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marieellerton · regular Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 38 Location: bristol

im not sure what to do libby seems to be feeding far to much and not going very long shes on 5 oz ever 2 hrs atm and that is hungry baby milk shes only 4 weeks old last night she took a feed of 9 oz!!! and only went an hr b4 she had 4 more oz what should i do i no shes having to much but shes so hugery all of the time??

ive tried giving her a dummy and boiled water but she wont have it she only has milk then is settles 4 an hr b4 wanting more??

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love marie xx

chicken82 · regular Joined: 16 Jul 2007 Posts: 91 Location: bristol

Hiya Marie,
Do you think its a growth spurt?

Ive just had a look and most things say they have a spurt at 5-6 weeks - maybe shes just ahead of herself! This is a good read http://www.parents.com/parents/st...edata/parents/story/data/6071.xml

Hope it helps!

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