November 2015 Moms

How to get LO to eat more

edited January 2016 in November 2015 Moms
My man is now 11 weeks and is up every 2 hours at night to eat.  He used to give me a 4 or 5 hour stretch of sleep but that's been gone for a week now :( he is bf, with 1 bottle at night (daycare starts in a week so I want him to be used to it) he's gaining weight (12 pounds already) and giving us lots of dirty diapers but only eats like 2 ounces at a time (that's what he takes in a bottle, formuka, breast milk, or half in half it doesn't matter) and when I pump I can only get 2 ounces (1 ounce from each breast) so I guess I have 2 questions.....is this back to 2 hour sleep streches just a phase and is there anyway to get him to take more at a feeding so he will sleep longer? He screams after 2 ounces and won't latch or take any more from the bottle. 

Re: How to get LO to eat more

  • If he has enough wet/dirty diapers then I don't think there's much you can do. Your LO will eat when hungry and stop when satisfied. You could try consulting an LC if you think LO is struggling with latching or reflux. 
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