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hi martha,
I'm not a seasoned mom, just one who has had the same issue. dd arrived at our hotel and proceeded to eat what the books termed "excessively" (a lot at frequent feedings). She really liked her bottle and her pacifier, and she knew the difference. Very quickly she was downing 3 oz at a time, astonishing folks. She was born full term (only one week early) and at 6lbs 14 oz. She eventually slowed down her feeding, but only when she was about 2 months old. She still prefers to eat a lot at each feeding and gets cranky when you take the bottle away. And she's not overweight (she's about 12.5 lbs and nearly 4 months old).
I went with my feelings and fed her when she demanded it (as a newborn it was roughly every 2-3 hours, sometimes every 1.5 hours) and gave her as much as she wanted, pausing to burp her several times a feeding. I also stretched feeding time out to last at least one half hour, just to make sure she was well-burped. I say trust your gut, forget the books and the doc and do what you feel she needs.
congrats again!
LisaCA
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-first time amom to dd, born 7/7/04
-placed in our arms by a very loving bmom 7/9/04
-bfather's rights terminated 9/7/04
-just connected with bdad!!! 2/9/05
-visited bfamilies for a week, awesome trip 6/05
-bfather signed legally binding open adoption
agreement 7/05
-finalized (woohoo!) 18th of November 2005
-Thinking about adoption #2!
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