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Food Intake Questions!

mollyxcatemollyxcate member
in August 2012 Moms

I know this happens a lot but I'm kind of curious if I should be encouraging Chloe to eat more or if she just has a fast metabolism.

She is in the 29th percentile for weight, up from the 26th which is great! Eating has always been hard for her because of the reflux. Bottles that is, solids she is great with. Some days the reflux acts up and we give her meds but more or less shes off them now. She doesn't fuss like its bothering her almost ever any more. Now we're trying to play catch up.

I offer her a 7oz bottle 4 times a day. Sometimes she only takes 5oz sometimes she takes all 7. She also eats 2.5-3.5 oz of solids in the morning and at night.

So a big day is 28oz of formula and 7oz of solids and a smaller day being usually around 24oz of formula and 5oz of solids.

What do you think? She likely wouldn't take another bottle. I could offer her snack bottles, or is it okay?

Her pedi doesn't really pay much attention to things so he didn't give me much input.

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  • RhomonkRhomonk member
    DD is in the 26th percentile of weight, and our feeding schedules are almost the same!  Food wise, we offer 2.5 oz in the morning and after noon, and 1.5-2 oz of dinner before bedtime.
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    imageRhomonk:
    DD is in the 26th percentile of weight, and our feeding schedules are almost the same!  Food wise, we offer 2.5
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  • Tula214Tula214 member
    Jayson is in the 25th percentile. He eats 22 to 26 oz formula, and 5 to 8oz of solids per day. We also give some puffs, or other snacks after his solids.
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  • mmdaileymmdailey member
    imageTula214:
    Jayson is in the 25th percentile. He eats 22 to 26 oz formula, and 5 to 8oz of solids per day. We also give some puffs, or
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  • Grins04Grins04 member
    Our pedi said they don't like to see babies take less than 22oz a day.  DD takes 25oz and then she has 2 solid meals a day of 2oz each (so 4oz total).  She was 14lbs 13oz a couple days ago at 7 months.
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  • shakinrosshakinros member
    Her big days sound normal to me. Her small days are maybe a little light on food but if she's happy with that amt, it would be worse to try to force her to eat more. Some babies are just smaller!

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  • Jessica SwanlakeJessica Swanlake member
    I think she sounds right. Evie eats around the same amount (24-26oz bm and around 4oz of mush) and she is 93rd for weight and 100th for height. Some babies are just naturally petite and some are naturally big. I would not worry too much. If she wants more
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  • mollyxcatemollyxcate member
    Thanks all!!! I really appreciate the replies. I feel better now!
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