My 4 month old only has 4oz every 3-4hrs?! Is that normal?

[Bumblebee117]

and sometimes he takes 5oz - in the middle of the night I feed him 5oz but then in the morning, about 5-6hrs later he only takes 3-4oz!

should I worry?

 

[michelle25]

my lo does the same. she is 4 months and 4 days old. feeding at night while drowsy she will take 4 sometimes 5 oz. during the day it is always around 3oz (4oz and im ecstatic). and that is every 3 hours. i have noticed if i feed her more frequently, she will take even less! i keep a log and try to have her eat at least 25oz a day.

does he seem happy? having enough wet diapers? gaining weight? it is so nerve wrecking. on here i try to not read the threads about baby eating too much bc then it really makes me nervous that she isnt eating anything like that!

 

[Laucu]

As long as he is gaining weight ans has plenty of wet nappies I wouldn't worry. You could always take him to the baby clinic once a week/fortnight just to reassure yourself.

 

[Bumblebee117]

he is gaining weight and has loads of wet nappies! thank you both for the reassurance!

glad my boy isn't the only one - was just my friends who's baby is now 6 weeks old and already takes 4-6oz at each feeding every 2hours.

 

[Bernie16]

My 9 week old son is just the same and I constantly worry! I feel better for reading your posts! x

 

[X__Kimberly]

My LO takes 6-7 oz's every 4 hours and he just turned 4 months

but he use to only drink 4 oz last month. and all of sudden he was pleased. I'm sure he's fine he'll start eating more when he wants =) let him up the size on his own like my LO did

 

[Jin]

MY 13 week old is exactly the same. Sometimes he only has 2 or 3 oz but most of the time 4, every 3 hours. His last feed at night is about 8 o'clock then he wakes about 3 and has 5 oz. Then at 7-7.30 he only takes 3 oz. He has fallen from the 75th centile to just above the 25th but doctors and HV are not concerned.

 

[clio]

It was the same story here--four oz was the norm at around 4 months. I was worried, too, because everyone else's baby seemed to take so much more and were much younger, too. But he stayed perfectly on the curve, percentile-wise (50th all the way), and now, at 6 months, is up to 8 oz.

And trust me, I miss the 2 and 3 and 4 oz days. Feeding him an 8 oz bottle takes FOREVER.