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10 week old, 17lb 2 oz, only taking 28 oz of milk per day?
Hi,
Just wonder what my lo should be eating? he is a big boy at 17lb 2 oz and he is ten weeks three days, but he has lately been disinterested in his feeds, some feeds he will only take three oz ? i have tried the lb to oz conversion and unless i have figured it out wrong he should be having 42 oz a day? took him to be weighed yesterday and he had put on 1lb 8 oz over 2 weeks, does this sound ok, is he getting enough because he is gaining weight ?
thanks in advance
Hayley & Freddie
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Just wonder what my lo should be eating? he is a big boy at 17lb 2 oz and he is ten weeks three days, but he has lately been disinterested in his feeds, some feeds he will only take three oz ? i have tried the lb to oz conversion and unless i have figured it out wrong he should be having 42 oz a day? took him to be weighed yesterday and he had put on 1lb 8 oz over 2 weeks, does this sound ok, is he getting enough because he is gaining weight ?
thanks in advance
Hayley & Freddie
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If youre still concerned you could always give your HV a ring. Thats what I did and she was fab xx
My boy was very similar - not quite as big as yours, but followed the 91st centile. Anyway, when I first started feeding him formula, he started off on 25-27oz a day, and never really increased that. (He would quite happily have skipped feeds, he only even took that much cos I made him) However he continued to follow his line.
My HV also said this is fine. The last time we saw her, he was taking about 32oz a day, and according to his weight should have been on over 45, but she wasn't concerned as he was gaining weight and wasn't hungry.
Don't let it worry you, babies know how much they need and if he wanted more he'd let you know!
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Thanks for the reassurance.
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Providing his is gaining weight, not dropping through the centiles and producing plenty wet nappies, there is no need to be concerned. He just sounds like he is picking and choosing when he wants to eat!