Potentially Ridiculous Formula Question (martinimomma)

martinimomma

Okay, this is probably a silly question, but here goes anyway:

How much formula does/did your 5 month old eat?

I BF'd DS with occasional bits of formula until he was almost 10 months old.  Even then, he had bad reflux and took small bottles, and was not a ravenous kid in general (and he still eats for crap but that is another post for another day).

I weaned DD to exclusively formula and am starting to get a little shocked by what she is putting away on a daily basis.  She is probably 17 or so pounds, and lately has been eating about 28-32 oz per day.  That just seems like a ton to me for a baby her age.  DS was putting away those amounts at about a year.

Nevermind that DD is getting RTF Alimentum...which means she is socking back $10 a day in formula.  So if this is normal, I need to get her on to powdered formula asap before she bankrupts us.

Thoughts?  I checked the Fearless Formula Feeder site and I guess this is not off track, but I appreciate any additional feedback.

Missa_g

At around 5-6 months adjusted the boys were typically eating six 5oz bottles a day. So 28-32oz sounds totally normal to me.

MJM3108

28-32 oz is about what DS was eating at that age. Sounds right on to me. Definitely try and get her off the RTF Alimentum- that sh*t is hella expensive! 

KikiCohen

At 5 months, P ate 5 6oz bottles per day, so that seems normal to me.  

martinimomma

LOL, glad to know DD is right on track...to send us to the poorhouse!  We'll be moving on to powdered formula soon!

MickeyM04

I see I'm late to the thread, but that sounds normal to me.  I think at 5 months, I was sending him to daycare with 4 5-oz bottles a day (so 20 right there) and then I was nursing him once in the morning and once at home and occasionally in the middle of the night. So I can only assume he was taking at least 30 oz a day.  And when we switched to formula at 7 months he didn't start taking less, his quantities stayed roughly the same from whatever BM quantity he was on at the time. 

martinimomma

RachaelA said:

C eats 30-32ish a day at 3 months old. She's only like 12 1/2 lbs too

Good to know.  And here I thought A might be overeating.  Not so much. 

BootsOrHearts

That sounds normal to me. Yeah that stuff is expensive, we gave some to baby boots and he projectile vomited it all over DH. It is no more! Lol