My 2 month old drinks 7oz

He weighs 11lbs 7oz and he drinks 7oz every 2-3 hours. Sometimes he’ll even drink 8oz. It seems a lot to me but hes not spitting it up and is a lot more calm after feeding. He does cry whenever he farts but stops really quick (is that normal?) His pediatrician seemed shocked but says if that how much he wants to drink then its fine and that overall hes a healthy baby. How much does your baby weigh/drink? Do they cry when they fart? Do you guys think that might be related to him drinking that much?

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Plz get a 2nd opinion. 7-8 oz is alot. It could be y he has so much gas. Is he pace feeding? (Upright, no propped bottle)
Rule of thumb is usually 1-1.5 oz/hr so he's getting twice the amount he should have.

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My son is drinking 5-6oz every 2-3 hrs he’s 9 weeks. His pediatrician told us that by his 4 month appt he’ll probably be 7oz a feeding and that since he’s a bigger boy (13lb at 2 month appt) and he isn’t spitting up and is growing appropriately and so to feed him what he wants. (He was born just under 10lb)
We have some feeds he does do 7-8 Oz but those feeds he usually goes 3-4 hrs between.
Usually he’s between 35-40ish Oz for an entire day.

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My daughter is 2 months old and she drinks 4 Oz. She eats every 2-3 hours during the day and she sleeps through the night

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My daughter is 8 weeks and the max she’s drank in one feeding is 3 oz. She eats 2 oz every 2-3 hours

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My baby boy is the same as - max 3 oz, will usually drink 2 oz every 1-3 hours except for late night when he will usually go about 4 hours between feeds.

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My girl is 9 weeks and drinks 3-4oz every 2-3 hours and a 6 hours stretch overnight.
I honestly think you should check with another pediatrician just to make sure you follow a healthy pattern for feeding. Might be okay for him, but also in the long run he might develop overeating. Is better to be sure

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My two month old drink 4-5oz of breast milk every 3-4 hours and sometimes he only drinks 3oz he weighs 14 pounds. I feed him sitting up and burp in between ounces to help him pace feed if you want to see if that helps or your baby probably just like larger amounts every baby different

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You can also check the flow of the nipple

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My som was 14.5 pounds at his 2 month check up. He drinks anywhere from 4-8 oz in a sitting. Pediatrician says he’s well fed and to keep doing what we’re doing! He doesn’t usually cry when he farts. I would say if your baby is happy then you shouldn’t worry

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My daughter is 7 weeks, 11.5 pounds and drinks 4 oz every 2.5-3 hours. Max she’ll drink is like 5 oz very rarely

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My 8 week old drinks 3-5 oz max at a time. He does get really bad gas and cries too. He's on a hypoallergenic formula due to an allergy but I use simethicone gas drops and they do help a lot. My son is also a peanut though. He only weighs 10.11 pounds.

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My fella is 2mo 14lbs and eats 4oz during the day, come 6p-10p he usually eats 6oz. He eats every 3-4hrs. The 6oz feeding we give 4oz, let it sit a bit, he still gives questions of hunger so we give the 2 more. He also sleep about 6 hrs through the night

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Baby’s don’t eat just to eat. They take what they need.

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My baby takes 5-6oz and is 9 weeks old. Sometimes he'll cluster feed and want s little more but the pediatrician isn't concerned. He's 12,7 lbs

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came to say the same thing!! Let that baby eat!!!

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