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Is this enough milk for 6 month old?

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hihellobye · 10/07/2022 22:31

My daughter is 6 months and has 210ml-240ml per feed. She has 4 bottles, and then goes to sleep at 20:00ish every night. We are always stuck on whether we need to wake her up at about 23:00 to feed her her 5th bottle, as recommended on the Aptamil box.
Im scared I'm under feeding her if I let her sleep through!
Planning on starting her on solids this week

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hihellobye · 10/07/2022 22:33

Also I'll add that if we give her 4 she sleeps though until 07:00/08:00

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blebbleb · 10/07/2022 22:35

That sounds like plenty to me. The box is a guideline anyway and she's having 4 feeds. If she's hungry she'd be waking in the night. Enjoy the sleep!

bloodywhitecat · 10/07/2022 22:35

The information on the box is a guideline, lots of babies take less. Is she gaining weight steadily? Mine were down to four feeds a day at this age.

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hihellobye · 10/07/2022 22:36

Oh that's great, thank you for your replies. You've put my mind at ease! She is putting weight on great and is healthy Smile

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AnnaMagnani · 10/07/2022 22:37

If she was hungry she would let you know. Loudly!

Scotabroad24 · 10/07/2022 22:40

Sounds plenty enough to me. Jesus don't wake a sleeping baby for a feed unless you have to Grin if your starting her on solids this week too its great that she's down to 4 feeds a day

BertieBotts · 10/07/2022 22:40

It's like cat food... The boxes probably err on the side of giving them more so that you use up the box quicker and they can sell you more!

Listen to your baby, not the box 🙂

Mrsmch123 · 10/07/2022 22:46

Yeh my baby never took the recommended amount was always under. We did do a dream feed as it ment he slept from 9:30 until 6😬

shivawn · 11/07/2022 10:20

She wouldn't sleep through the night if she was hungry. I never paid any attention to the guidelines on the box but mine always took more. They're all individuals.

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