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Child Nutrition (Expert Forum)
Baby Insomnia
Answered by
Renee Radenberg - Child Nutrition, nutrition
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To help the Registered Dietitian evaluate your child's nutritional status, please state your child's weight (in kg or lbs.), height, and age in the content of your question.
To help the Registered Dietitian evaluate your child's nutritional status, please state your child's weight (in kg or lbs.), height, and age in the content of your question.
Baby Insomnia
by JOwen72, Nov 01, 2009 06:02PM
Our six week old seems to be hungry all day, and he doesn't want to sleep. Today for example, he has been up since 6am and it is now 4pm. He wull usually fall asleep at night for a few hours, the best he has done is 7 hrs but 5-6 is typical. Then he will be sleep for an hour at a time or so eating an ounce of milk in between. Come day though, and he simply will not sleep. How long can we let him cry in his crib if he's fed and clean. We let him cry for half hour today and finally went and got him. He was well fed, and after we got him out of his crib, back to eating. He eats breast milk, sometimes at night we'll put some formula in, thinking it will thicken it up a little to prolong his sleep.
Is your child male or female?
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Male
What is your child's age?
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6 Weeks
What is your child's height?
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Unknown
What is your child's weight (kgs or lbs)
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9-10 lbs
Doctor's Answer
by Renee Radenberg, Nov 09, 2009 08:52AM
, Nov 09, 2009 08:52AMTo: JOwen72
His weight is on the 50th percentile for his age which is good. At 6 weeks old he can feed 8-10 breast feedings (2-4oz per feed) per day (including the night) every 3-4 hours. Have you pumped to check your breast milk production? If you are not producing enough breast milk, then suggest supplement it with formula at that feeding so he is getting enough and you are able to get him on a schedule of feedings of 3-4 hours between feeds.
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