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janedoe
3 GIRLS!!!!
Member since 8/09 3184 total posts
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how many ounces?
is your 3 month old eating??
is it breast milk or formula?
And how often do they eat?
DD is almost 3 months old and I am heading back to work so she is going to have to start taking a bottle. I have pumped breast milk for her and formula also. so how much is your little one eating and how often.
Right now DD starts anywhere between 7- 8 am and is fed (breastfed) any 2-3 hours until 8 pm and then it is bedtime. is this typical?
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Posted 9/2/12 1:37 PM  |
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anewday
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Member since 9/08 1493 total posts
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Dawn
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Re: how many ounces?
DS is 4 months and does about the same starting around 5am 6-7oz every 3 hours (give or take) till about 8pm 8oz for last bottle...formula
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| Posted 9/2/12 2:03 PM |
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petvet
LIF Adult
Member since 5/08 1238 total posts
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Meredith
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Re: how many ounces?
DS is 3.5 months. He is EBF when I'm home and now that I go back to work he eats 4 oz bottles of pumped BM.
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| Posted 9/2/12 7:19 PM |
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FergieK
Loving my girls
Member since 7/09 2533 total posts
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Fergie
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Re: how many ounces?
Im not sure how much dd gets when I BF but if I pump she is drinking anywhere from 3-4 oz. every 2-3 hours. The longest she goes without eating is maybe from 8pm to 1or 2am. then its 2-3 hrs to next feeding.
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| Posted 9/2/12 9:40 PM |
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mrsv
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Member since 7/06 2969 total posts
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lol
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Re: how many ounces?
DD eats about 5-6 every 2-3 hours throughout the day. Just started on formula.
At night though, she can sleep anywhere between 9-12 hours without eating :)(loving that..lol)
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| Posted 9/3/12 7:45 AM |
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Lisagail55
Love my little man <3
Member since 12/10 1332 total posts
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Lisa
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how many ounces?
This is from BabyCenter:
If your baby isn't eating any solids (if he's younger than 4 to 6 months, he shouldn't be), the rule of thumb is to offer him 2.5 ounces of formula per pound of body weight each day.
So if your baby weighs 6 pounds, you'll give him about 15 ounces of formula in a 24-hour period. If he weighs 10 pounds, he should drink about 25 ounces in a 24-hour period.
I used that as a guideline to start with. I want to say that at 3 months DS was almost 15 lbs and drank a bottle every 3 hrs while awake (8, 11, 2, 5, 8) and he was prob drinking 7 oz per bottle. At one point we went up to 8 oz, but then down to 4 bottles, and added in solids at 4 mos. He's never really gone over 8oz and is now on 3 bottles at 12 mos.
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| Posted 9/3/12 11:24 AM |
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robynfs
12/6/10!!
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how many ounces?
4, 8oz bottles. 7:39, 11:30, 3:30 and 7:30
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| Posted 9/3/12 1:43 PM |
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bttrfly82131
LIF Infant
Member since 8/11 154 total posts
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how many ounces?
He'll be 4 months on Friday and is eating approx 6-7oz per bottle (only know that because that's what I usually pump out in the middle of the night) 8am, 12pm, 4pm, 8pm and now gets two snacks of 2 oz around 2ish and 6ish. He had been sttn but has been waking up around 6am and then eventually falling back to sleep until 7:30-8am
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| Posted 9/3/12 3:49 PM |
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janedoe
3 GIRLS!!!!
Member since 8/09 3184 total posts
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Re: how many ounces?
thank you for all the information
I am trying to figure out how much "liquid" to send with DD when I return back to work.
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| Posted 9/3/12 8:57 PM |
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SweetSarj
LIF Adult
Member since 10/09 1592 total posts
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how many ounces?
My twin boys are 3 months and are drinking around 5-6ozs of pumped breast milk every 2-3 hours.
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| Posted 9/4/12 12:09 AM |
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nataliea623
LIF Toddler
Member since 1/10 405 total posts
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Natalie
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Re: how many ounces?
When I pump ds takes 4-5oz every 3-4 hours.
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| Posted 9/4/12 1:04 PM |
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