S/O: bottle feeding

brevans02

If you're bottle feeding (BM or formula) - how much is your LO eating on average at a time and how old are they?

Once again I have a good eater. When dd was a baby I couldn't believe how much she could eat and it really kind of worried me, since she was always 95% height/weight. (Irrationally putting my own issues w/ weight on her as a baby.)  But, now as a nearly 7 year old, she's still tall and honestly, probably heavy for her age, but very proportional and I don't think anyone would say she's overweight.

I swore I wouldn't let it bother me this time and I'm doing a better job at keeping the irrational worries under control. But I'm still amazed at how much this kid can eat!

I would say, on average, he eats 4-5oz every 3.5-4 hours. But, like I mentioned in another post - that's really "average". Sometimes, it's as little as 2-3oz and last night, he got 6oz down before being done.

fireflyz56

My DD eats about 3 oz every 34 hours, she is 3 weeks old. I was also worried about how much she ate at first, but I guess it's normal!

slumpa1

DD eats 2.53oz every 3 hours or so. She is just over two weeks old.

mumsie28

My LO is 5 weeks old today. He is 11.5lbs, 8.3lbs at birth. He currently eats 4oz about every 2 hours. Sometimes he is still hungry and will eat another oz. He rarely spits up and hold it all down so the doc says its fine. My guy is just a big hungry baby! He is also formula fed.

ShellBear+

My girl is 3.5 weeks and she eats about 3oz every 2 hours during the day.  She is a hungry girl.  We give 4oz at night and usually get a 4-5 stretch of sleep. 

TexasAggie06

DS mostly bfeeds, but when he does get bottles he eats 4 oz every 3 hours.  He eats the first 3 oz eagerly, then "sips" the last oz about 15 minutes later.  

He weighed 6 lb 9 oz at birth, last Tuesday we weighed and he was 10 lb 11 oz!   

mngildersleeve

DD eats 2 oz a feeding. Sometimes less sometimes more like 3 oz. She eats every 2-3 hours. Most she has ever eaten was 4 oz and she's 4 weeks old.

blueandgray

She is mostly breastfed every 3 hours but I give her a 4oz bottle of 50/50 BM and formula before bed. She sleeps 5 hours after that.

She is just over 5 weeks old.

Jorleny

My daughter eats 45oz every 3 hours and if she's still hungry I give her the breast and than she just falls asleep. She weighed 6.6 oz at birt and in her 4 week appointment she was 8.10oz

GeorgiaGirl1230

My DD eats 34oz every 2.53 hours but sometimes goes 4 hour stretches at night. She's 3 weeks. I feel like its a lot, but she's gaining okay. She lost 1lb 1oz in her first 4 days so she had some making up to do.