She may need to be fed more often. My DD has always had a bottle every 3-4 hours but at night it was every 2-3 hours.
And you are not a bad mummy. Its all trial and error with babies until you get it right. My DD didnt like s26 gold so changed her to novalac and she has less but its more filling for her and she has really im proved since being on it. She used to be very windy on s26 and we tried her again on it jsut recently as novalac is quite $$ and its still making her windy.
Just go with your instincts if she is hungry give her some more or up her bottles.
I "demand" FF fed my DS and it ended up being a disaster, he just ended up drinking less, more frequently. At about 8-10wks I changed to 4 hrly and we never looked back, I always made sure I was feeding enough so that we had 10 -20mls left over, and just upped it when he consistently drained the bottle.
It took a day or so of stretching his feeds (distracting him) but after that it was awesome.
TBH I dont see how you can overfeed a ff baby anymore than a bf baby, and i think being concerned about obesity a bubs so young (unless there is an obvious problem) is absolutely rediculous.
GL hon.
Livinthedream - is that why they say you can overfeed? God, I'd kill for my DD to be a chubby little thing lol. She came at 34 weeks and is growing well but not even on the charts for weight, length or anything else and is kind of long but thin.
Also, I don't really feel like a horrible mummy, just lots of people have pulled the guilt trip in a big, big way, you know? I felt really horrible about FF at first but I don't now - DD is flourishing and that's all I need to know
firstly theres nothing wrong with FFing.
I would recommend giving her that bit more cos she sounds like she is wanting it.
She will drink til she is full and no more anyway so theres no harm in offering it to her
sounds like you're doing great! I too, felt terrible when i changed to FF when DS was only 3 weeks old. but you do what you have to do!
i found that bub would fall asleep half way through a bottle if i let him, then want the rest an hour or so later. so now im making sure he finishes it by doing everything i can to keep him awake. also, if he does manage to drain a bottle, i make up maybe 30 mls and offer it to him. just to make sure he's full.
you are not a bad mother and just ignore the child nurse! grrr!
she may just need an extra bottle at night. it sounds like she is hungry and just may need that extra top up. the tin says that each child is individual and may need more or less then whats recommended on the tin. try an extra bottle or a bit more in the last bottle and see how she goes.
The thing to remember is that your baby hasn't read the tin and doesn't know how much she's supposed to be having.
If you are hungry, you eat don't you?
If your baby was breastfed and acted like that, you would feed her. Formula feeding is no different, if she's hungry, feed her.
Some babies grow faster than others, so they eat more. Some babies just have a fast metabolism and so need to eat more.
I think you're doing a fabulous job - you've recognised the signs that mean your daughter is hungry, tell you DH to take a hike and feed her and you might find she's much more settled. You could also try waiting a little longer during the day to see if she can cope with a play time before her bottle, but just take it as it comes.
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