BTDT Moms: when to increase oz and by how much

What age did you kids start to take more than 4 oz and did they increase by an ounce and then stay there for a while or did it shoot up? I noticed they go from 4 oz bottles to 8 oz bottles so I'm just curious.

Re: BTDT Moms: when to increase oz and by how much

I think DD started taking more then 4oz at 2 months...she went to 5oz....held steady there until 3 months when she moved up to 6oz.

I remember because she always seems to increase right before she goes to the doctor.

What kind of bottles do you have? I have Playtex Ventaire and they have 6oz bottles...there may be an in between in your brand too

ETA: Are you expecting again? I just clicked on your profile to see your DD's age and saw a pregnancy calendar...if so Congrats!
Also realized your DD is only 2 days younger then mine....she only takes 4oz now?

Message edited 9/9/2006 6:25:52 PM.

Re: BTDT Moms: when to increase oz and by how much

Lauren just turned 4 months old the other day and she has been holding steady at 5 ounces for a month or so. She may take 6 if I give it to her, but she doesn't need it. I use the Dr. Brown's bottles and have some of the 4-oz ones and some of the 8-oz. I don't see her ever taking more than 6 ounces though, she's a lightweight.

Re: BTDT Moms: when to increase oz and by how much

Oops, no, not expecting again. that's still there from before I had Ellie. DD is breastfed but supplementing and she seems to be increasing now but I'm not sure. She's been taking 3 oz and then just last week or so she went to 4 oz but already this week she seems hungrier so I'm offering her more when she wants it but it's more like a growth spurt than a gradual increase. She just took almost 6 oz of combined breast milk and formula Forget supplementing soon she's going to be all formula at this rate.

Re: BTDT Moms: when to increase oz and by how much

Posted by cloddy

Oops, no, not expecting again. that's still there from before I had Ellie. DD is breastfed but supplementing and she seems to be increasing now but I'm not sure. She's been taking 3 oz and then just last week or so she went to 4 oz but already this week she seems hungrier so I'm offering her more when she wants it but it's more like a growth spurt than a gradual increase. She just took almost 6 oz of combined breast milk and formula Forget supplementing soon she's going to be all formula at this rate.

Re: BTDT Moms: when to increase oz and by how much

DS is almost 4 months and is also taking 6 ounces (about 30-34 ounces a day). He has a doctor visit on Thursday and we will probably start ceral then too.

Re: BTDT Moms: when to increase oz and by how much

Just in the last two weeks (she'll be thirteen weeks on Moday), she started taking a consistent 5oz. bottle. However, I have noticed that she does like 6oz. later in the day. So I usually make her first couple of bottles 5oz. and the last few 6oz. I didn't worry too much about increasing it, I would just give her however much she wanted, and finally it evened out around 5oz.

Re: BTDT Moms: when to increase oz and by how much

I BF but when I do give her a bottle she takes 5 ozs easily. I feel that is too much because she is only 9 weeks.

Re: BTDT Moms: when to increase oz and by how much

DD is 11 weeks. I give her a 5 oz bottle and if she goes 4 hours she'll polish it off but if its only 3 hours, she'll drink 3-4 oz. How often do you feed her?

Re: BTDT Moms: when to increase oz and by how much

Right now it's every 3 hours.