Q:

was ur baby a good feeder when he/she was born?

  • Sara says:
    in hospital he didnt drink much but he drank enuff so the midwives said but once we was home he fed really well !

  • Rebekah says:
    No i breast fed for 2days but she had bad anti bodies which werent her fault but she found it had to latch on aswell after her feed she would bring a lot of mocus through her nose alot and out of her mouth shes agood little drinker now

  • Michelle says:
    NO! she wouldn't nurse cause she was tongue tied and was very difficult..and then she ended up with jaundice so it was very very hard.

  • Starlane says:
    yes.

  • Kirsty says:
    Not really because he didnt like the milk

  • Antonia says:
    no

  • Tessa says:
    staright away yes, then he went on the bottle after a few weeks as we weren't getting the hang of breastfeeding at all!

  • Heather says:
    my son is 20months old and weighs 34 pounds. eating has never been a problem for him

  • Aimee says:
    ohhh yes and he still is lol

  • joanne says:
    no

  • Donna says:
    Not really. She kept comfort sucking everytime I put her onto me breast

  • Emma says:
    he wouldnt latch on to my breast properly (wouldnt open his mouth wide enough lazy boy)

  • anmarie says:
    yes definately!!! she fed that much and that often that i had to give up breastfeeding after only 1 week(which im still upset about)

  • Kimberley says:
    First Day Yes, Second Day No - NOW Shes Feeds Like a Fish <3

  • Tonya says:
    yes

  • Jessika says:
    the best actually

  • Nicola says:
    Yes He was

  • Elisabete says:
    most of my kids were .

  • Kaila says:
    She loved to eat when she was born and still does.

  • Tammy says:
    yea

  • Sarah says:
    YES

  • Laura says:
    yeahh but she was a hungary baby so had to keep changin her milk til we found the right one

  • Jessica says:
    Yes.... Apart from having Acid Reflux that was a big drama!

  • Amanda says:
    she didnt feed much but seemed satisfied with what she had so was quite content

  • Mandy says:
    NO, HE HAD A HARD TIME WITH SUCKING, SWALLOWING AND BREATHING

  • Susanna says:
    nooo she kep getting sick after her feeds so changed her milk nd she is fone now :)

  • Ewa says:
    wasnt the best, but wasnt fussy.

  • Stephanie says:
    Ummm He Had A Feeding Tube, He Was Smaller Than My Boob..... But Took To The Bottle Well When He Had The Engergy

  • Angela says:
    YES!!!!! and still loves his food!

  • Nicole says:
    he sometimes went hours without eating

  • Natasha says:
    yes

  • Jade says:
    he sure was! he had a full bottle at birth and neva lost his appetite!

  • Gabrielle says:
    yes

  • Kirsty says:
    not on the breast but he was on the bottle!

  • Christine says:
    no not really didn't take to the breast but was good on the bottle

  • Kaylia says:
    Yes, my daughter knows how to eat! lol

  • Nicole says:
    Oh yeah all she wantd to do is bob for boobs lol

  • keva says:
    yes

  • Sarah says:
    yes, took to it straight away

  • keri says:
    On the breast not so much ... his tongue action kept pushing the nipple out. But on formula he has been awesome!

  • Amy says:
    not really, he never sucked well bottle or breast he was a very messy little boy!!

  • Katie says:
    He took to the bottle fine, but his mouth was too small to breastfeed until he was around 3 weeks. But I bottlefeed it's too hard to do all that and pump as well.

  • Catherine says:
    Yup

  • simone says:
    no

  • emma says:
    the first day she took 7 mls cus of her lil tummy but she a gd feeder now

  • Chantelle says:
    not really she was a snacker not a feeder

  • Kelly says:
    didnt feed properly for the first 24 hours

  • Kellie says:
    yeh she did good :)

  • Becky says:
    YEAH HE WOZ GR8T N THE BOTTLES AN HE WOZ ALSO A PROPER MUNCHER WEN HE WOZ ON SOLIDS TOO!! XX

  • Jodie says:
    daughter wasnt son was good, stillbtook 2.5 weeks to get use to it though

  • chantel says:
    yes she was a littler angle

  • Amy says:
    Absolutely. It was the only thing that I was actually sure of. All he did was eat :-D.

  • carrie-lee says:
    both yes

  • Zoey says:
    nope

  • Julie says:
    Yes

  • Hayley says:
    Yes

  • Vanda says:
    she wasn't at first she took a wee while to get into it

  • bethaney says:
    he was a pig, i didnt have enough milk for him had to keep topping him up with formula.

  • Jessica says:
    Sort Of

  • rachel says:
    not really

  • Lauren says:
    yes

  • Tiffany says:
    yes at first. no after a few days. adn then yes again within a few weeks.

  • Lisa says:
    No, couldn't get proper attachement on boob, so she went onto bottle and fed really well.

  • TINA says:
    definately

  • Marie says:
    took straight to breastfeeding, now at 5 mths, hes on formula at night aswell

  • Katie says:
    breastfeed she latched right on

  • Bonnie says:
    yeah but she would eat for an hour on each breast ... now that was a pain in the but !

  • Nikki says:
    yes

  • Kristie says:
    yes

  • Nicole says:
    yes guzzled down his milkies

  • Rachael says:
    She was great, but we hit a very rocky patch when she was about a week old as she started to refuse the boob!

  • Heather says:
    nope

  • Rebecca says:
    josh and matty were, noah had a few problems so struggled a bit to start with

  • Sarah says:
    yeah she was

  • samia says:
    yes greedy lol

  • Yvonne says:
    He was a right guts!!!

  • Kirsty says:
    Yes she was brilliant.

  • Danielle says:
    nope..fed by tube

  • Emma-marie says:
    yes n it hurt like hell at first but then i got used to the pain

  • Emma says:
    hell yeah

  • Deborah says:
    excellent feed striaght away

  • jo says:
    er yes

  • Leigh says:
    yes

  • Aylisa says:
    He was good. I just wasn't sure about me. haha My boobs hurt. haha

  • cassie says:
    kinda going by the midwifes she neeed to eat more and at set times but at home she ate as and when she wanted and happened to eat more!

  • Laura says:
    no -he had to be force fed as he refused to take me

  • Niki says:
    My son wasn't. I tried breast-feeding but he wouldn't latch on. My daughter is a very good feeder.

  • Rita says:
    yes he was...

  • Jacqueline says:
    Excellent! Latched straight on and took to it like a duck to water...

  • Eleanor says:
    Oh yes, he was a little piggy!

  • Sam says:
    She wasn't a good feeder no, which is why we ended up in A&E on day 4, but as soon as she realised it was all good stuff, she was back on mummy milk!

  • christina says:
    no on both counts

  • Paula says:
    wouldn't open his mouth wide but, once we got going they were all good little suckers, noting quite like mummies milk!

  • claire says:
    Yep he always has and still loves his booby feeds :D

  • kirsty says:
    yeh absolutely

  • Amy says:
    not really when breastfeeding, made up for it on formula though!

  • Alexis says:
    yes

  • Olivia says:
    not when it came to the breast but with the bottle she was good

  • Stefani says:
    Yeah she was a piggy then and shes a piggy now

  • Claire says:
    yep, there was no stopping her!

  • Karla says:
    No the first was not seacond and third were great

  • Julie says:
    he was but thats soon changed

  • Erica says:
    YEs still is

  • Samantha says:
    yes he drank a full bottle as soon as he was born

  • Gemma says:
    yes he still is loves his food

  • Nakita says:
    yes, you have no idea

  • Anonymous says:
    yeh he was ok.

  • Kristy says:
    soso, he had to have little bit of help

  • Shona says:
    yes she was hungry all the time

  • Katrina says:
    She fed straight away but it wasn't 'til we got home she settled and latched on easier

  • Crystal says:
    no she wasnt she had hard times actually wanting to eat. Still has stubbord times but much better.

  • Chezronda says:
    yep! ate good from the start!

  • Angie says:
    nope. i had to pump.

  • stephanie says:
    yes

  • Jodie says:
    yeah

  • natalie says:
    at first yes but after the first try she cud not latch on,so i had to express

  • Trudy says:
    yes

  • jamie says:
    yes they all were

  • Karina says:
    Yea

  • Samantha says:
    No, he only fed once in 17 hours.

  • NATASHA says:
    no she would ownly take 30ml every 6hrs

  • Lisa says:
    Yep

  • Zoe says:
    Neither of the were! Brandon was a lazy latcher which caused pain! Finley had a BF straight after birth but didn't really want to eat at first, he was to tired!

  • Emma says:
    no not at first.

  • Michelle says:
    yes

  • Anonymous says:
    no, he has a water filled cyst under his tongue that went in a few days

  • ALICIA says:
    Not bad

  • Katie says:
    not really he was still drowsy.

  • Stacey says:
    yer he still is lol he loves his food

  • Susi says:
    Yes she was pretty good.

  • Amanda says:
    Oh yes

  • Sarah says:
    she didn take nothing for the first day but the second day 21 oz stright i had 2 phone the midwife to see if that was ok

  • liz says:
    yes he was, he took to the boob well and then formula and solids.

  • raeanna says:
    yes

  • Alana says:
    yes but would not attach to the breast well so i pumped formula and soilds

  • Angel says:
    yes

  • Amanda says:
    mostly

  • Sarah says:
    it didn't seem that way .. since he fell asleep at the breast constantly.

  • Mbaliyenkosi says:
    Oh yes, had no problem feeding her and she liked her food, she held her bottle with both hands when she was only 3 months old

  • Nomzamo Ntokozo says:
    he ate so much i literally was living in NICU ...

  • Laura says:
    yehhh he was a greedy lil pig

  • Ncamsile says:
    YES

  • Jayne says:
    All Good Feeders .. Greedy Lil Piggy's .. Buh Ellie Was The Worse For Throwing Up (Sicky Babba)

  • Amanda says:
    him not really, she was great.

  • Danielle says:
    OMG, she ate so much i couldnt just breast feed I also had to bottle feed with a mixture of breast milk and formula.

  • Nikki says:
    Yup

  • Shelby says:
    Yeah. & Now he's a good eater, I still haven't found a food he won't eat... he gets that from his dad lol

  • Alyssa says:
    For the most part, a little getting used to. But now there isnt anything that kid wouldnt eat.

  • Amber says:
    Yea they all feed well!

  • Anonymous says:
    Lily was but CJ you would have to force him to eat.

  • Jessica says:
    yes breast fed for 3 weeks but was such a hungrey baby had to go onto formula then x

  • Claire says:
    well she didnt take any milk from me for 24hrs so was a bit worried but once we got into it she fed well

  • Carly says:
    keeley was n keanu is

  • Diane says:
    No.

  • Jodie says:
    yep never lost any weight

  • Chanti says:
    yep :)

  • karina says:
    no he didnt latch on properly

  • Daniella says:
    She couldnt breast feed but was good on bottles

  • Fathima says:
    No- not really- screamed the first 3 days, then went onto bottle- had colic the 1st 3 mnths-

  • Margaret says:
    No

  • Hollie says:
    kinda, hes got worse as hes got older lol

  • Gemma says:
    yes she loved her milk and still does

  • Fiona says:
    yes downd the whle bottle on his 1st feed :L

  • Mary says:
    Yeah she was a good feeder and still is.

  • claire says:
    yeah he loved his milk