how often does your EBF 2 month old eat?

oooCarrieB · July 2011

this is my first week back to work and her schedule seems to be like this. just wondered if this seems normal.

5:30-6:00am- nurse

10:30am - bottle 6oz

2:30pm- bottle 6oz

5:15pm-5:45pm- nurse

7:00pm-7:30pm- nurse

3:00am-3:30am- nurse

JessJ222 · July 2011

I am not back to work until September but:

~5am- Nurse

~8am- Nurse + Pump

~11:30- Nurse

~2:00- Nurse

~5:00- Nurse

~7:00- Nurse

~9:30- 3.5oz bottle given by DH (While I pump)

msdonnas · July 2011

All.the.time. I feed on demand, but every 2 hours on average and three times between 9 and 6 at night.

kacelle · July 2011

Today was a really odd day with her eating since she napped a lot more than normal, but it was something like:

4:30 - nurse

7:20 - nurse

11:20 - bottle (3 ounces)

2:15 - nurse

6:50 - nurse

Normally, she wakes at 1:30-2 and 6 to eat, but there's no telling when she'll wake to nurse tonight since her schedule was so wacky today.

tokenhoser · July 2011

Every 2-3 hours around the clock, with maybe one longer stretch somewhere between 9 am and 4 am (but not that long, just 3-5 hours in there somewhere).

Babies vary. Breastfed babies do tend to eat about the same amount every day, though.

6 oz bottles are really big for a 2 month old! I've never had LO take more than 4 oz in a bottle, and usually more like 2-3 oz.

https://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/milkcalc.html - that would guess that 3-5 oz would do the trick.

darmca · July 2011

I feed on demand and my LO will be 2 months in a week.

He tends to do something like this:

4:00-4:20AM- nurse

4:30-5:00AM- pump

7:30-7:50AM- nurse

9:50-10:10AM- nurse

11:30-11:50AM-nurse

1:30-1:50PM-nurse

3:10-3:30PM- nurse

5:30-5:50PM- nurse

6:30-6:50PM- nurse

7:30-7:50PM- nurse

8:10-8:45PM- nurse

10:45-11:15- pump

This is all very appoximate but this would be a 'normal' day. And some people think nursing mothers should just 'plan to be home' for LO's feedings- I'd never leave the house!

mellydawn84 · July 2011

Every 2-3 hrs during the day. In the evening, he cluster feeds for about 2hrs where we nurse for what seems like the entire time - But he then sleeps about 4-6hrs in a row overnight.

AshBow171 · July 2011

6oz?!? WOW!

This is a typical day for us:

6:30 Nurse

8:30 Nurse

11:00 Nurse

1:00 Nurse

3:00 Nurse

5:00 Nurse

6:30 Nurse

8:00 Bath then Nurse

DD in crib at 9 and has been STTN.

morganaday · July 2011

wow 6oz!

Here was yesterday for us:

4:30am

8:30am

11:15a

2:30p

5:15p

8:30p...slept til 4:30am! woo!

alliejoe · July 2011

I'm going to ditto on the wow to the 6oz! My mom fed Ben a whole 5oz bottle I had pumped into not realizing that he usually has 3 oz. and he spit up everywhere.

LacieMI · July 2011

For my LO, 4 oz is the most he's ever taken from a bottle.

Here is a typical daily 'schedule' (similar to others -- I feed him on demand, typically every 3ish hours):

3 AM: nurse one side, pump other

6 AM: nurse one side

8 AM: nurse one side, pump other

11 AM: nurse one side

2 PM: nurse one side

5 PM: nurse one side

7 PM: nurse both sides

9 PM: nurse both sides

fluffybuns · July 2011

Every hour to every 3 hours.

MadameD517 · July 2011

Mine eats about every 2 hours. I get a 3-4 hour stretch if I'm lucky, your schedule seems fine to me.

aimeecasey · July 2011

My LO is not quite 2 months yet, but she typically eats every 3 hours during the day and is STTN. Yay! She eats 3.5-4 oz if we give her a bottle.

6:00am
9:00
12:30
3:30
6:30
8:00
9:15
Bath and bed by 10
I pump 11ish and get at 4-6 oz normally

MrsD1 · July 2011

Every 2 hrs. Sometimes she goes 3 hrs. at night.

janice74 · July 2011

Every 1-3 hours during the day. She usually eats once between 9pm-6am and she also sometimes takes a long nap in the middle of the day while her brother is napping, so she'll go 4 hours. I feed on demand and tend to tank her up in the morning and afternoon so she can do the long nap and the long stretches at night. I have no idea how much she would take in a bottle. I would guess 3oz.

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