Wow... thanks for your comments Barb!

I wasn't really looking for advice... but your comments are REALLY helpful!

The nurses were a bit concerned as DD didn't regain her birth weight until her 3rd week... and they were all aware of the feeding problems I had with DS - which had been 18 months prior.
I was surprised how keen the hospital were to give her formula (after the first baby)... but they said I couldn't go home from the hospital if she wasn't within the 10% range again. I stayed in hospital 4 nights - so I wasn't really keen on staying any longer.


I try not to give DD comp feeds if I can help it... but sometimes she is booby feeding for 1-2 hours - and then she seems really hungry after that. I give her between 60-100mls of top up formula which sends her off to sleep. I don't have to top-up after every feed... probably every 2nd feed. There are occassional times when she doesn't get a booby feed - and she gets around 120mls of formula then.

She sleeps for LONG periods... anything up to 6-7 hours. Which makes "regular" feeds difficult. At first maternal nurses were saying to wake her every 3-4 hours to feed. But in her early weeks - she wouldn't wake up at all. We would have her naked, running cold water on her legs... and she would sleep through! But she had no jaundice/yellow at all.... and when she was awake - she was very alert. Because my DS had such horrid sleeping problems (and still does)... my regular MCHN said that as DS is gaining weight, alert, wees & poos, and no yellow - then it was fine to let her sleep - and feed her for longer periods.

She wee's & poos a lot! (runny, mustard poos)

90% of the time DS has both breasts during a feed. Having said that... I just fed her, and she sucked for 15 minutes on one boob and fell asleep. But most of the time it's both.

I actually wrote a post once about "when did mums give their babies dummies..."
I have resisted giving her a dummy as she never cries, and has no trouble going to sleep.
But I thought I would offer her one a couple of nights ago. And she just kept spitting it out. She had no interest in it at all.
She actually resists the bottle teats too... until she works out that there is milk coming out of it. But she latches on really well to the boob. Sometimes she is restless and moves her head from side to side, getting frustrated.