Your 7 week olds...

[Mrs Doddy]

How much do they take in a feed and how often?

Jess is fed on demand but is every 3/4 hours. Feeds vary from 50mls to 110mls, not sure if this is enough

 

[LeanneS177]

kacey is 8wks 5 days and up until the other day was taking 4 oz every 3 hours, maybe 5 oz once or twice during the day, about 24-26 oz a day, as she sleeps from about 11pm - 8.30am.

 

[littleblonde]

when kacey was 7 weeks she took 6oz every 3 hours. And slept 12 hours a night. So bout 30oz.

 

[AlwaysPraying]

6 weeks yesterday. He eats 22 oz a day. From 2 oz to 4 oz servings depending on mood.

 

[Mrs Doddy]

Do you think that 3 oz is not enough which is what she takes on average sometimes 3 1/2 - 4oz ?

 

[LeanneS177]

ive always let my girls drink till theyre happy, they would cry if still hungry. when kacey was a few weeks old and still pretty sleepy i would feed her (4oz in a bottle) and after a couple of oz's she'd fall asleep so i'd change her causing her to wake again and 9 times out of 10 she'd want the rest of her bottle. maybe try this with your lo, but if he still doesnt want more then he's probably not hungry. xx

 

[JayeD]

According to my dr, between 1-2 months, LO should be taking in 4-6 oz every 3-4 hours... total number of bottles a day: 6-8. Then between 2-3 months, LO should be taking 5-8 oz at the same interval and number of bottles.

 

[AlwaysPraying]

My LO rarely ever takes more than 4 oz in one serving. On average he takes about 3 - 3.5 oz a serving, so we're the same as each other. How many oz total does yours take a day on average? (just curious more than anything). We're at about 24 oz a day now. 2.5 oz - 4 oz every 2 - 4 hours. Big span of oz. and big span of hours I know. I'm working on getting that worked out in the next couple weeks. I'd like to stick to 3-4 hours if possible. I just seem to feed at the first sign during the day. Often I'll feed 2 oz and then 2 hours later feed another 2 oz. Makes me think I could have waited 4 hours and fed 4 oz. My mom says I was a pokey eater though and snacked all day, and looks like my bubbie is doing the same thing.