how many ounces of breast milk or fomula is a 3 week old infant supposed to drink and how many hours apart?

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My 6 week old baby is refusing to drink expressed breast milk. I've had to supplement with enfamil gentle ease formula. Is this normal?

Answer 1

Feeding: A three week old can take 1-2 ounces of milk every 3-4 hour.

Answer 2

Depends on weight: For an average weighted newborn at 3 weeks age, approximately 3 oz every 3hours or 3 1/2 oz every 4 hours would be appropriate.

Answer 3

Who told you that ?: The american academy of pediatrics & many other advisory groups have promoted sleeping on a babies back since the early 90's. Since that time we have seen a 40-50% drop in crib death over that period. I know of no one that advises belly sleeping for any reason, although if baby rolls into that position after 6m i don't try to change it. Tummy time while awake can help build upper body strength.

Answer 4

Who says this?: You did not say how old your baby is but the aap recommends babies to be put to sleep on their backs as it decreases the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome tummy sleeping does not make the lungs stronger.

Answer 5

Possibly pneumonia: I have found that when people have a deep cough associated with pain on taking a deep breath they often times have pneumonia. You should be evaluated by a physician. If this has been a long-term problem then you definitely need to be evaluated as there are other causes.

Answer 6

Hard to say: Any adult has likely had bronchitis several times as a kid & may as an adult. They are often viral, a minor affliction & self heal in a week or two. The lungs heal and life goes on. The level of concern you should have should match the degree of interference this process has with your daily activities. Minor, can be ignored; significant may require a doc visit.

Answer 7

May be normal but: You need to get checked by your doctor. There are lots of possible causes for galactorrhea (leaving milky fluid) and most are easy to deal with. Bottom line - go get a checkup! good luck.

Answer 8

Not directly: The diabetes of pregnancy is closest to the Insulin resistant or type 2 diabetes which is something all of us can get under some circumstances. You are at risk for a return of type 2 later & things like an active lifestyle & maintaining a healthy weight tend to reduce your risk. I wouldn't be concerned about childhood diabetes which is a very different process.

Answer 9

Possibly for type2 : Babies born to mothers who have had gestational diabetes are at increased risk of being overweight this putting them more at risk for type two diabeties not type one.

Answer 10

Yes: Infants of mothers with gestational diabetes may be at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes later in life. Intrauterine environment of high blood sugars causes high Insulin levels in developing fetus. These children have been found to have higher rates of obesity and metabolic syndrome compared to kids whose mothers did not have gdm, irrespective of birthweight or how severe maternal gdm.

Answer 11

No, of course not: Pneumothorax and hemothorax are two of the known complications that can happen with a lung biopsy if a patient is unlucky. A patient is responsible for his bills if he has a good outcome, a medium outcome, or a bad outcome; as long as it isn't some truly strange case in which the doctor(s) and/or hospital did something unusually bad or criminal.

Answer 12

Keep positive: As noted, pneumothorax and hemothorax known potential complications of lung biopsy. Lung biopsy is often performed on "unhealthy" lung tissue. There is no way to guarantee a "perfect outcome". It sounds as if he is very sick. Our best wishes go to you.

Answer 13

Probably not: this is a known potential complication of having a lung biopsy

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