4 Mos Old - How Many Oz.'s

Tchaikov32

How many ounces does your 4 month old eat and how often?  Mine still nurses but he'll do so every two hours.  But when he takes formula, he eats 4 + ounces and I just don't produce that much by the breast.  I'm worried he's not getting enough.

mysonya

DD eats about 6 oz every 3 1/2 to 4 hours.  She is FF.

NiniJ55

When nursing DS he eats about every 2-3 hours.  When I pump milk for his daytime bottles I give 4oz every 3 hours. 

GreekyPie

My nearly 4 month old takes 4 oz every 3 hours, except for some reason one of his midday feeds he only takes 2 oz.  ???  That is at daycare, I nurse him at home so I'm not sure how much he is getting then.

justrachet

6 oz every 3ish hours. He goes longer between bottle #3 and #4 and shorter between #4 and #5 (last bottle of the day).

We were doing 4 oz every 2-3 hours (with 1 bottle over night) until a couple of weeks ago. Since we've increased to 6 oz, he's been much more content and doesn't have to eat in the middle of the night.

alrussell9

I know you asked for 4 month moms, but my 3 month old has about 5-6 oz. every three hours.  We started increasing the ounces and frequency and now he sleeps for about 11-12 hours at night with one feeding after about 7 or 8 hours.

lostaspen

My LO is EBF, and eats every 2-3 hours during the day, and sleeps 8-12 uninterrupted hours at night.  When I pump I get 1-4 ounces per side.  I've heard that babies are much more efficient at nursing then a pump is, so I generally assume he gets more than that.  Plus I will only pump 10 mins max, and he'll nurse 30+ minutes sometimes.

kelbel527

5 6oz bottles (30 oz formula per day).  He eats about every 3 hours.  3 bottles at daycare (7am-4pm), 1 when he wakes up & 1 before bed.

cookingdude

I'm back to work now, so I can measure how much I pump. He has 6 oz every 2 1/2-3 hours.

pdxjenn

We just started on a little formula. SO he gets about 3 ozs BM and 2 ozs formula every 2-3 hours.

He usually leaves an ounce though.

sasky

5-6 6 oz bottles a day, 2/3 BM 1/3 formula.

Nikibug

NiniJ55:

When nursing DS he eats about every 2-3 hours.  When I pump milk for his daytime bottles I give 4oz every 3 hours. 

This but 5 oz.

beckerella

I am away from DD for 5 hours on weekdays and I pump once during that time and get ~8 oz. That's DD's bottle for the next day and she generally drinks the whole thing over the 5 hour period- sometimes in one go and sometimes in several smaller feedings. I feed her just before I leave for work and when I get back. She BFs every 2.5-3 hours during the day and is sleeping 5-8 hours at night.

12bailey18

6 oz. every 3-4 hours. Every 5-7 hours at night. He's formula fed. 

andrew's_bride

DD usually drinks about 6-7 oz every 4 hours, and sleeps 10-12 hours at night (I know, sooooo lucky!) She is FF. Sometimes she gets picky and only drinks 4-5 oz one feeding, but then sucks the 7oz bottle dry the next feeding.