Bottle feeding is a real struggle for me, so I decided to breastfeed more often. It's not working ou…

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Bottle feeding is a real struggle for me, so I decided to breastfeed more often. It's not working out. She nurses and nurses, I weigh her, and she only gets 40-50 grams. Then she sleeps for 3 hours. I'm worried she's sleeping so much because she doesn't have enough energy. I wake her up, offer the breast, she nurses and falls asleep. I'm getting anxious, and it feels like I have less milk...
У новорожденного от попок попа уже красная и даже с прыщичками. Сказали, Бепантен тут не справится,…
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Olga
50g in two weeks is normal. My oldest only started eating 90g by three months, and 120g by 5 months. My youngest is 2 months old and eats 90g now
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Olga
Olga I was in the hospital for pathology, eating 100%, so I'm worried.
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Marina
It's definitely less due to nerves. More precisely, it's not less, but the ducts narrow, and the flow is slower and worse. Try to relax. Drink some warm tea before feeding.
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Elena
Offer the breast more often, she'll get used to it soon and everything will be fine. At her age, I'd only worry if she slept for 4-5 hours straight; 3 hours is normal.
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Elena
Elena Mine could eat for 5 minutes and then sleep for 30-40 minutes, then eat again. It was like that until she was two months old.
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Olga
Elena Woke her up after 3 hours of sleep for the last time, washed and changed her, she nursed a little and now she's been sleeping for another hour and a half.
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Olga
Sleeping for a long time now
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Ekaterina Shipova
Our baby is about the same age.
My baby also sleeps for a long time, sometimes up to 3 hours.
Last week, I also started worrying that I didn't have enough milk and the baby was hungry. Just then, the nurse came for a home visit.
I asked her how to tell if the baby isn't hungry and is getting enough milk...
The first thing she said was to look at the number of wet diapers. A well-fed baby pees a lot. We're all good with that.
And right now, your little one can't eat much, 50ml is a lot for them.

I understand you have a scale at home. Do a "test weighing."
Weigh the baby before feeding with a clean diaper.
Then, after feeding, if they've peed, weigh them again with the dirty diaper still on. This way, you'll know how much the baby is eating per feeding. If it's 50g, then relax and enjoy motherhood!
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Olga
Catching up on sleep. Growing! 🤗
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Elena
Elena So he's getting enough, your milk is rich enough, and he's satisfied.
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Olga
Ekaterina Shipova That's what I do, it comes out to 40-50 grams. I can't say there are a lot of pees though ((
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Olga
Olga You can eat more often but smaller portions, or eat larger portions less often. What was the interval between feedings during the pathology, and what is it now?
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Natalya
I have no energy to wake up for babies who weigh up to 3 kg.
Is it normal for them to gain so much weight after feeding?
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Olga
Olga In the pathology ward, it was 100ml every three hours. Now he also sleeps for three hours, but eats 1.5 to 2 times less from the breast. It's hard for him, he falls asleep.
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Olga
Natalya my 4 kg)
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Natalya
Natalya Leave the baby alone!
Everything is perfectly fine with him.
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Natalya
Natalya I know about low birth weight babies because mine was born at 2240g and they really can't wake up even when they're hungry.
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