How many ounces/bottles per day for 6 month old?

AfterAll · April 2010

Sorry for the silly question but we just went from EBF to FF. He is eating solids 2x per day, but we just started trying those.

When he was BF he ate every 2 hours. If I continued that, he would end up with 7, 7oz bottles throughout the course of the day-- that sounds like a lot to me.

He goes to sleep at 7. I had been waking him up at 10 to feed him (because my boobs wouldn't make it otherwise). Should I drop that feeding?

I am going to the doctor in 2 weeks so I will ask then.. just wondering what other 6 month olds are eating.

bella9280 · April 2010

My DS gets 4 8oz bottles a day, he also gets cereal in the AM and veggies at night

saturdaynightdoubletree · April 2010

bella9280:
My DS gets 4 8oz bottles a day, he also gets cereal in the AM and veggies at night

this is what DD was having @ 6 months - we've dropped a bottle and added more solids (she get's the same amount of formula, just mixed in with her food)

MommaD2Be · April 2010

Jonathan eats 5X per day. During the week he gets 3 bottles and 2 nursing - for his bottles he eats 7-8oz each. We also do two solids spread out in between bottles.

Mee83shell · April 2010

My LO has severe reflux so he isn't "allowed" to take anything more than 6oz at a time. With that said, he has a total of 24-30 oz a day of milk. It really depends on the day.

Usually a 6oz bottle to start the day and then 4oz after that per feeding.

I have to offer milk before solids b/c he won't drink it otherwise.

seashell82 · April 2010

kyle has a sippy with 5 ounces of formula twice a day and nurses three times a day. we give him a fruit in the am and a veggie in the pm.

DEP · April 2010

The twins get the following:

7am: 7 oz bottle

8am: 4 oz solid (DD takes whatever she takes, DS takes the whole thing)

11:15 5oz bottle, 4 oz solid

2:30-3 7 oz bottle

4 4 oz solid

6 7 oz bottle

mrs.n22 · April 2010

JAck gets 4 bottles 7.5 ounces each. WE do oatmeal in am and veggies/fruit in pm.

jewels_025 · April 2010

wow...DS is totally different ! He wont take more than 4/5 oz at a time except for his night bottle where he'll take 6/7oz. We prob do about 8 bottles per day and solids around dinner. I wish he would take more at a time....I still spend most of my day feeding him (we FF )

smilelari · April 2010

We do 7 4.5 oz bottles per day. 6 of those bottles are breast milk and the other is formula

CTJourney · April 2010

I also just recently went from EBF to FF. It was mostly trial and error to figure out how much DS wants to eat and how often, and I'm still figuring it out, but here's how much he has been eating on typical days lately:

7:30am - Wakes Up
8am - 7oz bottle
8:45am - Oatmeal and fruit
11:30am - 8oz bottle
3:00pm - 6oz bottle
5:00pm- Vegetable
5:30pm - 3oz bottle
7:00pm - 6-8oz bottle
7:30pm - Bed

In the beginning he was waking around 3am and we would give him a few ounces, but once we got into a pattern during the day he dropped the middle of the night feeding.

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