Multiples
how much milk does your LOs drink?
I just delivered my twins 5 days ago at 36 weeks (4lbs 15oz and 4 lb 12 oz). They started out with 10 ml and are now taking 30ml. I was wondering if you guys can tell me how much yours drink. My singleton was 7 lbs 5 oz and took down 2 oz right away.
My breast is swollen but they don't drink enough. I tried to pump but nothing came out.
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Re: how much milk does your LOs drink?
Our babies were born @ 36 wks weighing 5lbs and 6lbs 9oz. They wouldn't latch, so they were getting pumped breastmilk and Similac Neosure. I think they started with 15-30mL feedings every 2-3 hours. At one week, our babies still weighed the same as they did they day we left the hospital, so we did feedings every 2 hours for a couple weeks to get their weights up. Then we moved to feedings every 3 hours until they started sleeping 5hrs/night (at ~9 weeks). @ 4 months, we were finally able to switch to every 4 hour feeds, which is down to only 4 feeds/day because they are sleeping great at night now (for the most part)!!
For feeding volumes, our pedi gave us a general guideline that really worked for us:
Take baby's weight, divide by 2 and subtract 1 ounce. So, a 7lb baby should eat 2.5 ounces (75mL).
At 4 months, the pedi said they should be eating 24-32 oz/day. I remember at 2 months, she still said 24 ounces was the minimum that they should be eating.
Good luck!
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