Newborn feeding interval

My 15 days old baby is sometimes feeding less than 2hrs.. N the amount is not consistent. Is this a concern or shld jus feed him based on his feeding wants? Also how long do you let the baby burp or sit upright before putting him back to bed? Cos my confinement nanny only burps him like a few mins and then will put him down already, say that’s enough.. if try to carry him longer, she will say don’t make it a habit, else baby will need ppl to carry nxt time. But sometimes we see our baby spit out abit of milk while he sleeps, which she says is normal for baby to spit out milk cos their stomach is shallow. Which is correct??

Vô danh

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For me, I use the 3 hours guideline. My son is 3.5kg and he takes in 50ml of formula milk. Even now he is going 1 month, I increase to 60ml only. Initially I was breastfeeding, I just latch on demand and pump out my milk when he sleeps or when I am not sleepy. I only managed 10ml, so I assume my baby drinks about 20ml from the latch and pumped milk. I top up additional 30ml of formula milk for him. And it helps him to withstand the hunger for 3 hours. But don't worry, usually newborn feed around 1 hour to 3 hours. And is normal for mummies to still trying to gauge how much baby drinks. You just pump out your milk, record the amount. Then you latch your baby, if he still cries after latch, you warm the pump out milk for him. If he still cries after the pump out milk, you try to give about 30ml of formula see he drink finish or not. For burping, it takes around 10 to 15 minutes. Sometimes baby doesn't burp cos the air goes out through farting or just disappear la 😅 But as long as they burp after feeding is fine. Spit out milk is completely normal as long as not vomit. If vomit 3 times a day must see doctor already. Maybe overfeeding

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