I am a FTM to a 10 week old. I was exclusively pumping for a while because she never latched well and I then had complications which led me to have a huge tank in my supply. I recently decided to stop trying for my own mental health. Right now my baby is eating 5oz every 4 hours. At night often we have to wake her at the 5 hour mark. We were told to wake her because she is still small since she was born at 37 weeks. I guess I’m just nervous about the amounts. She seems like she is eating so much for her age and I was wondering what other babies her age were doing.
I also had a question about bottles. For one thing, she seems to eat extremely slow. She’s on a 1 for the nipple size on the Dr brown bottles. Sometimes it takes 35-45 minutes to finish a bottle. Other times she finishes it around 20 minutes. She always seemed to eat extremely slow since she was born. Also, she does this thing occasionally when we are feeding her she will start to cry as if she is mad the bottle is not in her mouth. We will start try to move the bottle around in her mouth and she will start eating again and then only a few seconds later get upset again. I can’t figure out if this is gas pain when this is happening or if it’s just a frustration that she has to work to eat. I try Mylicon when this happens and only sometimes does it work. I’m questioning everything and am wondering if I should try a different bottle.