Feeds at 6 months

Formula fed babies - how much are they eating and how often?

My son is 6 months next week and is drinking 5 - 7oz every 3 - 4 hours, with 1 feed overnight.

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My daughter is exactly the same as your son

My daughter is same as you too sometimes have 2 feed overnight

My little girl has 7oz every feed between 3-4 hours and none overnight

how did you get your little girl to drop the night feed ?

She has slept through from around 11 weeks old, but she was always above the recommended ounces for her age so she was having about 5 Oz's every feed at 3 weeks old. She just increased normally with each feed to sleep through I think 😅

does your daughter drink all 7oz in one go? Sometimes my son will guzzle all 7oz and other times he will stop at 5oz and refuse any more, sometimes I can get him to drink the rest after a 20 minute play break but not always

My son has 8 scoops 5 times a day usually 3-4 hours but I think he’s getting ready to drop one of them x

Yeah she has all 7oz in one go she is a guzzler it's gone in 5 minutes these days 😅

7-8oz 5 times a day

we do 4x 8oz every 3.5/4 hours. not had a night feed since january.

same as you but 4x a day - 7am,11am,3pm,7pm

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