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How much do you feed your 8ish week old?

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LutherRalph1 · 08/06/2018 18:47

DS is 8 weeks soon, we are combination feeding.
Just wondered how much and how often others of a similar age are being fed?
Thanks

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 09/06/2018 00:01

That’s a tough one and one that you might need to discuss with a fully trained BFC on one of the Bfing Helplines.

The reason I can’t really help is, if you were Bfing baby takes roughly 25floz in 24 hours no matter how often you feed whereas a ff baby will need roughly 2.5 floz per pound in weight.

Are you worried about baby not getting enough if either?

mindutopia · 09/06/2018 08:08

As much as he wants and as often really is the only answer as it’s so variable. My dd was combination fed at that age and when she had a bottle she had probably 60-90 ml every 4 ish hours. My ds is ebf from the breast so no idea how much but was feeding every 1.5-2 hours at that point.

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