Bottle feeders/Expressers question

[Sweetie]

In a day how many ounces do you offer LO and how many ounces do they take?

 

[babezone]

my LO tends to have 3/4 oz evry 4hrs xx

 

[Lauz_1601]

I breastfeed, but on the occasions when I offer LO a bottle if were out ect she has only ever taken a Max of 3oz's at a time, Im sur eshe gets alot more when feeding from me though, its a battle getting her to take form the bottle xx

 

[smartie]

When Hannah was your LO age I was expressing my milk and Hannah was taking 7oz 5-6 times a day

 

[Jem]

Ollie is taking 4oz every 3-4 hours x

 

[Vickie]

well it really depends on Hannah

usually I feed her at 8-8:30 a.m. (to establish a daily schedule) and she eats anywhere from 2-4 ounces + 1 tbsp. cereal
noon 4-5 ounces
4 p.m. 4-5 ounces
8 p.m. 4-5 ounces
10 p.m. 3-4 ounces
3-4 a.m. 3-5 ounces

Oh and I make up 6 5 ounce bottles for the day, we tried 6 ounce bottles but that just seemed like too much for her

 

[nikky0907]

She feeds every 3 hours approximatly and I feed her 4oz.She usually drinks it all and it's enough and sometimes she really wants more so I feed her another 2oz in an hour.

 

[princess_bump]

maddi is currently taking 7oz every 3-4 hours, and no night time feeds 8-7 x

 

[Sweetie]

Thanks. I have been a bit worried about her feeds. She has been gaining weight but it seems like she has been eating such small amounts. I swear she used to eat more. We do anywhere between a 4oz and 6oz and it's only woking out to around 24oz a day.

Carly... So something like 35oz/day then? Do you mind me asking how much Maddi weighs?


Smartie... How much is Hannah taking now?

Vickie... Do you sometimes find you need to make extra bottles or is Hannah pretty set on what she is getting right now? Hannah was born right around the same time as Brooklynn right? Do you mind me asking what her weight is?

Thanks everyone. I was having some issues with Brooklynn at our playgroup the other day so I didn't get to talk to the health nurse and won't see her for a week and the local doctor is a walk in who knows nothing about babies.

 

[smartie]

Hannah is now BF when she wakes up around 6-7, has cereal with 2 oz milk at 9am, 6oz at 12 and 4pm, jar of food at 5pm and then upto 9oz at 7.15pm.

She did go through a phase around the 3 month mark where she dropped her feeding to around 20-24oz a day for almost a week but still managed to put on 12oz in weight! Maybe your Lo is just going through a phase and will be back to feeding as she was soon

 

[Vickie]

Thanks. I have been a bit worried about her feeds. She has been gaining weight but it seems like she has been eating such small amounts. I swear she used to eat more. We do anywhere between a 4oz and 6oz and it's only woking out to around 24oz a day.

Carly... So something like 35oz/day then? Do you mind me asking how much Maddi weighs?


Smartie... How much is Hannah taking now?

Vickie... Do you sometimes find you need to make extra bottles or is Hannah pretty set on what she is getting right now? Hannah was born right around the same time as Brooklynn right? Do you mind me asking what her weight is?

Thanks everyone. I was having some issues with Brooklynn at our playgroup the other day so I didn't get to talk to the health nurse and won't see her for a week and the local doctor is a walk in who knows nothing about babies.

Nope don't really have to make extra bottles (unless of course we've hit a growth spurt). Hannah weighed 13 pounds almost a month ago, not sure what she weighs now. And she only takes about 24 ounces in a 24 hour period as well...some days more, some days less, but on average 24 ounces of formula per day