How Long do babies take to drink a bottle?

[Bunnikins]

Sorry im new to this just switching from breast to formula.

Baby is taking up to an hour to drink her bottles. Shes having 5 or 6oz bottles at a time.. only 1 or 2 a day at the min but trying to get her on formula exclusively gradually.

Do babies normally take so long to drink a bottle? Is it just cos shes not used to it? She only takes 10 minutes to drink from the boob so im not used to sitting around for so long!

 

[CoffeePuffin]

Sorry im new to this just switching from breast to formula.

Baby is taking up to an hour to drink her bottles. Shes having 5 or 6oz bottles at a time.. only 1 or 2 a day at the min but trying to get her on formula exclusively gradually.

Do babies normally take so long to drink a bottle? Is it just cos shes not used to it? She only takes 10 minutes to drink from the boob so im not used to sitting around for so long!

Millie is 7 weeks and take 30 mins to drink a 3-4oz bottle.

 

[DaisyBee]

When Jordan was younger she took forever to drink a bottle. I started looking into it and it seemed most babies took much less time. So we worked on trying to get her used to different teats. She did much better on a medium flow nipple by 3 months and a fast flow nipple around 4 1/2 months I think. She takes maybe 15 minutes to finish a 6 oz bedtime bottle.

( it was taking an hour before to drink 3-4 oz)

 

[rory83coyotes]

Well mine only drinks 2 ounces at a time but 10 minutes unless she is tired and sleepy. We are size 1 nipples.

 

[mommy0629]

That is kind of a long time. My lo takes about 20-30 minutes to drink 4 ounces at the moment and that includes burp time lol. I'd try the next size up in nipple.

 

[babydust1990]

I have a guzzler and he can down a 6oz bottle in less than 5mins. He's always been a speedy eater though. I use variflow teats due to comfort milk

 

[K1RSTY]

In the early days, it could take over an hour including winding time and that was only with 3oz bottles too. It gets quicker as time goes on. At 4 months (almost!), Anabelle will finish a 7oz bottle in 10 minutes and is very easy to wind.

Good luck,

Kirsty x