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Originally Posted by jer_lin How many new mommys are ready to do this ever 2 hours nigh and day for a couple of weeks ?
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Bottle feeding is very time consuming. Don't forget that just like your human baby you may have to shop around for a formula that agrees with your baby.
How many of you folks have a digital scale that allows you to check the wight of the babies? You better get one. I weigh the kids as soon as they are born, Thier weight is checked several times a day- and marked so that I know what is going on. This is done daily for the first 6 weeks.
I check growth by adding the weight of all the puppies together- and then dividing this number by the number of puppies in the litter. If any of the puppies weighs less then this number- get the bottle out and get to work that baby is not getting enough to eat.
Example Puppy A: 3oz Puppy B 5 oz PuppyC 3oz.
Total is 11oz for all three divide 11oz by 3 =3.66 you better start bottle feeding puppy A and Puppy C. If they are eating dry/canned food you need to increase their intake.
This was the formula ( minus the digital scale- what a godsend) that I have used for thirty years and it has been a real blessing in taking the worry out of
the growth problem
Wnalegria