Anyone else’s 3 week old baby on 5 ounces of formula every 4 hours?

He completely drains the bottle reach feed. I read so many things and have asked midwives and HV and some say you can overfeed a formula fed baby, others say you can’t. So just wondered if anyone else 3 week old has been on 5 ounces? Thank you

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My 1 week old is on 3 and also drinks all the bottle. Sometimes if I try to give her less she shows cues for more and drinks until she hits the mark for 90 total so I think some babies just drink a lot 🤣

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My 3 week old would definitely have a good go at a 5 ounce bottle as he’s clearing a 4 ounce every 4 hours at the moment but when my health visitor came she said to keep him on 4 as 5 is too much but he is draining the 4s 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Ye mine was, but every 3hrs! Wondering how to get to that elusive 4hrs!!

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Up by an oz and see how they go, they might only want an the extra oz once a day for example and it might be a growth spurt, they’ll quickly let you know if it’s not enough / too much - mine would have 150ml / 5oz for a morning or night bottle then slightly less during the day x

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Yep my lb is on 5 oz every 4 hour. I thought going up to 6 oz was too much but now he's eating every 3 hours so I think I need toilet him have 6oz x

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It goes on weight of the baby too rather than age x

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I have put my baby on 5OZ as she was drinking the whole 4oz bottle- since putting her onto 5OZ there’s always something left in the bottle sometimes she will drink 1/3 oz depending on when her last feed was sometimes she just wakes up for a top up and wants just the 1oz and then will sleep for a couple of hours…. Sometimes she will drink 41/2 oz and sometimes she will finish the bottle! It all depends on time inbetween feeds but because she was finishing the 4oz bottle I put it up to 5OZ so she has the extra in the bottle if she wants it…. I rather her have the extra than not enough and she goes hungry xxx

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