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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would actually try to stretch feeding intervals out a bit longer. Sometimes when they eat 2 oz every 2 hrs it's more like a snack and they never really feel really hungry. I would try 2.5-3 hrs at a higher volume for the same total volume per day. That being said I've worked with probably over 1000 babies and I can't recall a newborn who refuses a bottle- usually it's the opposite problem- so I would definitely be pushing for some sort of evaluation. If you suspect tongue tie, you can probably make an appointment with a ENT or dentist yourself depending on your insurance plan. [/quote]

Most newborns eat every two hours. They have small stomach and can only eats 2-3 ounces at a time. [/quote]

the point of this advice is to get the baby motivated to take a full feed instead of eating pretty much constantly. [/quote]

You don’t know babies at all. 2 ounces is a full feed for a two week old. Most babies don’t start taking 3-4oz per feed until 1+ months. 2 ounces every two hours is considered a full feed for a 2 week old. [/quote]

+1. This. These so called “ baby experts” don’t know squat. 2 ounces is considered a full feed for a two week old. I work in healthcare ( L&D) and have several friends in the same industry. I have two kids myself. A newborns stomach is the size of their first. Two ounces is perfectly normal and not considered a snack at all. [/quote]

If you work in L&D then you don't know anything about babies past 2 hours of life when they are transferred to PP. If you also work in PP then you don't know anything about babies past a few days of life when they go home. I worked in NICU for years and the standard feeding schedule there is every 3 hours. Now if a term baby is starving at 2 hours and it's not medically contraindicated then we could go ahead and feed them but I believe OP said she was waking the baby every 2 hours. To me it sounds like the baby isn't actually all that hungry...Anyway it was just a suggestion to try, OP doesn't have to marry it. [/quote]

PP here. Many babies are put on a 3 hour feeding schedule but most breastfed newborns eat every 2-3 hours. Every two hours is very normal for a 2 week old breastfed baby. OP stated that he lets them know he is hungry. Both of my breastfed babies fed every two hours for the first month and then every two hours until 6 months. Sometimes even every hour once they started sleeping through the night. [/quote]

And both of my breastfed babies ate every 3-4 hours the first few months with my oversupply. We don't know how much OPs baby would eat on his own because his main nutrition right now is 2 oz every 2 hours in the syringe. If this baby were in the NICU he would be prescribed 2.5 oz every 3 hrs, though many I took care of would easily take up to 3 oz if allowed to do so, so I legitimately think the baby might not be hungry at 2 hours. Again, just a suggestion since what OP is currently doing isn't a long term solution (thus why she's posting here). [/quote]

Your baby is an anomaly. Most breastfed babies can’t go 4 hours between feeds. Her baby is her baby and I think she knows how to feed him. I don’t think she cares about your opinion. [/quote]

I mean, OP is posting here with a pretty serious infant feeding problem.  Not sure what you are getting so worked up about. [/quote]

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