16 day old feeding advice please

[mummyemily]

My beautiful son is 16 days old, he weighed 6lbs 14oz at birth never lost any weight and by day 10 had put on 13ozs, I started to breast feed but it never seemed to satisfy him so changed to the bottle, he is doing a whooping 4ozs every 2.5 - 3 hours day and night, and most of the time seems hungary at the end of the feed but will not take 5ozs - think his little tummy just cant take it, he is a real guzzler and feeding takes around 10 minutes. He seems to be constantly seeking more even after 30 minutes of the last one sometimes I top him up with a couple of ozs inbetwen feeds during the day, someone has suggested moving him onto a hungary baby milk but unsure as he is so young! any ideas on how to satisfy my greedy little monster

[MoaningMingeWhingesAgain]

No need for hungry baby milk at this stage, just the same milk but more often so you are feeding on demand still. A BF baby might easily be feeding every 1.5-2 hrs or more through most of the day, and you want to replicate a natural feeding pattern as much as possible.

Tummy is still tiny so more frequent feeds rather than bigger feeds.

[gretagrape]

I only moved onto formula after 4 months, so not sure if this is relevant for your tiny one, but I found that slowing the feeding down really helped - mine was taking a whole bottle in less than 10 mins then screaming because he thought he was still hungry when actually he had fed so quickly that his brain hadn't had a chance to realise he was full. I take the bottle out 3 or 4 times during the feed just to slow things down, and that seems to have helped - he's calmer after the feed and also pukes less!

[Sunflower1985]

What greta said - slow it down. V good advice. I try and stretch 3oz over at least 20 mins.