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Originally Posted by bellasmomok  My Bella is just a week or 2 over 4 mo. old (3 lbs.) and she only eats about 1/4 c. of food over a whole day still. There are some days she eats less (like barely anything at all) and some days she eats more--closer to 1/3 c. But, she has never been a big eater either. As long as she has the energy to play and poops and pees, then I figure she's getting enough. Also, when I brought Bella home at 9 wks. old, she slept a LOT too. In fact, she slept so much that she'd cry into the night after I'd go to bed (because she wanted in bed with me or wanted me to be up with her), so I started trying to limit her to one really good, really long nap per day--3-4 hours long in the middle of the day. Even then, she'd want another nap, but she's gradually gotten to where she naps less and I don't have to regulate naps anymore (she doesn't cry at night anymore either). She always has energy to play when it's not her nap time, though, and even a few "crazy dog" bursts of energy where she does laps around the couch just before bedtime. Does your baby have the energy to play after a good nap? |
Zoe will ALWAYS take a nap during the middle of the day. Usually from around noon to 2 or 3. She'll take an hour nap here or there sometimes, but mostly she takes those naps because we aren't playing with her and she refuses to play with herself.
When she wakes up it may take her a bit to be awake but usually she's revving to go. And she'll go and play with toys, maybe chew and "kill" her stuffed animals. There's definitely times crazy puppy comes and she'll run like crazy around the house, either following us, or in to other rooms and then running back out again.
But like you said, Zoe will make several times a day and play with us every chance she gets (when she's awake at least) so clearly something's go to be working right. I'm hoping that she's just not a big eater and all of these things point to her being fine after all. (I may wind up switching her food eventually, as I fear her Eukenuba puppy food might not give her as good of nutrients in the small amount of food she eats as another food would...)