How much did you feed your preemie at NB age?

[DrRx]

Adalyn eats anywhere from 1 to 2.5 ounces at a time. She usually does 1 ounce, falls asleep, and them wants to eat another ounce about an hour later. In the evenings she eats 2 ounces at a time and wants to eat every 1.5-2 hours until about midnight. She sleeps overnight waking up once for 1 ounce, sleeps for another 3 hours, takes another ounce, sleeps for 2 to 3 hours, and then starts the day again.

She is still eating her required amount throughout the day (13 to 17 ounces), but I'm curious if I should be concerned that she doesn't eat 3 to 4 ounces at once like I hear other newborns taking who are 1 week post gestational. I don't know if her being a micro-preemie born at 26 weeks has to do something with it. Yesterday we weighed on on our home scale and she is between 7 and 7.5 pounds.

[OscarQ]

I wouldn't worry. That's exactly how my son was. In fact, he's 17m actual and only eating 3-4 oz per sitting still. And he waking to eat overnight sounds normal.

[invinoveritas]

Sounds pretty typical to me. Cluster feeding can be tough but we all piled into my bed and watched trashy tv for those hours which made it that much easier.

[DrRx]

May 18, 2012 18:13:58 GMT -5 invinoveritas said:

Sounds pretty typical to me. Cluster feeding can be tough but we all piled into my bed and watched trashy tv for those hours which made it that much easier.

That sounds like my kind of plan! I LOVE watching trashy tv!