I think Im raising a giant/feeding ?

mamastich

So my 7 month is almost 22lbs and eating non stop... so much that I havent gotten a decent night sleep in weeks. Shes up twice a night and will drink 6-8oz and each feeding and is starving the am/pm but does pretty good through out the day. She is teething and has had 2 come through.

What is you 7 month old doing? I know my LO is a bit larger than normal but its getting hard to keep up!

amr1218

I have no advice....just wanted to 'weigh' in.  DD is same age and is almost 20 lbs.  I keep thinking I am the only one with a chunk  (all the babies around us right now are super small). 

We don't have teeth yet, so I am not sure what that will be like.  DD doesn't have a big appetite.  She eats 5 6oz bottles/day.  We do solids once or twice per day.  She usually starts fussing near bottle time, but otherwise is content.

memali26

DD2 is a peanut - about 14.5 lbs at 7 months - and not a big eater. She's taking four 7 oz bottles a day, plus 2 or 3 solids meals (usually 1-2 oz of a fruit or veg, often with a little cereal mixed in). 

How much/how often is your LO eating during the day? If she's that hungry overnight, she might not be getting enough calories in during the day. She could also be hitting a big growth spurt, which would make her a little hungrier than usual. 

nic326

Uh, I feel your pain. DS is 23lbs and a nonstop eater. He just started going back to being up once a night. For a while there it was a few times and it was killing me. And I wish he would drink 6-8 oz in a feeding but no, my child just likes to snack. So annoying!

homediva

My big boy is 8 months next week and weighed in yesterday at 22 lb, 8 oz! He is up in the night to nurse too. What is up with these big babies who don't STTN!?

Autumnbride2006

DS will be 6 months old tomorrow and at his check up on Friday he was 22 lbs 4 oz and 28" - he's just over the 100%! He's still eating a couple bottles at night. He gets two meals a day of cereal/food, and his last meal of the day is at about 6p.m. and we make a big bowl of cereal - enough to mix with 4 oz of formula. Then he can normally make it until 2 and then again until 5:30 or 6. We were giving 6 oz of formula at each feeding, but about a week ago we cut down to 4oz for the night feedings. I'm trying to get him to eat more of his calories during the day so I can eventually cut out the night feedings.

Broadway1

I've got one too! S is a little over 21 lbs and 30 inches long. She is off the charts for both lenght and weight and wearing 18 month clothes at 7 months old. We EBF and she's up at least twice a night to eat as well. She also gets two to three meals of solids a day.

I know she probably could sleep through the night, but she wakes up and eats with focus and then drops back off, so I think she needs it. It would be nice to sleep for more than three hours at a time though