How much milk...

[MishC]

Should my daughter be having?

I am in the process of stopping BF and starting to FF. My daughter is 5 month 2 weeks old and i have no idea how much fomular milk she should be taking per feed. At the same time as switching her from BF to FF i have also started to wean her.

On an GOOD day she will only take 12oz of milk tops and she'll she 1/2 jar of food. Most days i only usually get about 8oz of milk into her.

Because she seems to take so little milk i end up topping her up myself (bf) on a night (after 7pm) so i know she's full up with milk (and for my own peace of mind) but i'd like to stop doing this asap.

I have posted this in the weaning section as well.

 

[Vicks]

Joe is a little younger than your LO, he's just over 4 months, but he takes 4 x 7oz bottles & 1 x 8 oz bottle a day. He feeds every 3 hours through the day and sleeps through the night. We haven't started weaning yet so all his calories come from his milk.

Each baby is different though and Joe has nearly always taken a little more than the recommended amount on the cow & gate box.

Hope that helps x

 

[RJ01]

We have just started giving Katie baby rice so she has 4 9oz bottles and a little baby rice at lunch time.