• Feeding FAQ: 4-6 months – Breast Feeding

    My 4 month baby is not interested in her milk by day, yet has begun to wake at night again Amelia weighs 15lbs 7oz and has been following the 3-4 month routine. A week ago she began to take less milk at 2.15pm (when she is bottle fed), stopping after 3.5 or 4ozs. Even if I wait 20 minutes she will not take any more milk and push the bottle away. I expressed milk at 11am a couple of days ago (when I normally breast feed) and found I only had 4ozs of milk. I am worried that she is not getting enough milk by day which is causing her…

  • Feeding FAQ: 4-6 months – Breast Feeding

    My 4.5 month son seems to still need large top-ups after breast feeds As I had some problems with my latch-on in the early weeks of breastfeeding, my son had some problems gaining weight. As a result, we put him on formula top-ups twice a day to ensure he was getting enough to eat and to take some pressure off me. As he has grown, so has the amount of formula he can consume. Now I am worried that he is eating too much even though he is not gaining weight excessively. My friends are amazed when I tell them that Miles is capable of drinking nearly 240 ml of…

  • Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Other

    Should I be concerned about my 3 month daughter’s infrequent pooing? My 3-month-old daughter is only having a bowel movement every 3-4 days, which is a fairly dark yellow/green/brown colour, and the consistency of yoghurt (although it can be more solid). This bowel movement is huge, and completely fills the whole nappy area. She never seems distressed when passing it, and is never fussy or irritable at other times. She is the quintessential CLB, and has slept through from her 10.30pm feed to her 7am feed since she was 9 weeks old. I fed her on only breast milk until she was about 6 weeks, then introduced a bottle of…

  • Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Other

    At 3 months old my daughter is still having problems bringing up her wind My daughter has always had great difficulty bringing her wind up. I have tried Infacol, gripe water and cooled boiled water. All these methods have no impact whatsoever, however when she reached about 10 weeks she was able to bring her wind up alone. The past week however has been terrible; half way through her feed she screams out in agony and then will very rarely take the bottle again. I thought when babies reach 3 months they find it easier to burp. I’m at the end of my tether, I have spoken to the midwife…

  • Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Other

    3 month Twins feeding I have 3-month-old twins, they seem to be doing very well on your schedule but I do find they get very sleepy before 9.00am and I find it difficult to keep them awake. They do not sleep through the night yet waking up between 3.00am and 5.00am and feed 10-15 minutes. Otherwise they do well through out the day except they have cat naps throughout the afternoon but I never have a problem putting them down at 7.00pm. How do I know if they are getting enough milk as I am solely breastfeeding them? I do give them a bottle of 5-6oz at 10.30pm. But I…

  • Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Formula Feeding

    Since being on antibiotics my 3 month daughter’s milk intake has dropped and she is reluctant to feed My 3 month old daughter was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection 2.5 weeks ago and had to take antibiotics (Augmentin) for 1 week. During that week, her appetite reduced dramatically. She used to take 5.5oz each meal and only took 2-3oz while she was on antibiotics. She has since recovered and it’s been 1.5 weeks since her last dose of antibiotics but not only has her appetite not returned to normal, it has reduced even further. Now, she would only take 2oz and cries and cries. I have tried splitting her…

  • Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Formula Feeding

    I want to use the routine but my 16 week baby cries during feeding and takes too little Please help me with a problem that your books don’t seem to address and it seems nobody can solve, including health visitors. I have a lovely baby boy who is 16 weeks and only drinks 17-20oz of milk per day. He was born at 38wks – 6lb 7oz and is an Indian baby. He was breastfed for the first 8 weeks but developed colic and mouth thrush at around 4 weeks so, being inexperienced, I put him on the bottle. He was only feeding for 5-6mins every 2-3hrs on the breast and…

  • Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Formula Feeding

    At 14 weeks my daughter has begun to need an early morning feed again My daughter Niamh, who is now 14-weeks-old, was following the routines both with sleeping and feeding until just over 12 weeks. She then began waking again and needing a feed at 3/4am having slept through previously. I fed her for three nights then managed to settle her with water for a few nights but she is demanding a feed again, taking 5ozs which means her daytime routine is now not so good. She seems unwilling to settle for her daytime naps at all, and often wakes again after 20 minutes. She is then too tired to…

  • Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Formula Feeding

    My 3 month baby is distraught during her bath time. Should I split the 5/6pm feed? Should I split the 6.15pm feed so my daughter gets a proportion of it at 5.15pm, as she becomes very grumpy at around 5.50pm(bath time) then starts whinging and crying non-stop until she becomes hysterical at 6.10pm! She was born with clubbed feet and wears boots with a bar for 23 out of 24 hours a day. They come off at 5.10pm for an hour (to have a bath and exercise) and I don’t know whether she is getting hysterical prior to them being put back on or whether I’m being ridiculous and she’s…

  • Feeding FAQ: 3-4 months – Formula Feeding

    My 3.5-month-old son is difficult to feed, windy, and is waking in the night again My son is 16 weeks old. Over the last two weeks has become increasingly difficult to feed, and has started to wake in the night again, although he doesn’t appear to be hungry when he wakes. He dropped the night feed at around 11 weeks old yet, despite not feeding after 10.30pm, he is fairly disinterested in his 7am feed, taking around 100ml. Until recently, though, he has fed well at the other feeds. He has always had a problem with wind and has released a lot from his bottom since he was just a…