Should I up his milk?

[xx emma xx]

I put Louies milk up to 4oz about a week ago and he is consistently draining the bottles and I think he would take a bit more if he could. But as I only upped his milk last week should I up it again? Not sure if thats a bit much. Might just be a growth spurt he's having. He has started going longer between feeds too. Sorry if this seems a stupid question, I'm just unsure cos my HV made out to me that I shouldn't over feed him but midwives told me to feed on demand. X

 

[AugustMum]

I went by one rule when my LO was younger, if she was draining the bottle, Id put an extra 1oz in. He might just one a few extra sucks but it'll make him lovely and content to have that tiny bit extra. As a general rule babies dont over feed, the just stop when theyre full, but occassionally if they have reflux or colic etc they may over feed as a comfort thing.

 

[Lacey's Mummy]

I did the same as mel. If charley was draining bottles I'd up it by an oz. If he then started leaving a couple of oz's I'd down an oz. I used to give it a couple of days to see if he was draining every bottle just incase it was a growth spurt!

 

[xx emma xx]

Thanks ladies. He's still draining the 4oz so if he still is by friday I'm going to up it to 5oz and see how that goes xx

 

[JJ Mum]

Sounds like he wants a bit more, I would go with it and up the milk, he will only drink what he wants to take. I BF and we on demand feed, it's hard to ondemand feed with bottles unless you are prepare to waste milk all the time, so be guided as you are doing - well done