u/Icy_Cycle_6501

This is my second baby. My first baby was a preemie who ultimately developed a bottle aversion. Safe to safe I have PTSD around feeding. That being said, my second was a healthy full term baby, however, I don’t know what feeding a “normal” baby looks like. She is consistently taking around 1-1.5oz every 3-4 hours, averaging about 15oz per day. Starting this week, she will chug 1.5oz then stop, start grunting, straining, crying, and pull off the bottle. I’m doing my best to not pressure her (I learned my lesson), but she’s just seems like she’s in so much pain. I’ll wait a bit, do tummy exercises/burp to try and relieve the gas pain but nothing seems to be working. I’m so sad because I desperately want a good feeding experience with one of my babies! But is this normal? I’m terrified the pain will make her become aversive.

This is my second baby. My first baby was a preemie who ultimately developed a bottle aversion. Safe to safe I have PTSD around feeding. That being said, my second was a healthy full term baby, however, I don’t know what feeding a “normal” baby looks like. She is consistently taking around 1-1.5oz every 3-4 hours. Every post I see is people talking about how hungry their baby is and how much they eat, which is usually triple what mine is eating. She roughly takes 12-14oz in 24 hours. I’m trying my best not to stress about it, as she is having wet diapers. She is still very young, but overall doesn’t seem interested in formula all that much! Her two week check up had her well above birth weight, however, her first week she was eating 2-2.5oz. Now the sudden drop in intake is making me nervous.