how much does your LO eat?

cafecreme · December 2013

DH is thinking over the last few days we've given her a little too much to eat.

she normally gets 25-30 oz a day (shes been formula fed for a month now), either 5-6oz bottles, and about a jar of baby food (3.5 oz) and anywhere from 3-5 tablespoons of cereal.

I know this is probably been asked before, but I just want to see what the norm is.

Thanks all

RedCherry1109 · December 2013

LO eats 4 oz every 2 to 3 hours and 1 - 6 oz bottle before bed. If he eats more than 4 oz at a time he tends to throw up a lot more. so probably around 22-24 oz a day.

ColieAnn31 · December 2013

LO has 3 6 oz bottles every 4 hours and then an 8 oz bottle at bedtime. He gets oatmeal and fruit for breakfast, a veggie and fruit for dinner, and now we're working in a lunch feeding.

[Deleted User] · December 2013

RedCherry1109 said:
LO eats 4 oz every 2 to 3 hours and 1 - 6 oz bottle before bed. If he eats more than 4 oz at a time he tends to throw up a lot more. so probably around 22-24 oz a day.

Similar here. LO eats 5 3.5-4 oz bottles which are 1/2 breast milk and 1/2 formula, bedtime bottle is 6 oz formula. Each is thickened with cereal (for reflux). Also, 1 container baby food and 2-3 Tbsp oatmeal during the day. We just started on solids.

JANCANDANCE · December 2013

6-7 oz every 4 hrs and 2 meals a day. But no MOTN feeding.

WasNotWas · December 2013

At school he gets 3 6oz bottles and at home he nurses as many as 4 times. We are re-starting solids next week, hopefully his tummy can handle it this time!

numbersgirl08 · December 2013

She nurses every 3-4 hrs, typically ends up being 5x a day. When I'm in the office she nurses when she wakes up, eats about 4-6 oz 3x while I'm away, and then nurses before bed. No MOTN feeding. We haven't started solids yet; she is 6 mos this Sat so we're planning on starting this week.

summer2times · December 2013

He usually drink 4 to 5: 6oz bottles. He eats about a half ounce of oatmeal in the am and a veggie and fruit mix at dinner.

ASmallWonder · December 2013

About 4 5 oz bottles and then a shitton of solids. Oatmeal with 2oz formula and an ice cube of fruit for breakfast, 4 ice cubes of fruit and/or veggies for lunch and dinner varies but can be as much as 2 stage two containers of veggies/fruits/meat thing.

HeartLikeMine3 · December 2013

CL8badB said:
Js still BFing so i really cant say how many oz hes getting. In the morning i give him oatmeal followed by a fruit. In the afternoon he gets a veggie and then more oatmeal later on. I nurse him throughout the day and before each "meal".

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ASmallWonder · December 2013

NaChelleBeck said:

elmoali said:

About 4 5 oz bottles and then a shitton of solids. Oatmeal with 2oz formula and an ice cube of fruit for breakfast, 4 ice cubes of fruit and/or veggies for lunch and dinner varies but can be as much as 2 stage two containers of veggies/fruits/meat thing.

You would think your little man would be a moose (@wasnotwas, thanks for that) with that much solids. :P

You'd think so, right? But he's just under 15.5 pounds. Both my kids have some super human metabolism that they did not get from me. I actually asked the doctor about how much he was eating because obviously I know that his bottles are most important but if we don't give the solids, he doesn't drink more (maybe an ounce or two that we make up for by mixing it with cereal). So she said if he isn't making up for it with more bottles, we're better off letting him eat lol

needanustart · December 2013

My kid is a moose. He drinks 5oz bottles or nurses every two hours and stretches to 3 hours at 9ish, midnight, 3am and then back to 5am, 7, etc. he gets fruit and oatmeal in the morning and veggie and oatmeal in the evening. He likes milk more than solids right now.

smellychelly25 · December 2013

If I am home, he breastfeeds all day so I am not sure how many oz. If he is at my mom, he probably has 4-5oz bottles. He gets oatmeal and fruit in the morning, something similar for lunch and 2 of the bigger puree cups for dinner.