid feed sometimes, again only drinking about 1oz, sometimes less. I'm getting lots of wet nappies but have only had 1 dirty nappy in 2 days. I'm not sure if all of this is normal. Our final midwife appointment was Wednesday and she was over her birth weight.

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LouiseTrees · 25/07/2020 13:04

Yep all normal but if she goes over 48 hours without a dirty nappy contact HV again.

gamer33 · 25/07/2020 13:10

The midwife on Wednesday said no dirty nappies for up to 5-7 days was fine.

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SandieCheeks · 25/07/2020 13:12

That’s normal for breastfed babies but not sure about formula fed - I thought they should be pooing every day.

Random feeding on demand is totally normal though.

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Harrysmummy246 · 25/07/2020 16:45

Not having a dirty nappy on a day is always a concern under 6 weeks regardless of feeding method

LouiseTrees · 25/07/2020 17:59

@gamer33

The midwife on Wednesday said no dirty nappies for up to 5-7 days was fine.
Yeh I think she’s wrong. One of my friends babies was FF at was admitted to hospital after 4 days with no dirty nappies. My health visitor always said phone her if gone a full 48 hours.
gamer33 · 25/07/2020 20:20

Baby gave me an explosive dirty nappy this afternoon so all good.

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