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How often should I feed 8 week old?

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Sophiedrop95 · 19/12/2023 18:03

My 8 week old DS is BF with 1 formula feed. He is feeding approx every 4 hours for up to an hour at a time. He has one formula feed a day and will drink 6oz from that easily. I'm seeing a lot of people feeding smaller amounts more often. He doesn't seem hungry in between feeds but would this be better for him as he's quite gassy and struggling with reflux?

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Ladyj84 · 19/12/2023 18:06

To be fair some babies no matter how little much they drink it makes no difference to reflux. My sister in law tried both made no difference to her 2 they both suffered with it till a big older. My 4 I fed as much as they wanted to take and luckily had all happy babies as nothing worse than whingy hungry one. Our last 2 I had to give up bf after 2 days as twins wanted to much

Superscientist · 19/12/2023 18:10

My daughter fed every 90 minutes but a feed was between 5s and 5 minutes. She had awful reflux and couldn't manage more than a few sips at a time. She often only fed for 2 minutes total during the day and 20-30 minutes during the night

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