How much should 8wk old (bottle fed) be drinking?

Hey! So our LG has always been a pretty good eater & sleeper and up until recently would only wake once in the night (3/4am) and have around 6 x 4oz avr. feeds per day.

In the last week she’s been sleeping 11-7/8 so obviously skipping the bottle in the middle of the night, but she’s being more difficult getting her full feeds down her & using her tongue to push the bottle out, she’ll have 2.5/3oz in one go but then we’re almost fighting with her to get more down her. Last night she only had 1oz of her 10:30pm feed before she refused to take anymore.

She did have her jabs last week so it may be that, but just wondering if anyone else is the same - if she’s having 5 x 4-5oz bottles a day is that enough?

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My little girl (10 weeks old) has been like this for a few weeks now - only have between 1-3 oz but has not been sleeping very well. I’m finding it very hard to get her to have any more, she also pushes the bottle out with her tongue. She did used to have 4/5oz but very rarely had that much any more or finishes a bottle. I did speak to the doctor about it today as she had her jabs this morning but she said she has no concerns as she is putting on weight really well and is still on the same percentile. X

ahh really, well that makes me feel a bit better! She has gone from 50th centile last time to 25th but our dr said she wasn’t worried about the drop because she has rolls etc so she’s not disproportionately small but I think that’s why it was playing on my mind! But saying all that I’ve just give her another bottle and she’s drank a full 6oz 🤦🏼‍♀️😂 I think they just try and test us sometimes!!😂xx

My little one who’s 12 weeks tomorrow has been awful with her feeds recently… she will have 1 bottle in the morning, then will refuse a feed till about 5/6 pm where she will not stop eating, and she will chuck a bottle back up, then goes to sleep around 10. Back up at 5 for a feed then 9am.

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How much should 8wk old (bottle fed) be drinking?

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