need some advice our baby son,is 10 weeks old and feeding every 1.5hrs,7ounces each time,he does sleep........

Question

..9hrs per night but during the day is constantly hungry,do you think a little bit of rusk will hurt him?

Answer 1

I am presuming he's on formula as you're ounce specific. Have you tried the hungrier baby milk? My three were ridiculously hungry and were on the hungry baby stuff(Aptimil in our case) from pretty much the minute I formula fed them-certainly by 4 or 5 weeks old.

I wouldn't recommend rusk just yet because he won't cope with any lumps and his digestive system will suffer but in a few weeks you can introduce some VERY THIN baby rice to his diet and this should help massively.

I am well aware that the health care professionals say 6months plus before you give them any food stuffs at all but it was officially 3 months for weaning for my first son(now 7) and my other two were so hungry they needed it-and my health visitor agreed.

In the mean time keep doing what you're doing.

Answer 2

When a baby is constantly eating especially during the day but sleeping at night it usually means they are going through a growth spurt, I asked my health visitor about this when my son started constantly crying for food and she said every month especially in the first 6mth of your childs life they will go through a growth spurt and cry for more, don't worry about feeding him to much, just be sure your little one doesn't click on and get greedy it happens quite often so don't be to alarmed if thats the case. Also try not to feed your baby rusk till you start weening, theres a possibility of choking as he/she doesn't know how to chew only feed from a bottle so it raises the risk factor. Hope that helps and goodluck with your new little one, they are great after the initial learning process! Collette

Answer 3

That seems like a lot of milk in a day but I suppose when you look over the whole 24 hours it might be about average considering he is sleeping for at least 9 of those hours.

Try 8oz bottles first to try and delay weaning a little bit longer. My rule of thumb was once he was finishing a bottle I'd add another ounce until he was emptying 8oz bottles which was when I started weaning (about 13 weeks).

Try the hungrier baby milk as well. Most brands have a heavier based formula for 'hungrier babies'. I didn't notice a difference but some people do.

Don't add anything to his bottle as a bottle is for milk and water, nothing else. Do not prick the teat with a pin or tamper with them in any way


I would speak to your Health Visitor before starting this young if you have a lot of questions.

Answer 4

Don't give him a rusk....... it sound like he might be having a growth spurt, are you breast feeding? If so you may not be making enough of the fatty milk to satisfy his hunger. He may need formula....if he's already on formula then he may need one for hungry babies.....boy's do tend to eat more than girls though but if he is sleeping for 9hrs at night I don't see this being a huge problem. But if your that worried then discuss it with your health nurse!

Answer 5

Wow, he's certainly a little muncher! I take it since you know how much he's eating in ounces that he's on formula and not breastmilk. Either way, I would say that he's fine. This is especially okay if he was born at a higher body weight than average (average being 7 lbs). The bigger the baby, the more the need to eat. If he's hungry, feed him! Babies don't know how to overindulge themselves like adults and children do. They will eat when they're hungry and as long as your pediatrician says he's developing well, you're good to go. All babies are unique and different in their metabolisms, so don't worry so much. He'll stop eating when he's no longer hungry.

Right now, don't give him anything other than formula/breastmilk. He's WAY too young. You should NEVER feed anything other than formula/breastmilk until they are at least six months old. You run the risks of hurting their digestive systems and also causing them food alergies.

Answer 6

A 10 week old baby should have nothing but formula and/or breastmilk. Feeding anything else too soon can increase your child's risk of allergies, diabetes and obesity.

He has a tiny tummy AND he's growing super quick. He's trying to double birthweight by 6 mos. Think how often you'd eat if you were trying to gain weight that fast!

The fact that he is sleeping 9 hours at night is a miracle at this age. The trade off is that he needs to eat frequently during the day.

Answer 7

As a mum of five I wouldn't give him any rusk until I'd tried putting him on a hungry baby milk. If this doesn't satisfy him for a little bit longer, speak to your health visitor before you give him any solids.

Answer 8

Put a little bit of rusk in his bottle and use a pin to put a slightly bigger hole and shake the bottle really well and this should help fill him up.
When my mum had my big brother he was 9lb 15oz born and he also was a hungry baby and she was advised by a doctor to give him gluten (I think the spelling is wrong) free baby rice (2 tea spoons every 1/2 hour) and he was on It at 2 weeks old at the time and he became a content baby and the only time he cried was for food he also started walking at 10 months and he is a know a healthy adult with 2 children of his own.
So this will not do your baby any harm and a friend of mine swears by this because her son was also a hungry baby and she took my mums advice and her son is very healthy happy boy.

Answer 9

10 weeks is growth spurt time. Just feed him as much milk as he wants, as often as he wants and it will calm down after a few days.

Please do not give him any rusk or any other solids, he is not ready for it. World Health Organisation advice (and UK NHS advice) is not to give any solids until 6 months.

Babies under the age of 6 months need milk only. Growth spurts happen at roughly 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 4 months, 6 months and I can't remember after that. Just guage the amount of milk from your baby's demands. Give him as much as he wants, but without forcing him to finish a bottle if he is full.

Answer 10

I have 3 babies, 7, 5, 2. Each one had a different sleep/feed pattern. Each baby also had a different health visitor, and, to confuse matters, each health visitors advice was different from the last!

I put mine onto baby rice very early on, just a little bit, and this seemed to satisfy them.

It is not fair, it is a nightmare all the advice you are given, the baby is hungry because it wants more food!!

Sure, wouldn't you cry all day if you were hungry!