Peta - Congrats on Kaylee being 4 weeks old....time sure does fly when bubs are finally here, I can't believe Maddison is 3 weeks old feels like she has been with us for forever and can't imagine life without her......Anyway..............When I make up the formula I use two large size bottles (240ml) and have them in the fridge ready and when it's time for a feed I pour 100ml into a small bottle and then add the 10mls. With the cooled boiled water (30-50mls - warmed to same temp as formula) the nurse said to give it to her if I felt she was asking for a feed too early - say only 2 hours since her last feed. Like Kaylee, Maddison feeds every 3-4 hours - during the day she mostly gets hungry around the 3 hour mark and through the night she goes 4 hourly. I've gave her the water twice at night time around 10.30 when she wouldn't settle but I knew she couldn't be hungry. Maddison loves the water she takes it well and then she does these massive watery burps and falls asleep. Both those nights she slept past the 4th hour to 5 hours. Like you and Kaylee with the night time, Maddison takes a long time to drink her bottle esp cos we have to frequently stop for burping, so if we wake at 3.30am it is often 5.00am before she is soundly back to sleep and I'm back to sleep - it is exhausting.

If you don't mind me asking what formula are you using???? We are using S26 Gold which we started at the hospital, however the nurse told me that frequently the extra omegas etc in the Gold variation formulas actually cause more constipation cos the extra minerals aren't absorbed in the tract and actually there is no scientific benefit with these formulas over the normal ones. The nurse suggested using just the plain S26 formula as an alternative.

I don't know what your Kaylee's poos are like but Maddison grunts really loudly, goes bright red and you can tell it is a real effort, she has screamed a couple of times as well. the poo itself is like a hard marble and looks very dry. And they would often come in intervals over an hour or so. Since introducing the water today we have noticed her poos are moister, softer, easier for her to do and more like a patty - squashable. Sorry for the long essay - it is hard to explain everything without the ease and speed of speech. Hope the info helps you and Kaylee and you get some decent nightime sleep.