Bottle Feeding plan/routine

[hertsnessex]

Hi,

I have a very anxious friend at the moment, the baby is fab, in a great routine and feeding well. She is having 6 feeds a day and having between 700-1000ml in total which is fine for 9wks.

However mum is very stressed and worried about when to increase feeds and cut others out. i have talked about this being 'baby led' but she wants to know a 'rough schedule' so she can monitor what the baby is doing.


Does anyone have a 'plan'?

Thanks,

Carly

[lulumama]

if the baby finishes each bottle, she can add another ounce

but it sounds like she is doing really well

the problem with a plan is, that it works for a week or two or even three ! then a growth spurt or a cold or cutting a tooth throws a spanner in the works

i bottle fed both of my DCs and approached it as a feed on demand thing, as i would have done if breast feeding


i wouldn;t worry about cutting feeds out at this early stage, baby led is the best way to be! schedule depends on so much, that is just not predictable with a little baby

HTH x

[colditz]

I understand her stress. Baby will probably feed more in the evening - normally will want a feed 1 or 2 hours sooner than in the daytime, 2 or three times in the night, then roughly every 3 or four hours in the day.

tell her not to drop any feed until baby stops drinking it. You can't mess about wityh what a 9 week old wants. Increase the feeds when baby is draining the bottle.

so roughly, 1 bottle first thing (6am?) then a little nap - bottle again at about 9.30, play for a bit, nap again, then up at about 1, bottle, play and another nap, a bottle at about4.30, then another4 bottle at about 6 - 6.30, then bedtime. then whenever baby wakes.

that would be quite normal.