The past 2 -3 days my one month old seems to want to eat every time he's awake we uped him to 5 oz a feeding today he wakes up every 2 1/2-3 hours screaming rooting and eating his hands like he's starving he's very gasy..... Not sure what to do?
And I agree about 2.5 to 3 hrs being normal. I would even go so far to say that those are longer stretches than normal. My kid needs to eat every 1 to 1.5 hr at certain points during the day. Sometimes even more.
Since he was born he's always gone 3.5-4 hours between feelings just making sure I'm not over feeding him he is formula fed and all the parenting books say he should eat 3-4 oz every 3-4 hours
Wait, how long is normal for you? Every 5-6 hours? Babies digest at a fast rate since they are only digesting milk. Like PP mentioned, 2.5-3 hours is kind of on the longer stretch. Just feed him when he's hungry and burp every ounce if he's that gassy.
I agree with PP. My 3 week old eats, naps, wakes up and wants to eat again. Sometimes she only naps for 30 minutes-an hour and it's feeding time again.
I'm lucky if I get 3 hours between feedings with my 4 week old, and that is only during the day. At night, I'm lucky to get 2 hours. Not to mention the cluster feedings....
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ETA: Oh yeah, and then burp him to help with the gas. Of course, can't forget that part! Or bicycles to work out the burps and farts.
BFP #2 (5/18/13) due 1/26/14. Grow baby grow!
Its a surprise! Team green!
And I agree about 2.5 to 3 hrs being normal. I would even go so far to say that those are longer stretches than normal. My kid needs to eat every 1 to 1.5 hr at certain points during the day. Sometimes even more.