https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 02:15:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2433826 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 21:11:41 +0000 shellio 2433826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm always the outlier in posts like these... My 3 mo old takes 7-9 oz per feeding of breastmilk. All my kids have eaten like this and I fully trust that my DH who gives them bottles is not overdoing it and would stop at 4-5 oz if they were satisfied. By 7-8 mos both of my older kids were taking 10-12 oz at a feeding. And they were petite, current baby is about average. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2433770 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:30:06 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2433770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD averaged 5-5.5 oz bottles at each sitting at that age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2433280 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:03:09 +0000 travellingbee 2433280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ds1 always took 4oz bottles. He was always in the 70th percentile for weight. And many of the babies in his class took 6 oz+ but he never did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2433247 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 13:48:18 +0000 SeptMomma12 2433247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD has taken about 5.5oz per bottle at day care since she started at 3.5 months (8 months now). I think she'd drink more if I gave it to her, but she's satisfied with the 5.5oz. Both of my kids have had insane appetites! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2433229 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 13:42:40 +0000 alphagam84 2433229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Our pediatrician said 4 ounces was perfect for right now and if she seemed hungry after a feeding we could try giving her an extra half an ounce to a full ounce. She hasn't seemed starving after finishing a bottle yet though. When we were giving her 3 ounces she was still hungry after a bottle so that's when we bumped her up to 4. She's not shy about letting us know if she's hungry! My friend formula feeds her son and at 8 months he still hadn't had more than 6 ounces at a time so I'm not in a rush to try and give her more since she's so young. At her 4 month appt I'm going to ask the pediatrician if we should start giving her more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2432529 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 07:17:22 +0000 Mrs. J 2432529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He usually takes 3-4oz (almost 6m old) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2432522 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 07:13:41 +0000 hilsy85 2432522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: yeah...there's no way I will be able to pump daily with my 3 year old running around! I guess she just thinks that a daily bottle is better so DD doesn't start refusing it. But I am going to try to do it a few times a week--LO1 never was great at taking a bottle and it was so stressful! Don't want to repeat that. Also, makes me feel better that your LO took about the same oz and was a fat baby--DD is not really chubby (around 50th percentile) but I was wondering whether that was bc she was not eating enough. Now maybe I wonder if it's genetics, because LO1 was a skinny baby as well (although I did have some weight concerns with him, but tehy were probably unfounded...).</p> <p>@birdofafeather: ah ok, in that case hopefully it's fine!</p> <p>For those who never took more than 4, how many feedings did they have? I wonder if I shoudl assume that she just gets more from me when she nurses--which I think is true earlier in the day and overnight, but probably not in the last two feednigs of the evening (around 5 and around 7)--but if she eats more earlier in the day then I guess that's ok? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2432425 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 01:32:08 +0000 daniellemybelle 2432425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I'm surprised your pedi said to give a bottle daily! That seems unnecessary if you SAH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2432424 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 01:31:14 +0000 daniellemybelle 2432424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO never drank more than a 4 oz bottle and after she started solids she sometimes only drank 2-3 oz at a time. And she was a fat baby! Oh, and this was breast milk or formula. We did both. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2432097 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:47:50 +0000 catomd00 2432097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3-4 oz. she never took more than 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2432085 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:43:52 +0000 birdofafeather 2432085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: not yet. DH might have opportunity tomorrow but if not, then we'll probably try next week. I had no real success giving R a bottle myself until she was much older but she had no issues after the first couple with DH or other caregivers. So we'll try when I'm not in sight I think! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431946 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:00:17 +0000 hilsy85 2431946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: have you tried her on a bottle? I jsut fought with C this morning for 20 minutes to get her to take it :( Our pedi said we should do it daily so she is used to it...so annoying to pump that often though!</p> <p>@mauxie: I think she is...and maybe she just gets a large part of her calories in that feeding? no idea!</p> <p>@JenGirl: wow!! 10oz?! @alphagam84: in that case do you always still give 4, given that sometimes she finishes it all and sometimes leaves a bit? Or do you think you will start giving more? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431943 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:59:41 +0000 NovBaby1112 2431943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS usually drinks 3-5oz per bottle, except his night bottle which is more like 7oz. 4oz sounds just about right! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431933 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:57:22 +0000 JenGirl 2431933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 4 months and usually drinks 5-6 oz bottles. He has occasionally drank 8-10 oz in a siting, but that isn't typical. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431772 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:03:21 +0000 alphagam84 2431772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 11 weeks old, formula fed, and drinks 4 oz at each feed every 3 hours. Sometimes she houses it and sometimes she leaves 1/2 an ounce or more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431757 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:51:39 +0000 BelugaBean 2431757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She drinks anywhere from 3-6oz, sometimes a little less but hardly ever more than 6. Usually around 4-5 per bottle, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431755 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:50:39 +0000 mrsjyw 2431755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ds was taking 5 5-6oz bottles. He's six months now and takes 4 or 5 6oz bottles usually if I'm at the office. (He has three solids meals too). He's 25% for weight too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431723 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:24:41 +0000 Finfan 2431723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My almost 3-month old takes 5 ounces, sometimes more of formula. She eats a lot during the day but is a gifted night sleeper, going 12 hours last night with one feeding at 6 am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431720 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:20:16 +0000 mauxie 2431720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids never took more than 5 oz in a bottle at a time.. Usually less and lots of wasted BM... </p> <p>At 3 months-- it was about 3.5-4oz of BM per bottle. 8oz sounds like a LOT, but maybe that LO is spacing out feedings more?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431712 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:16:42 +0000 birdofafeather 2431712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>great question as i'm leaving S for a wedding in a few weeks and then for a weekend at the end of february and she hasn't had a bottle since the NICU! i'll recommend 4 oz bottles to start! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431562 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:00:48 +0000 hilsy85 2431562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: i t is breastmilk--I know it's crazy!! and the baby is not huge either, like 50th percentile. That makes me feel better, like 4oz is a very normal amount!</p> <p>@hellobeeboston: yeah we went down a bit--I'm not really concerned bc same thing happened with L, and he just turned into a tall skinny kid. </p> <p>@gingerbebe: she is sometimes eating 6x and sometimes 7x, which I'm sure changes the amount that she would want in each bottle. </p> <p>ok thanks everyone! sounds like 4oz per bottle at 3 months is very normal, and I don't need to be worried about my supply :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431298 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:08:32 +0000 winniebee 2431298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around -4 oz every 3 hours if I was away. Not 5 oz until probably 5-6 months? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431291 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:07:33 +0000 peaches1038 2431291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>same as everyone else. 4-5oz per bottle </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431253 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:54:23 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2431253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we did about 4 oz bottles, and 5 oz bottles starting around 4-5 months? There were occasional days where she had a 6oz night time bottle. Overall daily intake stayed around 25 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431237 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:44:44 +0000 Ms.Badger 2431237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 8-10 weeks, J went from taking 4 oz/bottle to 5 oz/bottle. Only now at 8.5 mo am I considering increasing the oz/bottle due to him drinking fewer bottles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431236 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:44:12 +0000 BSB 2431236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 4 month olds drink either 160 ml or 180ml so between 5-6 oz of formula.</p> <p>I think a month ago, they were at 120-150 ml so 4-5 oz at each feeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431232 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:41:48 +0000 snowjewelz 2431232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD never went above 5 oz ever in breast milk. I think at 3 months she was drinking 3-4 per bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431229 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:38:31 +0000 Anagram 2431229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My almost 6 month old chunker still only gets 4 oz a bottle, except for her night time bottle--at that one, she usually takes more like 6 oz. Or, if she nurses, she will nurse and pass out, then wake up and nurse and pass out, repeat until she probably has about 6 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431227 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:37:48 +0000 gingerbebe 2431227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 months was right when my son transitioned from 4oz bottles 7 times a day to 5oz per bottle 6 times a day, give or take an ounce or two. He had all breastmilk except for 1 bottle of formula per day. He did comfort nurse, but really only for soothing when he was upset and not so much for sustenance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-oz-does-your-3-month-old-drink#post-2431226 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:37:09 +0000 hellobeeboston 2431226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 3.5 month old is taking around 4 oz usually. Sometimes 5....his percentiles dipped a bit too so we are trying to feed him a little more. </p>