What am I doing wrong ???

Question

So I don’t know. I think my almost 3 week daughter is going through a growth spurt. 
She will be hungry during the day every 1.5-2 hours. I’ll make her bottle of 3oz bc that’s the max she will take. But then she will only want 1-2oz(2oz if I’m lucky ). I feel like I’m wasting so much formula. But she needs to eat but she’s eating so little ? 
At night she will sleep 3/4 hours before waking up to be fed. And she will finally start sleeping st around 7. 
HELP

Answer

I know this is easier because I have twins and know without a doubt I’ll use the batch within 24 hours but get a formula pitcher and mix up a batch. As long as you use what you made within 24 hours it’s still good (refrigerated). We have 2 formula mixer pitchers and with twins I go through 2 32oz batches a day. Not only does it make it easier to just pour what you need as you go without wasting but it also reduces air bubbles because you’re not shaking a bottle to mix the formula. That helps tremendously with their gas. Also, we fill all the bottles we have with the usual amount that they eat knowing they might eat more but no more than what we know for sure they will eat so that we don’t end up wasting any. They always eat 3 oz (they are 11 weeks old born a month early) so we fill all bottles to 3oz and if they want 4-5 oz we pour more once they finish the 3 oz. We put travel caps on them while they are in the fridge and keep the nipples and inserts (we use dr brown bottles) at our little “bottle station” to put the bottle together after we warm up a bottle. Makes night time feeding so much easier when you just grave a bottle and go. You don’t have to scoop up formula and measure water and mix up etc in the middle of the night.

Answer

My daughter started doing the same thing at 3 weeks she would sleep for 1-2  hour then wake up and eat 1 oz sometimes 2oz and I asked my doctor and he said it's normal and she is eating  just fine except every hour instead of 3 or 4 hours and at night she did sleep for 3 to 4 hours and now she is 6 weeks and she eats any where from 1.5 to 3 oz si I just make her an oz each time and just make more if she wants more or I make 12 oz and put it in the fridge and take out whatever amount she wants to eat so I wont be wasting

What am I doing wrong ???

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