How much does baby eat?

alizabethanne

Currently my LO is eating 22oz a day. Every 2-3 hours she will have 2-3oz and is almost 11 weeks.

How about yours? I am just wondering if we are about average?! 

dhrx01

My LO is formula fed and almost 12 weeks. She eats 5 times a day and about 5-6 ounces per feeding. She sleeps  about 9 hours each night. I would say 27-30 ounces per day. Sometimes more, sometimes less. 

I see you are feeding every 3 hours. Please excuse this unsolicited advice. I increased her bottle size and that increased the number of hours between feedings. When she finished eating 3 ounces at each feeding for a few days, I went to 4 oz until she finished those bottles, etc. and found that the number of hours increased between her feeding again. That is how I built up to 5-6 oz bottles. This has made for less feedings a day for me, and her STTN most importantly. Good luck. 

AliciaS1411

15 weeks on friday, and he eats 5.5 oz every 3-4 hours, but he sleeps about 9-10 hours at night. So we average anywhere between 20 and 25 oz a day.

jasminelorraine20

My LO is breastfed, but at the babysitter's he'll drink up to 16oz. a day. He's 13 weeks, but he is also a big boy.

alizabethanne

dhrx01:

My LO is formula fed and almost 12 weeks. She eats 5 times a day and about 5-6 ounces per feeding. She sleeps  about 9 hours each night. I would say 27-30 ounces per day. Sometimes more, sometimes less. 

I see you are feeding every 3 hours. Please excuse this unsolicited advice. I increased her bottle size and that increased the number of hours between feedings. When she finished eating 3 ounces at each feeding for a few days, I went to 4 oz until she finished those bottles, etc. and found that the number of hours increased between her feeding again. That is how I built up to 5-6 oz bottles. This has made for less feedings a day for me, and her STTN most importantly. Good luck. 

I have tried that. My LO just doesn't eat that way She has finished a 4oz bottle a grand total of twice. But I am so lucky she is STTN. I have noticed that she is slowly increasing the time between bottles but its been slow. I am just glad there is a large range of whats normal it seems from the responses and she is somewhere in there! 

kdjudd

So far my LO has eaten about 20 ounces today. She usually eats about 35-40 ounces a day. She is almost 15 weeks and weighs about 14 lbs. 

Daisy22

I am EPing and he takes 4-5oz every 3 hrs during the day. So 20-25oz per 24 hr period

rebecca4980

13 weeks this past Sunday.  He eats about 5-6.5 oz. every 3-4 hours depending on where he is, and he has spurts of wanting 7oz before bedtime.  He eats more at home than daycare for some reason.  He'll get about 27-35 oz. a day-we use mostly formula but he gets pumped breastmilk as well.  He's getting better at STTN but usually needs a bottle at least once during the night (around 3am) and then again at 6, but I'm up by then.  He's a bitty baby though-only now hitting 12 lbs. 

I'm thinking he'll be one to try cereal at 4 months as it just doesn't seem like he is full even when he eats a big (6.5oz) bottle.  He usually is hungry again in 3-4 hours.  

stepper1725

My guess is about 25 oz on average. We are EBF and she eats three 3.5 oz bottles at daycare, then nurses 4 to 5 times when I'm home in the evening - morning hours. On the weekends, she nurses evey 2 hours or so.

BR

DD eats 25-30 oz. per day.  I FF and she is 16 weeks old.

Heartcease

James gets from 28 to 32 oz a day now.  That 3 month growth spurt is no joke.

MalloryRudy

j.d.gal:

11 weeks old today and she's been eating 4-6 oz. six times a day, usually 32 oz., total (sometimes more, sometimes less) for a while now.  But she's a big girl - off the charts (literally) for height and weight.  And she sleeps 10-12 hours at night.

 Ditto!

SaraAlexine

3-4 ounces, every 2 hours.