Bottle quantity question : weight vs. hunger

[milka]

Both of my children were bottle fed from day 1 and once they were 2 weeks old I followed what the formula tin recommended. So while I can't remember the amount maybe see if you are on track with the tin amounts? I was using nan pro gold

[nickle730]

I always fed my babies however much they wanted! I figured if they drank the bottle dry, I needed to make the next one a scoop bigger! I always liked to see a bit of formula left in the bottle so I knew that they were satisfied. I never paid much attention to the tin, I just paid attention to what my baby was telling me!

I would be inclined to feed your bub's as much as they are telling you they need and ignore the tin... and the MCN! My DD1 was a happy chucker and I found stopping halfway through the feed for a burp helped her to keep the feed down. None of my babies ever had a weight issue and I reckon I would have been pretty unhappy if someone suggested restricting their feeds!

[Trillian]

Pfft! to your MCHN. If they are hungry, feed them! Babies don't read the cans, so they don't know what they are *supposed* to have. For their age, 80-120mls would not be enough and you'd have starving unhappy babies on your hands for sure. If what you have been doing is working for you, then keep doing it. It sounds like your babies are gorgeous happy little things who are doing just fine the way they are. They are probably just spewy babies and maybe they have a little reflux, but even though they were born early it doesn't mean that they should be fed less, or that they are spewy they should be fed less. Geeze, my last baby was having 120mls at 5 days old! If you think the spewing is a problem, try keeping them upright after a feed and see if that makes a difference.