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JLA815
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Mommies of newborns..Formula ?
Ok how any bottles and how many oz per bottle do you go through a day..My DD will be 2 weeks on Sunday...I moved to 3 1/2 oz because she was barely lasting 3 hrs...She does pretty good at night sleeping going frm 11:30 till 3, has a bottle then sleeps till 6 but shes very fussy thru the day...Just wanted to know what other babies were taking in...Also is 3 1/2 too much?
TIA
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Theresa05
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Re: Mommies of newborns..Formula ?
my Sofia is just shy of 3mts and she is only eating 4oz.. So I can't help you....
But I think 3.5 sounds like alot no?
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nicrae
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Re: Mommies of newborns..Formula ?
At 3 weeks my DD was drinking 3-4 oz every 3 hours. Now at 6 weeks she is drinking 5 oz. You can't overfeed your baby. She will stop when she is full! Does she spit up at all?
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KristinasMama
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Re: Mommies of newborns..Formula ?
My  is 3 weeks and 3 days.... she is only at 3 oz with 1.5 tsps of rice cereal mixed in due to reflux every 3-4 hours.
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Kelly9904
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Re: Mommies of newborns..Formula ?
Dont be fooled just because you give them more doenst mean they will go longer between bottles. DS has never gone more than 3 hours unless he fell asleep.
He is 11 weeks old, takes 6-7 oz per feeding and is screaming at 2h45m.
At that age I think he was doing 4+ oz per feeding EVERY three hours. Except at night, at night he always went 5-6 hours.
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| Posted 3/6/08 1:50 PM |
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Kelly9904
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Re: Mommies of newborns..Formula ?
Posted by niikki-8-18-06
She will stop when she is full! Does she spit up at all?
Not always the case, DS has NEVER stopped until teh bottle was empty. Some babies will just keep eating, until they throw up!
She will let you know if she has had too much with ALOT of spit up, like as soon as it goes in, it comes out.
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JLA815
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Re: Mommies of newborns..Formula ?
Ok so the majority of you basically think 3.5 oz is Ok ...She is going to DR Friday so I will check again....Oh and she doesnt spit up at all even tho it is hard to get a burp out of her...I get em it just takes a while
TY ladies
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pink333
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Re: Mommies of newborns..Formula ?
MY DS is 6 weeks...he is on 3oz. with 1 and 1/2 tablespoons of rice...reflux
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| Posted 3/6/08 2:06 PM |
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cjik
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Re: Mommies of newborns..Formula ?
My little guy is an erratic eater. Sometimes he has 7 oz. bottles, sometimes 4 oz. And sometimes he likes his snack bottles of 2 oz. I just can't make him eat more than he wants. He was like this when he was born too.
I think he was only taking about 2 or 2.5 ounces every 3 hours in the beginning. I can't remember when he finally moved to 3, but it was a big deal. He had about 7-8 bottles a day early on, generally he has less now.
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dpli
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Re: Mommies of newborns..Formula ?
It probably depends on how big she is. My DS was eating sort of inconsistently at that age as well. He would sometimes eat every 3 hours, sometimes every 2 hours and sometimes he would only last 1 1/2 hours, but he probably was averaging 3 to 3.5 ounces every 3 hours. He was over 9 lbs when he was born though, so I would guess he ate more than the average baby.
I did ask the doctor at the one month checkup if they could eat too much and she said, "well, they can tend to be a bit like goldfish....they'll sometimes eat whatever you keep giving them." I wouldn't worry before you doctor appt. If she is keeping it down keep the pattern you have and check with the doctor when you go.
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