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April 2012 Moms
5+mo formula fed babes?
Adeline is still only taking 4oz at a time, but pretty much constantly eating. It sucks.
Anyone else?
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Re: 5+mo formula fed babes?
Etta would prefer: not to eat until she's been up a couple hours and then to eat 2 oz. every half hour. Which doesn't fly. Usually I can make her take 4-5, every 3 hours. Sometimes she'll take 6.
Claire meanwhile sucks down 6 oz. like it's not a big deal and then wonders if she can have more (which, no, not until she spits up less).
Etta Jane and Claire Elaine are here! Born March 28, 2012.
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Once in awhile Pilar goes a couple of days only eating 4 oz or less at a time. I try to stretch out the feedings so I can get her to eat more. I also wait to make sure she is really hungery. It seems to me that Pilar is more distracted when she eats less. She would just rather look at the world than eat.
Or, it could be Adeline is just a snacker.
Aiden gets 1/2 milk 1/2 formula when I'm not home.
It started out as 4 oz then 30 mins later 2 oz ( total)
Now he's up to 6 oz bottles with only a little spit up and he can go longer in between feedings which in turn makes for longer naps ( yay!)
Caroline would prefer to eat 3 to 4oz every hour, but I wouldn't be able to do anything. But normally she eats between 4 to 5 oz and then stops and may or may not finish the bottle, and usually it's right up to the 1 hour mark. Now at daycare she pretty much finishes the entire 6.5 oz. She has never done that for us though. I really don't get it??
eek OP, that's tough.
Nolan is a good eater, he takes 5 7oz bottles daily, eating every 3 hours during the day and sleeps 7:15pm until about 6am and then eats. He was only 14 lbs at 4 months.