If you have fed your baby from a bottle, how much does s/he eat and at what age? ?We tried Kiran on a bottle today for the first time and he sucked down four ounces in a few minutes and still wanted the breast afterwards. ?Just wondering approximately how much I should budget for the next bottle -- apparently my pumped supply isn't as ample as I thought!
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Re: How much does your baby eat?
I found this website. It takes their weight times 2.5 ounces, and then divide by feedings...HTH
https://tinyurl.com/3nqz3f
Jacob is the same way with bottles. The last time I tried to give him a bottle, there was 4 oz in it, he gulped it down (in like 5 minutes) and then about 10 minutes later was rooting around to eat more....
I don't have an electric pump yet, so he rarely gets a bottle (has had about 4 now) and each time he drinks the milk so fast that I sometimes think it's not worth skipping the breast feeding... make sense? I end up having to feed him anyway.
Robbie still eats 8 times a day (sometimes 9 or 10. *sigh*) so he eats less. With his God Awful reflux it's probably not going to change any time soon since smaller quantities upset his tummy less. Plus he had a stomach surgery that makes it harder for his stomach to stretch, so it's probably always going to be a challege. (Can I sigh again?)
He eats a little more than 2oz/pound/day most days. Usually one day a week he eats less than that, but again, we have major stomach issues to deal with.
he's still only about 9 1/2 pounds, so he's eating about 20oz/day.
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