He's still not

on 8oz bottles.... A friend of mine was shocked when I said he takes 4, 6oz bottles a day ( and 3 meals- he was taking in the same amount of formula b4 I added in the extra meal..)

He takes one 1-4oz bottle @ night for bed, totally about 27oz a day...is this ok?

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I don't think it's a problem... some babies are grazers... Alex didn't switch to the 8 ounce bottles until last week! And we were still on the slow nipples! And she still only eats between 4-5 ounces per feeding even if we give her the bigger bottle...

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My son never did 8 oz bottles and he is a year old. Just recently he started doing a 7-7.5 oz bottle before bed but all other are 6oz. Some babies just don't - I actually think it is pretty common.

Edited to add - not sure how old your baby is but my dr said when they were young 28-32 oz are normal. Once we started solids until maybe about 6 months - she gave me the rule of over 32 oz of formula - more solids. Under 24 oz - less solids. Once we were on 3 meals a day - they may start to dip lower than 24 and that is fine.

Message edited 2/21/2006 9:16:47 AM.

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My son is older an usually only eats 4 sometimes 6. Don't worry even adults don't eat the same way. Aslong as he is gaining weight he knows what he is doing.

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Michael was a late solid eater, so he was on FIVE 6oz bottles until he was about 8-9 months old when three meals a day kicked in. We just switched him to 3 8oz bottles once I knew he was getting enough with regular food. He was fine on it. Like the other mom's have said - each kid is different, I don't think there's anything wrong with him NOT having 8oz bottles yet or ever for that matter!

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I am still BFing so I'm not exactly sure ho wmuch he takes in but I know there is no way he is taking in 8oz a feeding.

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Emily only averages about 20-24 oz total now that she eats 3 solid meals day. The other day she only had 16oz...I freaked out but just couldn't get her to take more -- yet I know she is growing bc I put her in an outfit today that she only wore on the 11th - her daddy's bday and it seems small on her. I am sure Ryan is doing OK.

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Gianna never did 8oz she will be 13 months and only drinks 6oz at a time...I would not worry at all

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Miranda doesn't eat solids (we're just trying now and its not going over too well) and most of her bottles are only 4oz but she still eats about every 3 hours.
She gets about 24-26oz in a day but she's still growing.

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Aidan never drank 8oz either, at his peak he only took 6oz bottles 4-5 a day and by that point he was eating a great deal. He would only drink 6oz at a time no matter what he ended up having for the day.

Its perfectly ok

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Mine was drinking 8 ounces but not eating very much..

remember as long as they are growing every month, dont pay attention to what "other" babies are doing.