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DmarieK
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How much does/did your newborn eat?
Hi...this is my first post as a mom...Rylan will be 2 weeks this friday.
How much does the average 2 week old eat and how often?
As of now my son eats 3oz every 3 hours...if he's awake...I don't wake him to eat. At night 3 hours is really pushing it. I was told by the ped yesterday that I should be feeding him every 3-4 hours...there is no way Rylan would go 4 hours between feedings.
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Re: How much does/did your newborn eat?
Dont worry. Christopher is 16 weeks there is no way he is going 4 hours unless its night and he is sleeping. At 2 weeks he was eating maybe 4-5 oz every 2.5-3 hours. I followed his cues. Also at about 10 days he went through a growth spurt and wanted to eat constantly. My peds advice was to wake every 4 hours during the day, dont let them sleep more. And then after 9pm dont wake them, let them wake you. This will help him learn day from night.
Also CONGRATS on your son!
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DmarieK
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Re: How much does/did your newborn eat?
Posted by Kelly9904
Dont worry. Christopher is 16 weeks there is no way he is going 4 hours unless its night and he is sleeping. At 2 weeks he was eating maybe 4-5 oz every 2.5-3 hours. I followed his cues. Also at about 10 days he went through a growth spurt and wanted to eat constantly. My peds advice was to wake every 4 hours during the day, dont let them sleep more. And then after 9pm dont wake them, let them wake you. This will help him learn day from night.
Also CONGRATS on your son!
Thanks. He def does have his nights and days messed up. I will try waking him during the day more often....maybe he'll sleep more at night.
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Re: How much does/did your newborn eat?
Posted by DmarieK
Hi...this is my first post as a mom...Rylan will be 2 weeks this friday.
How much does the average 2 week old eat and how often?
As of now my son eats 3oz every 3 hours...if he's awake...I don't wake him to eat. At night 3 hours is really pushing it. I was told by the ped yesterday that I should be feeding him every 3-4 hours...there is no way Rylan would go 4 hours between feedings.
Sounds like he is right on track!!
Ryan is almost one month and eats about 4 oz every three hours. He has his feeding schedule down pat. I mean he will wake up like cloclwork every three to three and half hours to get fed!!
Mazel tov on Rylan. He is so cute!!
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KristinasMama
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Re: How much does/did your newborn eat?
Congrats on your first post Dawn!!!!!!!!
Don't worry about it so much.... Let Rylan tell u when he is hungry. Sometimes with Kristina she eats every 2 hours, sometimes every 4... she tells me.
At that stage of the game, she was only eating 2oz per feeding, so don't worry too much. He will tell u when he wants more, and at what times he wants it!
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DmarieK
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Re: How much does/did your newborn eat?
Rylan is a very gassy baby so sometimes it's hard to tell if he's hungry or having gas pains. I don't want to over feed or under feed him.
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KristinasMama
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Re: How much does/did your newborn eat?
Posted by DmarieK
Rylan is a very gassy baby so sometimes it's hard to tell if he's hungry or having gas pains. I don't want to over feed or under feed him.
Have you tried giving him Baby GasX or Mylicon drops?
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| Posted 4/9/08 5:03 PM |
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DmarieK
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Re: How much does/did your newborn eat?
Posted by VegasLisa
Have you tried giving him Baby GasX or Mylicon drops?
He's been on Mylicon drops. I give him .06 mL 1/2 hour before every feeding. He has been on them since the hospital. The box says to give after feedings but the nurses told me to give it 1/2 before feedings. I'm not sure what would be better.
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KristinasMama
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Re: How much does/did your newborn eat?
What form are u using honey? I ask b/c in the hospital they had given DD Isomil advance. It was too much for her tummy, so her ped switched her to Enfamil Gentlease.
ETA: with regard to the drops, I usually give her the whole dose before her bottle so that its in her tummy b4 the food is...
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Re: How much does/did your newborn eat?
I find the rule of 1 oz per hour is a good one for newborns. If it's been 3 hours and they are hungry - 3 oz, 2 hours - 2 oz, 4 hours - 4 oz...eventually they will get on a schedule.
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DmarieK
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Re: How much does/did your newborn eat?
Posted by VegasLisa
What form are u using honey? I ask b/c in the hospital they had given DD Isomil advance. It was too much for her tummy, so her ped switched her to Enfamil Gentlease.
ETA: with regard to the drops, I usually give her the whole dose before her bottle so that its in her tummy b4 the food is...
At first we were using Isomil Advance(the blue bottle) then on the last day in hospital they switched him to Isomil Advance Soy so that's what we've been using.
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Re: How much does/did your newborn eat?
Posted by Erica
I find the rule of 1 oz per hour is a good one for newborns. If it's been 3 hours and they are hungry - 3 oz, 2 hours - 2 oz, 4 hours - 4 oz...eventually they will get on a schedule.
This makes sense...i'm going to try this...thanks.
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Re: How much does/did your newborn eat?
I just got DD solidly on a 4 hour schedule about a week ago when she was 11 weeks old. At 2 weeks old I was bfing so it was every 2 hours or less - it felt like every 10 minutes! I couldn't even get her on a 3 hour schedule until she was 6 weeks, and by then I was supplementing with formula. I think you're doing fine!
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