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Feeding Length

pupluv0410pupluv0410 member
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My son will be 7 weeks old tomorrow and is taking 5.5 ounces. It was taking him 45 min to an hour to eat and he seemed hungry about every 1.5 to 2 hours. So I talked to a nurse and she said to change from the slow nipple to a medium nipple and feed him every 3 to 4 hours. We changed him today and now it takes 10 to 15 min to eat. My question is...is this too fast for a feeding?
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Re: Feeding Length

  • TMNTgirlTMNTgirl member
    I know it's probably different since I mostly breast feed, but DS only nurses for about 10 mins now, and that started at about 7ish weeks old.

    He gets 4 or 5oz when he gets a bottle and he is still on size 1 nipples and it only takes him 10 or 15 mins to finish.

    So it all sounds fine to me.

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  • katieh1017katieh1017 member

    Is he spitting up or having a lot of gas now that his feedings are shorter? If not then I am sure it's ok. We didn't change the flow of the nipples until around 2 or 3 months (can't remember) but we did it when she was taking 30 min to finish and falling asleep on the bottle because the sucking was wearing her out.

    Lillian April 17, 2012
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