Feeding amount/schedule

GolfWidow001 · September 2014

How much and how often are you feeding your 4 month old?
How much does he/she weigh also?
I feel like all I'm doing is feeding DS!
Our little guy will be 4 months Friday and is weighing just under 16lbs.

letal316 · September 2014

She takes 6-7oz, five times a day. So 30 to 35oz per day.

She's 13lbs.

RachelCA29 · September 2014

When I was EPing we fed 4oz 7-8 times a day, 6-8 of those oz were formula because I topped out pumping 28 oz a day. He could only ever eat 4 oz at a time, maybe 5. Or else he would spit up a lot.

We just had our 4 month appointment today and our guy is on the low side for weight at 13.3 lbs. So our doctor wants us to offer more formula more often.

kendy20 · September 2014

The only bottle DD gets is her bedtime bottle which is 4 oz. other than that we feed on demand and no way for me to tell exactly how much she's getting while breast feeding. She was right under 13 lbs at her apt last week. But she's still eating every 2 hours during the day and that's 8-10 times a day. One motn feeding usually.

mymommyplace · September 2014

We just had him weighed at the doctor and DS was coming in at 14 lbs 8oz - he's eating five oz every three hours but for his last bottle at 8:30 usually I give him 6 sometimes he finishes it sometimes he doesn't.

caycelee · September 2014

4-5 oz every 2-3 hours. Today he took 7 oz!

ksyknelvr73 · September 2014

DS has 5 bottles a day, 6 oz and he is almost exactly 18 lbs. Most nights he needs a little "top off" of maybe 3-4 oz in addition to his normal bottles.

yepyepsms · September 2014

17lbs

She nurses 2-4 x per night
Three 5oz bottles at daycare every three hours
One evening bottle 3-4 oz
Nurse to sleep, sometimes just for comfort, sometimes eats

On weekends she nurses every 2-3 hrs. I would guess she takes in around 30oz per day.

haylo33 · September 2014

Every 3 hours during the day. Wakes 2 times at night. When I work, he eats 4oz bottles every 3 hours. He weighs 16 lbs at 4 months

Katzalia · September 2014

Every three hours during the day, and once at night, about 3.5 to 4 oz of formula six times a day, plus BF which based on weighted feedings is between 6 to 10 oz more. So total range is about 28 - 34 oz, typically 30-32 oz. She almost 4 months, and tho we haven't had her 4 month appt yet, I think she's a bit less than 14.5 lbs.

bridetobe9132013 · September 2014

DD is 13 lbs and she eats 4 oz every 2-3 hours between 6am and 10pm approximately. Occasionally she will have 6 oz at a feeding.

LunaBug924 · September 2014

kendy20 said:
The only bottle DD gets is her bedtime bottle which is 4 oz. other than that we feed on demand and no way for me to tell exactly how much she's getting while breast feeding. She was right under 13 lbs at her apt last week. But she's still eating every 2 hours during the day and that's 8-10 times a day. One motn feeding usually.

This is pretty much exactly us. She was just over 13lbs at her 4 month appointment.

momo214 · September 2014

DD was an even 13 lbs last week at her 4 month appointment. She eats 6x a day on average (7am-8pm) and usually one MOTN feeding. She gets 3 bottles at day care which are 4-5oz but usually doesn't finish 5oz. She bfs the rest of the time.

deanna1313 · September 2014

6 oz on demand which seems to be getting closer to every 3 hours. He's always been a hungry boy and is pretty much ready to move up to 7oz.

He was 17.4lbs 2 1/2 weeks ago.

bossyferg · September 2014

DS eats 5 to 6 oz every 3 hours during the day and anywhere from 3 to 6 oz around 4 am. He weighed in at 14 lbs 14oz yesterday at his 4 month check up.

hbird0723 · September 2014

kendy20 said:
The only bottle DD gets is her bedtime bottle which is 4 oz. other than that we feed on demand and no way for me to tell exactly how much she's getting while breast feeding. She was right under 13 lbs at her apt last week. But she's still eating every 2 hours during the day and that's 8-10 times a day. One motn feeding usually.

I don't do a bottle but this exactly. On demand and lots of times. Mostly because she'll only eat out of one side. She is 14 lbs. I'm glad I'm not alone. Thought I was doing something wrong since she was still eating so much and then the doctor said she was big for her height. I think she's cute!

spinsoffresonance · September 2014

DD was 14lbs 14oz last week. She BF every 2-3hours day and night

banks81 · September 2014

DD is 16 lbs 5 oz. She gets 5 bottles during the day (7am - 7pm), total of 28 oz (4 - 6 oz bottles and 1 - 4 oz bottle). We were doing 26 oz until about a week ago when she seemed to be getting hungrier.

gutsysneakers · September 2014

DD is 14 lbs, 2 oz.

She gets 4 bottles at DC totaling 18-20 oz. I nurse her in the morning 1x and night 1x. I'm thinking she gets 25-30 oz total a day.

momthatlifts · September 2014

Dd is 13.9 oz.

I feed her about 5 to 51/2 oz every 4 to 5 hours. But this past day I have been feeding her 4 oz every 3 hours

sparklingdiamond · September 2014

He eats three 5 oz bottles at daycare and then we nurse the rest of the time, so I have no idea how much he is taking in then. He was 14 lbs 2 oz at his last appt, but has since gone up to about 15 lbs 4 oz.

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