https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:45:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-642187 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:55:26 +0000 dolphin 642187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: I didn't realize that either! I'm gonna bug ya now when I have baby questions. Haha! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-641091 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:40:02 +0000 lepamplemousse 641091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: That's what I thought too! But my baby is a big boy (almost 18 lb at 4.5 months). The ped said that based on his weight he should be eating roughly 35 oz per day. He takes 3 bottles a day (1 every 3 - 3.5 hours) and nurses once in the morning when he wakes up and once before bedtime so I guess 7 oz isn't unreasonable. And he's more active at daycare too. But I've started asking daycare to make the last bottle smaller so he'll take more from me at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-640605 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:55:28 +0000 mamabolt 640605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's 8.5 months old and has 3 6 oz bottles during the day at daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-640586 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:48:15 +0000 swurlygurl 640586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 8 weeks, 10lb 6 oz, and takes seven 4 oz bottles a day. From reading everyone else's posts, it seems like she's drinking a lot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-640537 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:40:34 +0000 chopsuey 640537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Chen: DS is 12 weeks old (yesterday). Didn't know our kids were so close in age!<br /> He's a fatty.. at his 2 month 1 day appt he was 14 lbs 8 oz.<br /> He takes anywhere from 5-7 ounces a feeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-640522 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:37:22 +0000 cascademom 640522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is almost 7 months old. He takes whatever I pump the day before which is about 14 oz. At night and the morning, he nurses, so probably an additional 6 oz. total there. I'd guess he takes about 20oz a day of milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-640515 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:36:52 +0000 MsLipGloss 640515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: That makes me feel better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-640507 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:35:46 +0000 yellowbird 640507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My lo is 6.5 months and has 4 4.5oz bottles and one solid meal a day at daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-640495 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:33:18 +0000 MsLipGloss 640495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 6 months and takes 3 4.5 ounce bottles during the day (I nurse in the morning and at night) . . . sometimes she doesn't finish her bottles. Is that enough? Should I try 5oz? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-640485 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:31:24 +0000 78h2o 640485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lepamplemousse: oh my gosh... I'll be so screwed if she ends up needing that much at daycare! How many other feeds is he having at home?</p> <p>Could they be overfeeding him there, using the bottle as a pacifier? Just wondering because he eats so much less at home... maybe he is missing you? Does he take a pacifier? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-640395 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:15:52 +0000 lepamplemousse 640395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 5 months next week and eats 7 oz of BM 3x a day at daycare. They wanted to go to 8 oz! I had been freezing milk in 4 oz bags prior to daycare because that's what he had been eating at home. So now I'm pumping around the clock. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-638564 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:53:31 +0000 CarrieLouWho 638564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 22 weeks/ 5 months and takes 3 bottles @ daycare, each 5 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-638430 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:36:02 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 638430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is only 2 weeks old and taking 2-2.5 oz per feeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-638428 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:35:10 +0000 rrachael 638428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My lo is 12 weeks, 11 lbs and change and usually takes between 4 and 5 ounces (during sessions where I weigh her). If you're nit sure how much your lo should be taking, I found this article really helpful :<br /> <a href="http://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/pumping/milkcalc/" rel="nofollow">http://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/pumping/milkcalc/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-638421 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:18:57 +0000 MaisyMay 638421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 11 1/2 weeks, weighs probably 14.5 pounds, and eats 4 oz at a sitting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-638390 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:37:40 +0000 Mommy Finger 638390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: I pump and freeze all of my milk in 4oz bags. Daycare rocks in that I can just give them a gallon size ziploc full of my frozen milk and they will thaw it for me. So I don't prepare the bottles. Originally, I was telling them to give him 4 oz but then on the weekends, noted that he will take more than that. I told them to start offering him at least 5 oz. So they'll do somewhere between 5-6 oz in a bottle. Based on his sheets that they fill out on a daily basis, sometimes he'll only eat about 3.5 and the other times he takes the 6 down fast. So, I guess it just depends on his mood.</p> <p>ETA: we have a scale and weigh him a lot before and after feedings. There were times where he would get 4 or so oz from BF and still be freaking out like he was hungry. We would offer him 2oz of formula or expressed BM and he would drink most of it. This is when I told daycare to offer him more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-638380 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:28:12 +0000 Mrs. Bee 638380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>at that age both charlie and olive were taking 4 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-638373 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:23:13 +0000 78h2o 638373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MUI831: Are all his bottles 6 oz? My girl has been drinking all her 4.5 oz bottles at daycare, so I'm curious if she'd eat more if I sent more. I have a really, really hard time pumping the 13.5oz I'm sending though...</p> <p>Eta: at my breastfeeding support group on Tu they weighed her before and after nursing and she consumed 4.4oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-638366 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:19:56 +0000 Mommy Finger 638366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 4 months on Saturday and will take somewhere between 4-6oz at a feeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-638313 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:35:03 +0000 Weagle 638313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>10 months and she takes 4 oz of BM in her nighttime bottle. Until the last week or so, she was drinking 6-7 oz in the nightime bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-638312 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:35:02 +0000 78h2o 638312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is 14 weeks, almost 14 lbs &amp; 25.5", and takes 4.5oz per feeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-638310 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:33:00 +0000 DillonLion 638310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15 weeks, almost 15 lbs, 2-3 oz of breastmilk and 0-4 oz of formula depending on the time of day </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-638304 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:27:31 +0000 MamaMoose 638304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M is 15 weeks old, somewhere close to 13 pounds, and takes 4 ounces of breastmilk at each feeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-ounces-1#post-638267 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:14:00 +0000 dolphin 638267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is your LO and how many ounces of milk is she/he taking?</p> <p>My DD is 12 weeks old tomorrow, 10.5lbs, and taking 3.5-4ozs at one sitting. </p>