Feeding

My son is five weeks tomorrow and he is on 3/4oz every two hours. It doesn’t always happen but probably every other day or every three days he is throwing up what looks like his whole bottle and not sure if he is having to much or the milk doesn’t agree with him
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Is he up to his birth weight ? Is the feeding every 2 hours on his demand or do you wake him to feed?

I had the exact same thing and have had mixed messages from doctors since from it being reflux, to a cows milk allergy to simply that I’m feeding him too much (apparently 4oz should be every 4 hours!) I did drop to 3oz every 2-3 hours and it stopped the whole bottle coming up, but he does still spit up a little. I think it’s trial and error, but also welcome to any advice from others who have been through this.

@Kimberley yes he is over his birth weight he is on demand at the moment I only wake him up to feed him at 10pm so he goes longer at night

@Laura maybe I will try him back on 3oz but sometimes he will have 4oz and be fine

Yeah, try 3oz every 2 hours and see how he reacts. Or, if he’s still hungry you could try and alternate the amount so it gives his stomach time to recover from the larger feed.

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