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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1  I think you are doing OK now....just watch weight....if they slow way down gaining, or stop, then you will need to restart your supplemental feedings.....even a couple of cc three or four times a day will be a dramatic increase in calories and babies will begin to gain....be sure you dont hold baby on its back to bottle feed....position baby level with head a little higher, like it is nursing from momma...make sure puppy is comfy and warm and feeding is warm.....and if you see that baby is really into a bottle feeding session, let the puppy take as much as it wants from the bottle....you have nore nutrition in that formula than momma is providing actually.....you DO want baby to nurse from momma, to stimulate nursing and milk production and bonding....but it wont hurt if you fill baby up on formula once or twice in a 24 hour period. |
Thank you! I am weighing them 2-3 times per day and they are consistently gaining no less than 0.1-0.2 ounce at each weigh-in, sometimes they jump higher than that, so we're averaging roughly 0.5 ounce/day.
Today they made it to 7.0 (B) and 7.2 (G) ounces. We struggled to get them to 5 oz, but once there, their weight gain increments have been higher than before.