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Deeluvsvinny
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How much formula does/did your newborn take?
DD is just over a week old and we are now feeding 3 oz every 2 or 3 hours. Occassionally she will want to be fed almost every hour! I don't want to overfeed, but I don't want to starve my baby either. Before I feed her, I make sure she is changed, offer the soothie, rock her, etc, just to make sure she is really hungry. As soon as I offer the bottle, she gobbles it up!
She was 7lbs7oz at birth, 7lbs4oz when we took her home and 7lbs13oz at her 1 week check up.
Is her eating schedule normal? Am I overfeeding? She really does seem hungry when I feed her!
TIA!!
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Posted 4/11/10 12:46 PM  |
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gabbygirl855
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Re: How much formula does/did your newborn take?
ds is 2 wks and is eating 2 oz every 3 hrs. if i give him more he will throw up. he was also 4 wks early.
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| Posted 4/11/10 1:22 PM |
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Angel321
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Re: How much formula does/did your newborn take?
we came home from the hospital on day 12 (due to MY illnesses) and she was on 4 ounces every 4 hours. By day 5 or 6 that's what she was on...the nurses never believed me - and we'd send her to the nursery for the night & they'd give her 2 ounces and an hour later - they'd have to give her another 2...
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| Posted 4/11/10 1:28 PM |
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Mkr09
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Re: How much formula does/did your newborn take?
Our ped said 2-4oz every 2-3 hours when we were discharged from the hospital and the same at her 2 week appt.
Right now she is 5 weeks and is drinking 4oz every 4 hours. She has a long stretch at night where she goes about 6 hours in between bottles. She still only drinks 4oz when she get up between 4-5am.
ETA: every once in a while she gobbles up the 4oz and we try to get her to go to sleep. I have put 1oz in a bottle to see if she wants more and she will drink a couple of sips and spit out the bottle or fall asleep so I know she's not ready for 5oz yet. She has been on 4oz for about 2 weeks now.
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| Posted 4/11/10 2:36 PM |
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Re: How much formula does/did your newborn take?
Posted by Deeluvsvinny
Before I feed her, I make sure she is changed, offer the soothie, rock her, etc, just to make sure she is really hungry.
We do the same thing. Figuring it out is really a process of elimination.
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| Posted 4/11/10 8:48 PM |
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Peainapod
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Re: How much formula does/did your newborn take?
DS was 7lb 13oz at birth. We started with the 2oz ready made bottles they give you at the hospital. we did those for 2 weeks i think. We upped to 3 and were on 3oz for a while; DS would eat every 2-21/2 hours. The hospital kept saying formula fed babies should go every 3-4; but DS would not have it..LOL.
Now he's 5mo's; on 6 oz and some solids and we can get him to go 3 1/2 hours usually.
I learned real fast what DS's hungry cry was..LOL.
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| Posted 4/11/10 9:02 PM |
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