6 month old drinking habits

My DD is 6 months old and has four 4.5 ounce bottles during the day from (9-7pm) when i am at work. I feel like she should be drinking more in her bottles.


She also eats oatmeal in the morning, fruit for lunch, and veggie with fruit for dinner.

For her 6 mth check up she is 14.9lbs and 25 inches and the doc said she is doing really good.

Should i be worried?

Message edited 3/16/2009 4:59:08 PM.

Re: 6 month old drinking habits

DS is 6 1/2 months and at his visit 2 weeks ago was 14 lbs 2 oz. When the doctor asked me about his formula intake I told him he gets 6 - 8 ounces in the morning then 2 - 3 bottles at school which are 4 oz and then a 6 - 8 ounce at night before going down for the night. The doctor told me it was not enough. He was getting the min requirement of fluid's in a day. He told me his bottles need to be upped at school.

So now he takes anywhere from 6 - 8 ounces a feeding plus cereal, 2 - 3 times a day, fruit 1 - 2 times a day and veggies 1 time a day.

No complaints from DS. The other day he actually took almost 10 ounces at one feeding and didnt give anything back

We go back the first week of April for a weight check

Re: 6 month old drinking habits

She's so tiny. But my book said she's in the normal range for a baby her age.

Emerson is 6 months old and she has (4) 7oz. bottles per day plus 4tsp cereal 2X/day and 1/2 jar of fruit and 1/2 jar of veggies. She is about 17 lbs. right now.