Probably ANOTHER question about amounts

[JessA]

I just read in another post that if baby is sucking the bottle dry it's time to increase the amount. 

Currently my 7 week old is on 4.5 oz of formula.  He sucks the bottle dry every time (even cluster feeds and DF).  Does this mean that he is not getting enough.  He barely makes it to the 3 hr mark.  I'd love to increase the amount, but, he has acid reflux and spits a lot of his feeds up.  So, by increasing the amounts, he'll expell more formula.  This is counter productive.

He's on zantac, which is somewhat helping, but not enough to increase his amounts to 5 oz.  I also can't find thickened formula that comes in concentrate, so that is not an option for keeping food down.

So to summarize, I am just asking if this is correct that I should be upping his amounts when he starts sucking the bottle dry?

[~Emma~]

 I always up the amount when ds leaves 1/2 oz or less in the bottle more than a few times. Then when I do up it he doesn't drink it!! 


 We are on Enfamil AR for reflux and it is fantasic formula, easy to make up and ds really seems to like it.

Emma xxx

[~Emma~]

 Hi again Jess!

I was looking back in my diary and i seen at about 7 weeks old my ds was regularly drinking between 4.5 to 5oz a feed (sometimes 6)...but he is a fat wee man!! 

[TDR'smom]

I would always up our bottles once DS or DD completely finished ALL BOTTLES for 2-3 days.  I'd increase it by 1/2 oz at a time!!

HTH!!

xxx
Judy

[rachel 2009]

Hi

I always made 1oz more than he usually had so if he was normally having a 4oz bottle i would make up 5oz..my ds also had reflux and he was on infant gaviscon which worked really well for him...