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formula oz in bottle question

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So I have weened my DS off of breastmilk and Im wondering how many ounces you put in the bottle at one point. Our ped has rec that he get between 27 and 35 oz so we have been playing with how many ounces he can tolerate in one feeding without spitting the whole thing up. What are you doing?
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  • MJ5678MJ5678

    DD will take 6 oz bottles.  She's only having 24 ounces total a day. 

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  • brighteyes888brighteyes888
    i dont know if you remember how much BM he was getting but formula is more filling so count a couple oz. less per feeding.  Usually when my LO had bottle of BM she would have 7oz and when I would give her formula she would take 5 oz.
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  • javorka.samantha@gmail.comjavorka.samantha@gmail.com

    We started weaning around the 4 month mark and started with a 4oz bottle... some feedings it seemed like he wanted more, some less.  It was a guessing game at first and even now that we've finished we are adjusting them.  Right now he takes the following:

    1st feeding: 4oz (sometimes 5 but rarely) - he has solids within an hour of this

    2nd feeding: always 4 oz

    3rd feeding: 5 oz

    4th feeding: 6 oz

    5th feeding: 6 oz

    he weighs about 17 lbs.

    I did the calc originally at 2.5oz/lb and divided by the numb of bottles.   The pedi said to shoot for 3 - 6oz bottles & 3 solids meals by 9 mos.

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  • vcusanovcusano member
    DS has 5 6oz bottles per day, total of 30 ozs.  Sometimes he doesn't finish his bottle and sometimes he needs more than the 6 ozs...  I would start at the low end of the amount your pedi recommends and see how LO does and increase a little at each feeding until you get to the point that she's not finising the bottle and seems satisfied with that amount.  Use that amount for feedings and increase as time goes on and he seems less satisfied with that amount.

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  • Kaidee0710Kaidee0710

    I'm thinkin DD has a really small tummy LOL she can only handle at most 3.5 oz. she eats like every 3 hours. I wish she could get more at one time and go longer between but she just pukes it all up. She wont stop when shes full she will eat til i take the bottle away.  but i agree with everyone else start with like 4 or 5 oz and if hes still acting hungry give him a bit more =]

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