My baby is 5 weeks old she eats 4 oz every 4 hours is that too much or to little?
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Im was concerned that every four hours was too long to feed.
My baby is 5 weeks old she eats 4 oz every 4 hours is that too much or to little?
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December 10th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Regardless of age a baby should generally eat 2-2.5 oz. a day for every pound they are. So if the baby is 8 lbs, she should be having around 16oz. a day. I learned this from Dr.Sears writer of all those baby books. If she’s not too hungry between feeding then 4 hours should be fine but maybe try to get her closer to every 3 hours
December 13th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
your baby is fine. at that age you need to worry about feeding her when she needs to be fed. that is not too much or too little for her to eat… and if it is every 4 hours then count your blessings! my son would wake up every hr and a half to two hours the first 2 months of life… it was hard.
December 16th, 2008 at 8:47 am
If you are formula feeding it’s just fine. If you are breastfeeding, every 2-3 hours. Formula is harder to digest then breastmilk so they need to eat more frequently.
Very best wishes!
December 19th, 2008 at 10:48 am
it doesn’t sound too much as my little girl at 6 weeks would take 7 oz very 2 hours if i let her so it sounds ok to me
December 20th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Formula feed babies don’t need to eat as often as breastfed babies. Every four hours is fine. And 4 oz is the right amount at that age- your baby knows how much he/she needs they will stop when they are full.
December 20th, 2008 at 6:21 am
that sounds normal, completely fine bottle fed babies tend to go 3-4hour between feeds
December 20th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
That may sound like a lot, but it isn’t. My now four month old took that much…be prepared to buy a lot of formula becaue by three months she eating 8 oz at a time!
December 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Seriously, feed your baby when she is hungry and offer her as much as she wants. She is not eating anything else, she knows when she is full or hungry.
Don’t worry about it, as long as doc says she’s growing properly, don’t worry about how much or litte she eats