Formula fed babies

How old are your babies and how many oz are they on per feed?

My little one is 5months old (today🄹) and currently on 5oz
She only goes 2.5 hours between feeds, going between finishing every last sip but also sometimes not completely finishing her bottles.
I’ve started to introduce one 6oz bottle at random times during the day. Wondering if I need to up her to 6oz for all bottles during the day??? And see how she gets on or whether to wait until she’s consistently finishing 5oz before increasing.

I’m not bothered about her feeding so regularly as I’m well aware of ā€˜responsive feeding’ and not aiming to increase feed amount to get longer stretches

Im just curious and intrigued how other babies are

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Mine also 5 months today and also on 5oz and sometimes doesn’t finish it

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Mine is 6 months next week a girl and she is still on 5oz every 3 hrs except last bottle before bed is 6oz. She won’t finish 6oz during the day. That last bottle carries her through the night

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My boy will be 5 months next week and is over 8kg now, I think he’s big for his age. He has 7oz every 3 hours (sometimes longer, sometimes more regularly) but spits up quite a lot though. He spits up just as much on 6oz tbh. He has 5 bottles at roughly 6, 9, 12, 3, 6 and then goes to sleep about 8pm and will noisily sleep until 6am.

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I feel like im over feeding mines on 7oz and 8oz for his last bottle before bed, he goes about 3.5 hours between bottles x

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Mine is 5 months and is on 6oz, does finish it but sometimes doesn’t. Feeds every 3.5/4 hours. I usually just try and make sure he has enough in a 24 hour period rather than each bottle. He has on average 30/32oz in 24 hours. I do feel like he ate more the bigger stretched he had, but also it’s not really any different to eating less more often!

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My daughter is 5 months and recently switched from BF to formula. Sometimes she drinks 3oz, 4oz or 5oz anywhere between 2-4 hours in between. HV said all that matters is weight and nappies… adults drink and eat different quantities and at different times throughout the day so no surprise babies do too šŸ’›

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Thanks guys! She will still wake for a feed in the night and will have 5oz, again sometimes drains it sometimes not!
She has started to spit up a bit during the day! She’s 6.5kg and has 6 bottles per day which on 5oz is 36oz
We’ve never had any issues with weight gain either.
I guess I’ll just follow her queues and her needs - I know there is no right or wrong but god it’s a minefield šŸ˜‚
I’m just wary with feeds because she suffered really bad with colic so we were always feeding little and often x

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My boy has 5oz, occasionally does 4 but has 6 for his night feed

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Mine is 5.5months and 8oz 5 bottles a day, she finishes every drop šŸ˜‚ goes 4 hrs between bottles and sleeps through

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My girl is 5.5 months and does 7oz every 4 hours (usually give her 8oz for her final feed). So 4 bottles in a day and she sleeps through x

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My boy is 5 months in 3 days, still doesn’t sleep through and not long swapped but drinks 4-5 6-7oz bottles during the day and first two feeds breast milk then a top up of formula which he never drinks much of x

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