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12 oz in 8 hrs?

JeslankyJeslanky member
in August 2015 Moms
Baby girls first day at daycare today. :(( She's 6 wks & I brought enough breast milk for her & even more (I thought). Her daily feeding schedule says she had 12 oz in 8 hours.... I usually feed her from the tap, so I don't keep track of ounces but it seems like too much to me. What do you ladies think?
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  • princesslocknessprincesslockness member
    When my LO started DC he took close to 14oz in 9ish hours. Then after about 3 days he got,use to,the bottle and is back down to 10 oz in 9 hrs.


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  • sgolden02sgolden02 member
    That wouldn't even be enough for my 6 week old in 8 hours. :/ My LO has almost 4 oz every 2 hours on the dot during the day. He might go a 3 hour stretch once. They will be quicker to eat more when not at home.
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  • meli1112meli1112 member
    edited September 2015
    My 5 week old eats about 4 oz every 2-3 hours. Seems about right to me
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  • SonadoraSonadora member
    sgolden02 said:
    That wouldn't even be enough for my 6 week old in 8 hours. :/ My LO has almost 4 oz every 2 hours on the dot during the day. He might go a 3 hour stretch once. They will be quicker to eat more when not at home.
    This - My 7 week old takes 4.5-5 ounces of pumped milk per feeding when we are feeding him a bottle and he likes it every 2.5 hours or less.
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  • Kwest1007Kwest1007 member
    My 5 week old takes 3-4oz every 3hrs during the day.
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  • JeslankyJeslanky member
    Are all you ladies breastfeeding? I heard a lot of the times bf babies will drink just a couple oz a feeding. This evening she's been extremely hungry wanting to nurse constantly. Maybe she's going through a growth spurt. Bc there we're a few times they fed her in just 1 hour after last feeding.
    I hate this going back to work thing. :/
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  • mrsb30mrsb30 member
    It could be that she's eating more because the milk flows faster from the bottle nipple and her suck reflex isn't being met. Breast fed babies need to be fed bottles at a slower pace so that they can suck longer and they have time to recognize their tummies are full. My LO eats 4 ounces every 3 hours and she is 8 weeks old. She's been eating 4 ounces since about 4-5 weeks.
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  • victoriaaa1victoriaaa1 member
    I thought your only supposed to feed 3oz and under till baby gets bigger or does that only apply to formula fed babies?
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  • SquidJelly528SquidJelly528 member
    Look into having the daycare do paced bottle feeding. It should slow baby down.
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  • jlsweetsjlsweets member
    Sounds sbout right to me. My mom babysat all day today and I left pumped milk. He ate 4-5oz every 2. Hours (7weeks).

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  • ann_jeremiahann_jeremiah member
    If i give a bottle to my 5 week old, she takes 3 oz... About every 2-3 hours, so this seems right to me.

    If baby isn't throwing up/spitting it all up, I'd say it's not too much.

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  • ReneeJ2011ReneeJ2011 member
    Lurking from the September board...my little man who is 4 weeks old takes about 2-2.5 ounces every 3 hours when I'm gone but when I get home he wants to nurse every hour for 4 hours or so. It's like he is trying g to get all his breastfeeds in for the day. Then he will space back out to every 3 for the night time. I've done pre and post weights so I know he is getting 2-2.5 ounces from the breast so he isn't being overfed by bottle I think he just misses nursing when im gone and wants to make up for lost time.
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  • KAR8706KAR8706 member
    My 8 week old eats 5oz every 2-3 hours.
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  • JeslankyJeslanky member
    Thanks for the input ladies!
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