How many oz's a day?

LaRue86 · April 2012

Just got the official ok from our pedi to give DS all almond milk. I am running low on donor milk and am only pumping 4-8oz a day, so I needed to know if we need to go to formula or if solely almond milk was ok. They said to give him no more than 16-20oz a day...DS currently drinks about 30oz a day and they said to offer more food and replace the other amount with water...He still takes a bottle every 3 hours, except at night. So how many oz does your LO drink each day?

RingOfFire11 · April 2012

DD has 4 bottles per day - ranging from 6-8 oz each. She's been averaging closer to 24 oz for the day though, which is down from about 30 oz. She's eating more solids and drinks quite a bit of water at meal time.

Telly21182 · April 2012

He's started going back to drinking more formula lately. On average he gets 28-31oz. of formula a day (over the course of 4-5 bottles) and he eats about 10-12 oz. of purees a day, and snacks on table foods or puffs 1-2x a day, which I can't measure.

I feel like he eats a lot, but I really have no idea!

ETA: I should also point out that I'm horrible about giving him water. Oops.

NovNYC2006 · April 2012

M gets three 6oz. bottles a day. Occasionally he will take an extra 2oz. here & there. He also drinks a good amount of water throughout the day.

vigurl · April 2012

LO has four 7 oz bottles so that is 28oz per day.

rainstar752 · April 2012

dantoni1210:
DD has 4 bottles per day - ranging from 6-8 oz each. She's been averaging closer to 24 oz for the day though, which is down from about 30 oz. She's eating more solids and drinks quite a bit of water at meal time.

Pretty much exactly this. She's been taking 4 6oz bottles per day - she used to be 30-32oz.

Jills83 · April 2012

This post makes me worry a little seeing all of your LOs drinking 24-30 per day. I don't know exactly how much total, but DS normally drinks 10 ounces of formula at day care and nurses two to three times a day. I worry that he isn't getting enough, but he refuses to drink more than that.

He also has about 5-8 ounces of water a day.

emilys629 · April 2012

Jills83:
This post makes me worry a little seeing all of your LOs drinking 24-30 per day. I don't know exactly how much total, but DS normally drinks 10 ounces of formula at day care and nurses two to three times a day. I worry that he isn't getting enough, but he refuses to drink more than that.

He also has about 5-8 ounces of water a day.

I don't think my son tops 20 oz.

Rachel5782 · April 2012

Two 7oz bottles a day (morning and evening bottle) and two 6 oz. bottles (mid morn. and afternoon) so that's 26oz. This is on top of about 6oz of water and his 3 meals of purees and/or table foods.

SpceCadet · April 2012

About 20oz of formula and probably 6-7 of BM. Because of weight gain issues, we don't offer water frequently. He also eats three solid meals a day with snacks offered after the meal.

stephdruskinis · April 2012

B gets around 25 ounces plus three meals, plus a sippy with water at meal and snack time. When I asked at his 9 month visit, the pedi said he should be around 24 ounces right now, working down to 20 or less at his 12 month visit. He's on soy formula...I wonder what they will have us go to at 12 months?

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