Patient's question:
All symptoms: Male infant, 2.5 months old, drinking formula milk only once every 4 hours, is there a problem? [Formula brand is Weilan]What kind of assistance you need: I want to know if there is any problem?
Doctor's answer:
The amount of milk consumed varies, so sometimes the child gets hungry within 1 hour after feeding, while at other times they may not feel as hungry even after a 3-hour interval. This is perfectly natural. It is precisely this physiological phenomenon that leads us to strongly advocate for feeding on demand. Specifically, this means feeding when the child cries, the mother feels the child needs to be fed, or the mother feels milk engorgement and wants to feed the child. Newborns who have just been born have a stomach capacity of only 30ml, and they can only suck about 20ml at a time. With a small amount of milk and a short stay in the stomach, it's natural for the child to get hungry again quickly.