Minimum age for extra-hungry formula?

stovelid

Hi all,

Noob dad time again.

We are currently formula feeding our 3 week old son. He's a big baby (10lb, 7oz). He was sleeping much more the first week or two but is up every 2-3 hours, and polishing off 5oz with no trouble.

Did anybody else here switch to a richer (extra-hungry) formula at an early age? What age is safest for his digestive system? Obviously, we'll ask the health nurse next visit before trying anything, but would be interested in hearing from other parents who also have an eating machine on their hands.

delly

We used SMA White at a very early stage, but only after consulting with our PHN. Around the one or two month stage iirc.

LolaDub

I switched to hungry sma after about three months i'd say but definitely check with your public health nurse as it might be too rich for baby's little stomach

bored and tired

babies tend to go through growing spurts where they eat and sleep a lot for a week or two and settle back into a routine,

I bf my babs, but a friend of mine with her 3 month old, started him on hungry feeds at night and normal feeds at day, seems to work for them, but i would ask phn as baby is young

best of luck

RealistSpy

I use cow gate well my girlfriend decided that. I try not to over feed just every for hours timed and usually some cooled boiled water.

Larr

We had to switch to Aptamil Extra hungry on our second baby...what we did was buy a few of those ready to drink tetra paks and tried him out for a day or two. Our PHN was against it with our first baby...but you're a little braver on the second!
Keep checking that his pooh isn't getting hard...and I'd agree with RealistSpy about the cooled boiled water.

Good Luck!

Larr

P.S. Our baby was about 5 weeks when we switched him