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how many times does your 7-8 month old eat/drink

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My 7.5 mo old DD drinks formula 5 times a day (about 4-5 ounces) and eats 2 solid meals. I saw on here that babies that age are drinking 3 times a day.  Should I be concerned about this? Is there a way to decrease the number of feedings but have the same total formula intake?

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Re: how many times does your 7-8 month old eat/drink

  • Melly MelMelly Mel member

    We are about the same. She won't take more than 5-6 oz. at a time so she eats more frequently. I don't think it is a big deal.

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  • Starfish113Starfish113 member
    I definitely wouldn't worry. My LO is only 6 months (so you didn't ask for my input, haha) but she STILL eats 4ozs every two hours during the day. So her eating habits haven't changed one bit since 3 months. But our pedi said it's fine since she's gaining normally and that's what she wants to do! I'd say your LO is fine if that's how she wants to eat :)
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  • CgilbCgilb

    I'm glad you asked this, I've been wondering the same thing!  DD takes a bottle or nurses about 6 times a day, averaging about 4-5oz per bottle (and I estimate she gets about 4 or 5 ounces when she nurses).  In addition to that, we just started doing 3 meals a day:  a couple cubes of fruit mixed with oatmeal in the morning (after she nurses), a small jar of veggies in the afternoon at daycare, and half a large jar of stage 2 veggies for dinner.

    I'd love it if she would drink more at one sitting so she didn't have to nurse as frequently.  It's not a big deal when we're just hanging around the house, but whenever we go somewhere, it would be nice not to have to stop every two hours and nurse or feed her. 

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  • MFalorMFalor member

    Well, my baby is a little older than yours, but I'll share anyway:

    • 7:30(ish):  5oz milk + solids
    • 11:30(ish):  5oz milk + solids
    • 3:00(ish):  7oz milk
    • 6:00(ish):  5oz milk + solids

     

    I think at your baby's age it was more like this:

    • 7:30(ish):  7oz milk
    • 10:30(ish):  5oz milk + solids
    • 2:30(ish):  7oz milk
    • 5:30(ish):  5oz milk + solids
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  • Starfish113Starfish113 member
    imageMFalor:

    Well, my baby is a little older than yours, but I'll share anyway:

    • 7:30(ish):  5oz milk + solids
    • 11:30(ish):  5oz milk + solids
    • 3:00(ish):  7oz milk
    • 6:00(ish):  5oz milk + solids

     

    I think at your baby's age it was more like this:

    • 7:30(ish):  7oz milk
    • 10:30(ish):  5oz milk + solids
    • 2:30(ish):  7oz milk
    • 5:30(ish):  5oz milk + solids

    Holy crap!! I didn't read yours thoroughly at first, and I thought that whole list was what your LO ate in a day! My jaw dropped to the floor, haha!!

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  • BBRealtorBBRealtor
    My 8-1/2 month old takes 3 or 4 - 6 ounce bottles, and eats food three times a day.  However, out of my friends with babies around the same age there are babies that take around 5 or 6 bottles a day.  I wouldn't worry about it because every baby is different.  
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  • mela-shamela-sha
    thank you for the replies
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  • sturgejesturgeje
    landon's just two days shy of 7 months and is about the same (5 bottles/day, 7 oz. each) and two meals, one mid-morning at daycare and one at home.
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