Hello all,
I’d like to get the view on my newborns feeding habits from the community here.
My newborn DS is 21 days old. In the past few days his appetite has been impossible to satisfy.
We combi feed and he’s largely on the breast during the day and formula for night feeds. Up until recently bottle feeds have satisfied him and he’s been drowsy and near asleep towards the end of the feed and therefore easy to put down for a nap. On the breast it’s slightly different, he required more time to feed and feeds more often which as I understand was completely normal for BF.
Recently his appetite has increased and constantly needs to be on the breast and his bottle feeds are no longer satisfying him.
We’ve had to give him top up feeds meaning in some cases he’s had 90mls/ 3flz in the space of an hour which according to the feeding guidance is too much his weight. But he takes it and keeps it down. And we often have to tip him up with breast afterwards to soothe him otherwise he will not rest/settle.
The problem is, he’s still hungry after this and does not settle like he does after a satisfying feed. And recently if he’s awake and not feeding, he’s crying which is becoming quite stressful. We deffo think he has a touch of colic, but the hunger thing has us puzzled.
Is this too much milk for his age and weight? He’s 7.9lbs.
Any ideas as to why his hungry is so hard to satisfy?