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How much did/does your baby eat at 12lbs?
I'm getting worried because we have to fight to get her to eat 3oz every 3 hours. We spend a full hour feeding her and still only get her to take 3. Sometimes she will not take more then 2oz. In the last 2 weeks she's gained maybe 4oz. I plan on calling her pedi on Monday, but I was curious how many oz other babies are eating. She used to take 4oz every 3 hours but stopped that a couple of weeks ago.
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Re: How much did/does your baby eat at 12lbs?
Austin is 15oz and he is eating about 1 oz per hr. (3 oz in 3 hrs). He just recently moved up to eating two extra oz in two bottles during the day.
Ella eats between 4-6 oz. every 3 or 4 hours, sometimes a full 8 oz.
You know, Leo just did a weird thing where he went from eating approx 30 oz/day to only eating about 16-20oz. Then yesterday he was ravenous again. I think they just ebb and flow with the hunger.
I've heard they should eat about 2-2.5 times their weight- so if he's 12lbs, that's 24 oz at the lowest. That said, Leo is almost 14lbs and he still is only eating 20-26 oz a day.