Formula Feeding - how much?

[Mumtobe888]

Hiya,
I have a four week old and I currently give him formula. I was giving him 150ml (5 scoops) of formula but I was finding he was screaming half an hour after his bottle so I’d make him another 90ml and he’d finish that.
is it ok to up his bottle to 180ml (6 scoops).
I guess if he’s not being sick and he’s finishing the bottle I should up it? I’m just thinking it’s almost worse giving him the extra bottle when I should just up the first one!
any advice appreciated x

I had something similar with my DS OP, I went ahead and upped him to 6 scoops and it was much improved. He was 6 weeks old at the time however. I would chat with your health visitor perhaps? There is also Hungry baby formula which I believe keeps them fuller longer but I’ve no experience with it myself.

Have a look at the Contented Little Baby Book by Gina Ford. She gives guidelines for how much to feed by weight of the baby. But rule of thumb is that infants generally will drink until they are full, so if they want more, give them more (and try to up weight the day feeds so they go longer at night)

Mine was a guzzler and think he was finishing off a 200 ml bottle of ready made by that age. The pack is only a guide, they all eat so differently

They should always leave some so if he's finishing a bottle, definitely up how much you are offering.

Don’t use the hungry baby formula. It’s no different to normal formula except the weigh protein in it, plus it causes a lot of babies to become bunged ip

just up his bottle an extra ounce. A pp is right, if they’re leaving milk then they’re full but if they’re emptying the bottle then they need more