Milk consumption!

[nikki_craig]

Haya all,

This is my 3rd child so I'm not a newbie to feeding but I haven't experienced this with my other children and just wanted some advise.

My little boy drinks around 7-8 bottles per day with 7oz in this works out that he feeds every 2 hours is this normal?

He is still sleeping at night etc showing no signs of needing food or anything but he has never since the day he was born gone any longer than 2hrs between a feed. Can be quite demanding in the day he is on the hungrier baby formula and has been nearly from birth as the feeds were crazy when he was on the normal one and midwife and health visitor recommended he went onto the hungrier baby milk.

As I've wrote this post it does sound like I'm worrying about nothing I know but I'm just wondering if anyone else's children are like this?

People keep on telling me to wean him off but I'm a mum and at home so feeding every 2hrs isn't a problem just demanding sometimes but I'm perfectly ok about doing it.

TIA for reading and sharing xxxx

 

[Sparklisam]

I think if he's drinking it then he obviously wants it. However does he have a dummy ?? My LO used to just want to suck on something rather than drink. Hopefully when your LO goes on solids he won't need as much and will give u longer between feeds. If my LO is moaning and he's not tired etc I feed him if he wants it. But prefer where I can to drag him out sometimes as if he waits till he's hungry after a good 3-4hours he will finish a bottle rather than have a few oz's but your LO obv likes their milk !!!

I wouldn't worry about others. He's ur baby and u take the lead. Advise is always good but take on board only what you want xx

 

[Loula]

I had a baby who went no longer then 2 hours between feeds and was sleeping through. I figured that she obvious needed it bit once food was introduced she would go 3 to 4 hours x