Formula top-ups

she might be going through a growth spurt so she may be trying to increase your supply, you could try expressing in the morning and feeding her the morning milk at night as it tends to be fattier and more satisfying at that time of day, i know lots of people that worked for.

I started my boy on solids about 4 months, he was starving and feeding 2 hourly through the day plus all the usual signs so didnt end up needing formula till 6 months when my milk started to dry up and he started to bite me!

We use Heinz Nurture, I like it because its cheap, its thinner than other formulas so more alike to breast milk

Gremlins were fully FF by 3 mths, and no it didn't help them sleep thru the night.

Maya started night waking at 16 weeks and Plunket told me to put her on solids, which I did and it was a huge mistake and didn't fix her sleep at all.

Sorry, not much help here

I guess my questions is; is 125mls enough at night for a 4 month old?

My 2 are putting away 200mils of EBM each at the 10pm dreamfeed. No idea where they're putting it to be honest.
There's a formula that can be used to calculate how much milk you should be giving but I can't remember it properly.

Something like (200*weight)/num feeds. Someone correct me if that's wrong.

I express immediately after and have found that I'm not getting as much milk now that they're sleeping through the night.
We're currently digging into the supply in the freezer but I've started expressing in the morning as well in the hope that it'll increase the supply.

Charly, it would probably depend on how many times Hannah is feeding during the day. She may have little bits more often. I posted the formula Tishy was talking about on another thread. My midwife gave it to me when I asked how much EBM to feed at each sitting.

Basically take babies weight (kg) x 200 and that gives you how many mls they 'should' drink in the day and then divide that by the number of feeds they have during the day to give you an amount of how much to give at each feed.

Eg, if baby weighs 5.5kg and has 6 feeds a day, you go 5.5x200=1100 ml per day -> 1100/6=183mls each feed.

The 200 figure was the maximum. My midwife said to use a figure between 180-200 depending on the baby.

Hey Charly, I've been the same where my supply was getting low in the evenings. For the last few days I've been taking Fennel (does the same thing as Blessed Thistle apparently, but the shop didn't have any when DH bought it) and I've certainly noticed a big increase in my supply. It's great.

Just another thought - how many feeds is Hannah getting during the day? I find that if I fit 6 feeds in, that helps Harry to get through the night easier.

Also what time does she go to bed? When Harry started randomly doing the twice a night thing, I pushed his bedtime later again (about 9/10pm) and found that helped. Also I keep him up for at least 2 hours before bed... at the moment actually it's more like 3 hours. Just distract him with playing in exersaucer, sitting in highchair, nudey time etc.. and then his bath or shower and massage. Sometimes he does get grizzly but if it gets too bad I'll give him his dummy (doesn't usually have it for when he's awake). I just find it's worth it cos he sleeps for longer at night.

I dunno, just some ideas anyway cos I feel for you!

Freesia wrote: Charly, it would probably depend on how many times Hannah is feeding during the day. She may have little bits more often. I posted the formula Tishy was talking about on another thread. My midwife gave it to me when I asked how much EBM to feed at each sitting. Basically take babies weight (kg) x 200 and that gives you how many mls they 'should' drink in the day and then divide that by the number of feeds they have during the day to give you an amount of how much to give at each feed. Eg, if baby weighs 5.5kg and has 6 feeds a day, you go 5.5x200=1100 ml per day -> 1100/6=183mls each feed. The 200 figure was the maximum. My midwife said to use a figure between 180-200 depending on the baby.

sorry to thread jack but help me here.. Ethan has 150 mls per feed..any more and he wont feed properly next one (say will do 180 then 60) and it is the rigth amount for him..he is putting on weight(has doubled birth weight) is happy and healthy and not dehydrated..but going by that formula he'd need (he's 6.4kg) a lot more than he gets per day..I'm sure the nurse told me 600+ was ok.. he feeds three hourly during the day and once a night..

I try to work it on how much Rohann has in a 24hr period not each individual feed. Oh and I was told similar to Freesia except you could go as little as 120 - 200 per kg. As for some reason, although Rohann is a big girl she's not a big eater - I also find she eats differing amount at different times (ie more in late afternoon through to early morning and then less after that).

KA, because Ethan is FF that might be different? I don't know about the specifics, I just wanted a general idea about how much to offer and that's what my midwife told me and it was only referring to EBM. I just liked it because it gave you some idea of what to offer.

Livvy never drinks the same amount and like Ethan, she can have a lot at one feed and then not much at the next. They have a guide on how much to give on the formula tin we have, has your's got that on it too?

And eat a big handful of nuts to help make more milk!