Next stage baby milk

snapping_crocodile

SuzyWuzy wrote: »

Hi,

I wouldn't put him on the hungrier baby formula as he'll have no where else to go.

Don't worry about the amount he's having it's fine, the packet is just a guideline. You can "fill him up" a little by spreading the feeds out by giving him a little cool boiled water.

My daughter is 11 weeks (tomorrow) and is having 6oz 6/7 times a day. She does sleep through the night though and has done since 6 weeks old. During the day she can be 2 hours between feeds.

Personally Id see how I'd go on with him before putting him on it. I think he'll settle soon and start sleeping during the night anyway.

Good luck HTH

EDIT : Just to add , I know that you probably already have him in a bedtime routine but if he drinks all of the bottle then increase his bedtime one to 7oz, he'll only drink until he's full anyway. That way it'll encourage him to sleep longer and may help him to sleep throughout the night.

I agree with this. The first stage have all the nutrients and everything else they need until they are weaned. Try and increase his pre bed feed and see if that fills him up for a bit longer

JBD

All my 3 babies were fed on Hungry baby formula [cow and gate] with no ill effects at all. They did settle much better as well. Surely formula milk is very strictly tested and wouldn't be sold if it was harmful in any way?

amandada

I'd have killed to have fed my ds every 3 hours! I had to brest feed him every 2 hours and sometimes hourly when he was on a growth spurt!!!

To the OP, I know it's knackering, I've been there twice, but try to go with it for another few weeks, it really should get easier. I don't know your family circumstances etc, as it's not easy to do this if you have other children, but if you can, it really is A Good Thing to sleep when baby sleeps.
I understand where you're coming from with what you say about young health visitors, but I had a really dire one 1st time round and she had plenty of years under her belt!


OOPS! Sorry I've just seen that you do have a older children! Do you have a partner who can do feeds even for 1 night a week to let you catch up?

Barneysmom

Hi, I was wondering how big your baby was when he was born?
My sosn was 9lb 13 oz when he was born and I could only manage to breastfeed him for about 3 weeks, it just wasn't enough for him.
I ended up putting a quarter of a rusk in his milk by the time he was 6 weeks old. He was big though.
This was a long time ago, he's slim, mountain-climbing, 6-foot 29 year old now.
there was no such thing as stage 2/hungry baby milk then, and don't forget a lot of third world countries don't have it either.
Go with your instincts, if you think your bab will benefit from it....

Greener_Grass

I would say do what works for you and your family. Every baby is different and as a mother you will have a good idea whats best for your son

Would increasing the size of the bottle help at all? Or is 5oz fill his little tummy up?

Good luck, I hope you get something that works for you. My son fed constantly too although i was breastfeeding so couldn't move him on, I'm sure you feel like a zombie just now but before you know it he will be going longer between feeds and you'll be getting much more sleep

xmaslolly76

Thank you ladies

Bubs was 8lb 11oz when he was born and is 13lbs 5oz now i have two other children so the sleeping when he does is not really an option although i do manage to catch one knap each day when the other two are at school. My other half helps when he is here but unfortunately he works away 7 nights out of 9. I have tried increasing his intake i always make his feeds at least one oz bigger than he is curently taking but he will only ever take the 5oz at the moment he did take 7oz once (when i used a premade carton) but was sick so it was obviously to much liquid for his little tummy in one go. I have tried giving water he drinks about an oz then wont drink anymore and demands his milk 1/2hr later. I have also tried to wake him at about 11pm to give him a top up feed to see if that helps him sleep through but if he isnt hungry at the time he just wont take it. He does have a dummy which he likes but if he is hungry it just wont do i'm afraid and he screams for his feed. I have felt like doing the controlled crying thing at night but i feel he is too young yet and i have the other children to consider when he is screaming his head off. i have also tried keeping him awake during the day but that just leaves me exhausted and he still wakes up during the night. He has fed like this since he was born apart from the first two nights as he was knackered after the birth. My other two were very hungry babies as i said before they were on hungry milk very quickly and were also weaned early at roughly 12 weeks but as i also said they were very miserable with the hunger and were taking so much milk they were making themselves sick they were 100% better after, hence my dilema now bubs is very happy as long as he gets his 5oz every 3 hrs its just me thats miserable lol.

I have heard some people say they have mixed fed ie hungry baby milk at night normal during the day but surely that cant be good for babies digestion. Which is why i dont really want to go with jenhugs suggestion unless i know its safe last thing i want to do is upset his little tummy.

Mummyboo

My 2 boys where large when born 8lb 14 oz and 10lb 8oz, and constantly seemed to be feeding I put them both on hungrier baby milk Cow & Gate and it really helped (apart from the odd growth spurt). You know what's best for your child so give it a whirl and follow your instinct xxx good luck with a bit of extra rest x

Mme.Hibou

I don't think the weight of the baby at birth has much to do with anything, my DS was 11.8lb at birth, I breastfed him exclusively (like another poster has said either every 2 hours or every hour during a growth spurt, he'd also cluster feed from about 5-7pm and slept through the night from 3 weeks until 6 months)

Once he was six months he was on 3 meals a day, breastfed 4 times during the day, topped up with a bottle before bed and then fed 2-3 times during the night, he's almost 8 months and I'm absolutely shattered.

candygirl

My Daughter's health visitor recommended hungrier baby milk, as Layla just wouldn't settle on normal SMA.It does what is says on the tin ie satisfies hungrier babies;)She is 7 months now and on solids as well, and is a really happy settled baby, apart from the teething:eek::eek::rotfl::rotfl:ps she was 7lb 2oz at birth so I don't think weight makes much difference:)

amandada

Given what you've said, you have older children, your partner working away, you have to go with your instincts-if you think your baby needs more (and I don't mean in volume) then I think you need to go with your instinct.
I wasn't instinctive with my 1st baby-but I was with no2, and maybe it was coincidence, but he was a much more settled baby.
Good luck x