How long does it take your little ones to finish a bottle?

Ideally before 12 weeks it should take them 20 minutes to finish a bottle. This is so that their stomach can tell their brain whether they are full or not
When feeding my LO I keep him upright, keep the bottle horizontal and often stop if I think he is taking the milk too fast. I pop a dummy in his mouth or burp him or entertain him a different way for a couple of minutes and then give the bottle back

Another tip is to change his nappy half way through as well but keep a muslin to hand in case they are a bit sicky

Can I ask how old is your little one?

2 months today😳xx

my little girl is 2 months Sunday! And we’ve had this same problem. Falling asleep on the bottle etc. Moved her up to size 2 and now she’s finishing the bottle very quickly, polishing off 5oz and then searching for more.

why can’t there be a 1.5 teet🤣 to be fair what the midwife said about taking 20 minutes to realise they are full did make sense as within that time he has stopped crying for more milk so I figure he knows he is full, is your little girl the same?

I’m just so worried I’m going to overfeed him because he is drinking it so quickly. Although he isn’t being sick or anything afterwards xx

There should be a 1.5 teet!!

And it’s really hard as she was a handful of times finishing her 5oz bottles so was debating whether to up it but after reading what your HV said, I’m debating whether that is needed or whether I need to try and stretch out her feeds to 20 minutes so she realises if she’s actually full or not. Ergh! Why is it so complicated!!!

exactly the same with our little one!

It really is isn’t it 🤯always something to worry me and throw me 🤣xx

The guidance on the Cow & Gate formula I have says from 8 weeks they can be on 6oz, so maybe it is time to up the amount a bit 🤷‍♀️ x

My LO is also 2 months today and combi-feeding so only doing 1 or 2 bottles a day atm, but he's happily getting through 6oz in a feed x

ooo that is good to know thank you 😌xxx

Aptamil also says 6oz from 8 weeks!

I have done an occasional 6oz and she has been fine, no sick or anything xx

If you can pause for a burp every oz it will drag it out a bit, or do nappy chance half way though, dont worry give it another month or so and it will be taking him an hour to finish a bottle because he is too busy messing around and looking everywhere but at his bottle

how has your little one been?

he seems to be getting used to the new teet now, still quick but not as fast before, how about your little girl? Xx

she’s doing well on it. Still draining lots of the 5oz bottles though. Struggling with trapped wind during the night now! Honestly it’s always something!

oh bless her, I feel you there, my little one isn’t now eating properly after his jabs hoping that doesn’t last long. It really is always something isn’t it, exhausting 😫xxx