How much formula does your baby eat?

Hi! I recently started my baby on formula and we started slowly with 150-160ml. He was clearly more hungry so we started following the guidelines of how much he can drink at this stage (210ml) and he drinks the whole bottle! He feeds every 2-3 hours. Is this normal? He seems content and happy and does not spit up a lot or anything.

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Your slowly is my baby’s max 😂 he’s 4 months tomorrow and drinks about 120-160ml every two hours or so. I think this will vary alot across different percentiles our babies are in 😊

I've just bought the ready made aptamil bottles and he drinks those when we are out and about 😊🙈

Ah that's true! He just seems more hungry all the time and I was quite shocked by how much he eats 🤣

My little girl is 4 months 1 week and she has 6 onz every 3 hours in the daytime, 5/6 feeds over the 24 hour period as she sleeps pretty well (touch wood).. One maybe two of the feeds she might leave 2 onz behind x

My 4 month old drinks anywhere between 4-6oz every 4 hours. Sometimes he will give hunger cues after about 3.5 hours but will only drink max 3/4oz if he doesn’t go the full 4 hours

Ah this definetly makes me worried as he has around 7 oz sometimes...

My baby will have between 6-7 oz every 3 hours sometimes 4 and he turns 4 months on sat x

My "little" girl is on 3x 7oz bottles a day & 2x 6oz bottles a day. When she has the 6oz ones, she also has tastes of food. Before we started giving her food to try, she was on 5x 7oz a day & still screaming for more x

My baby is 4months old and has 180 mls 5 times a day every 3 hours or after every nap and sleeps from 9pm at latest through till 7am in morning. X

My little boy has just increased to 8oz, and he has his feeds every 4hrs. But sleeps all through the night. He was 9Ib 14oz when he was born, so he's always had a healthy appetite x

My girl has 8oz every 3-4hrs through the day but sleeps 12hrs at night so only has 4 bottles in the day so she has 32oz in 24hr period

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