Going up and down formula intake

My little on has never really been a milk girl she lost a fair bit of weight at birth because she was so sleepy we got put on feeding schedule and pretty much still do that now at 4 months old so we feed her every 3.5-4 hours depend on what time her first one was to make sure we fit in 5 bottles.

She goes through stages where she’ll drink loads and up her milk then she’ll go back works and kind of go off it and not drink much.

She’s 5.5kg so 12ibs 2 when I got her weighed last week so going on the rule 150ml - 200ml per kg she should be having 825ml - 1,100ml a day but this is what she’s had the past few weeks see how her intake went up then is going back down. (Today was a awful day we was out so she didn’t drink much of her second bottle then the dream feed on her 5th she’s just falling asleep struggling to wake her up for it)

Is this ok? She’s still following her line so far but her formula intake isn’t really going up as it should so I’m scared of her dropping any centiles

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Growth spurts and mental leaps play a big part in this. They go up on a growth spurt and down after. It's variable and an guide rather than a rule. What baby has read the manual ;)

Sleep and feeding needs are wildly different for each of us and bubs are the same.

Plus my girl is a grazer!

She lost weight too and at that scary newborn time we had that same stress but now I can see she's put on weight and she knows when she's hungry (drain a bottle) or grazy (has an ounce or two).
I'm following her cues and she's putting on weight and growing out of her onesies so I'm not timing the feeds I'm going with the flow and we're both happier for it.

My lo is 5 months on the 10th and he doesn’t have a bottle at all when he wakes up which means he’ll not have had a bottle for about 4 hours then his next two are maybe 3-4 ounces then 6 for the rest of the day sometimes still leaves an ounce or two and through the night drinks all of it. I think it just depends on their hunger, as long as she’s not losing weight she’ll be absolutely fine x

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