Formula and slow feeding babies
My baby is 16 weeks old and currently drinks around 150–180ml during each wake window. She is a very slow drinker, so she’ll usually drink about half of her feed when she wakes up, then have small amounts throughout the rest of her wake window (just over 2 hours).
The problem is that formula is only safe to use for an hour once feeding has started, so we end up wasting quite a lot of formula and going through lots of bottles.
How can I encourage her to drink more of her feed at the beginning of her wake window? Or is there a better way to prepare the formula to avoid so much waste?
Would it be better to offer smaller, more frequent bottles? My worry is that sometimes she suddenly wants more, and if I’ve only prepared a small bottle, it runs out. If I make another bottle straight away, she often won’t take it for a while, even though she seems hungry.
I’d really appreciate any advice or tips!
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Changing the flow of her teat might help x
You can prepare bottles and store them in the fridge for up to 24 hours. This is what we do so we always have bottles ready.
Would she benefit from having some play time before feeding so hopefully she'll drink the whole bottle.
What bottles teats are you using? My son had similar problem before and it was resolved after a nurse told to try bottle teats for breastfed babies as the material is softer. We used NUK perfect match.
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