5 ounces of formula every 3 hours?

Hi,

My 6 week old is having 5 ounces of formula every 3 hours like clockwork. He is 4&1/2 kg and the doctors are very surprised. Is this normal?

Doctors said a baby of this age should be having 3 ounces. And i should look to reduce the amount but Baby cries after i give him 3 ounces but calm when hes had 5 ounces.

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My little one was doing this, she is now 11 weeks old on Wednesday and takes 7 ozs most of the time and has been for just over a week and a half now. My HV said some baby’s have faster metabolism than others so to feed on demand. Today she has been having 5ozs every 2-3 hours🫣

5weeks old and we have just upped his bottle to 6oz. So he takes between 5/6oz every 4hrs sometimes 5hrs during the night. He was the same he kept crying so we had to up it so he decides if he wanted the extra oz or not now

Hey girl, my baby is 6 weeks also and is feeding at 5 (sometimes clears it ) but he mostly is drinking 4 ounces ( 50 / 50 tbh) .. at 3/4 hours - but never thought a doctor would tell you to back off an ounce or so.. if this is the case have they advised the hungry baby formula to you? Maybe this is something to explore x

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