KatysMummy
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Before Christmas Katy was in a nice routine she worked out for herself, feeding every 4ish hours & sleeping from 7pm til 6am, having a feed then sleeping for another hour. She would also nap regularly.
Ok, so she has never taken a lot of milk since I stopped brestfeeding & out her on formula, & I was advised to wean her early by HV to get more milk into her as she wasn't gaining much weight.
Christmas threw the poor little love all out of sync, however hard we tried to keep things normal & since then she hardly feeds & is waking twice in the night for feeds, & shes still not gaining weight. She's also not lost any yet, so thats something!! She also hates napping....big struggle!!
She hardly ever takes more than 4 1/2 oz a time, although sometimes she takes a bit more.
Here's an example of a usual day at the moment:
5am - Wake for feed - 4 1/2 oz
8.30am - Get up
9.30am - Milk - 2oz approx
(If I leave it until 11am, 3oz)
1pm - 4oz if its a good day, 2oz if not.
5pm - 4 1/2oz plus solids.
7pm - 2oz max, sometimes nothing.
between 11pm and 1am she will wake and take 4 1/2oz.
Thats on a good day.
Today she had 5oz at midnight, 4oz plus some baby rice at 7.30am as I diverted her 5am feed thinking she may take more at 7.30 but it didn't work. Then she had 3oz at 2pm. In between I have tried to feed her nut like always she's not interested.
She never cries to be fed, even when she wakes in the night she just fusses til she gets fed then goes back to sleep. I could leave her all day without giving her milk & she probably wouldn't be bothered.
Its a constant battle to try & get her to take milk, I'm dreading having her weighed this week.
Sometimes I give her solids in the morning to try & up her milk intake, but I'm really aware that milk is the priority. However, he takes the same amount of milk however much solids I feed her.
Does anyone have any ideas - I feel like i've tried everything & i'm getting desperate. She weighs 13lbs 4ozs at the moment.
Ok, so she has never taken a lot of milk since I stopped brestfeeding & out her on formula, & I was advised to wean her early by HV to get more milk into her as she wasn't gaining much weight.
Christmas threw the poor little love all out of sync, however hard we tried to keep things normal & since then she hardly feeds & is waking twice in the night for feeds, & shes still not gaining weight. She's also not lost any yet, so thats something!! She also hates napping....big struggle!!
She hardly ever takes more than 4 1/2 oz a time, although sometimes she takes a bit more.
Here's an example of a usual day at the moment:
5am - Wake for feed - 4 1/2 oz
8.30am - Get up
9.30am - Milk - 2oz approx
(If I leave it until 11am, 3oz)
1pm - 4oz if its a good day, 2oz if not.
5pm - 4 1/2oz plus solids.
7pm - 2oz max, sometimes nothing.
between 11pm and 1am she will wake and take 4 1/2oz.
Thats on a good day.
Today she had 5oz at midnight, 4oz plus some baby rice at 7.30am as I diverted her 5am feed thinking she may take more at 7.30 but it didn't work. Then she had 3oz at 2pm. In between I have tried to feed her nut like always she's not interested.
She never cries to be fed, even when she wakes in the night she just fusses til she gets fed then goes back to sleep. I could leave her all day without giving her milk & she probably wouldn't be bothered.
Its a constant battle to try & get her to take milk, I'm dreading having her weighed this week.
Sometimes I give her solids in the morning to try & up her milk intake, but I'm really aware that milk is the priority. However, he takes the same amount of milk however much solids I feed her.
Does anyone have any ideas - I feel like i've tried everything & i'm getting desperate. She weighs 13lbs 4ozs at the moment.
