Vomiting after increasing feeds

My baby is 9 days old and has been taking 3oz bottles anywhere from every 2-4 hours. Yesterday she was draining her bottle and looking for more so we gave her a bit extra to try and settle her and she vomited. Same thing happened last night - she had nearly 4oz, wouldn't settle and was still showing feeding cues so after 1.5hrs of trying to settle her, she drained another 1oz and then vomited a large amount back up about 15 minutes later. Obviously she's not ready for the increase, but I don't know what else to do when she's not settled and is still looking for more? She has a dummy which I give her after feeds incase she just wants to suck but it doesn't work, she just ends up crying for more milk. I'm giving her a mix of expressed breast milk and formula (not in the same bottle, just switching between them on feeds). Has anyone else experienced this? Do I just try and get her to her next feed without giving her the extra?

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My little girl has started doing the same thing yesterday too! Although she's a premie and is only 39 weeks technically so isn't drinking anywhere near the same amount. I don't have any advice as I'm still trying to figure out myself 😅

Im expressing and giving formula the same as you, and this happened to my baby as well. What i have tried to do is keep him upright much as possible when feeding, burping him regularly then keeping him upright after for about 10 mins just incase it could be reflux. He is having about 3oz, and sometimes wants more as well. I just try to space it out a little bit. But my health visitor suggested if he is having breastmilk they tend to want feeding every 1-2hrs as its easily digested. Formula is slowly digested.

We have found the same with our daughter. She is 3 weeks old. We fixed this by pacing the extra top up .. longer feeding sessions but she throws up way less

Sometimes babies show feeding cues when they have wind (either end). Have you tried getting her upright and trying to get a burp out of her first?

@Katie I think this could be part of the problem too, she's terrible for getting wind up, tried all positions and she barely gets any up, been on infacol for a few days now which seems to be helping a little bit. Tried bicycle kicks and rubbing her tummy too. Will just have to keep going with the winding and hope it improves!

@Zöe I just feel like I'm making this whole parenting thing up as I go! 😆

@Lauren @Lucia thank you I'll try your suggestions out 😊

We are all making this up as we go ;)

I would try pace feeding as sometimes babies drink too quickly and it can take 15-20mins for them to register they’re full so they still act hungry

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