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How much milk?
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Can you tell me how much and type of milk your babies get every day, how old they are and how much they weigh? Charlie's been worked out a volume by his doctor based on his weight but he struggles to keep it all down (it's meant to be 2.5oz per pound). We're going to GOSH tomorrow for an outpatients appointment and I know milk is going to be a big discussion topic so I would like to go with info about real babies and not just the "guidelines". Charlie can't regulate his intake because it goes down the tube so what do babies that can choose drink each day? For obvious reasons I need volumes from babies that are not on solids as well.
Charlie
Weight - 8.2 kg (18lb 2oz)
Age - 22 weeks
Volume of milk - 30oz (he should be on 45oz!!)
Type - EBM and Enfamil AR
Thanks,
H xx
Charlie
Weight - 8.2 kg (18lb 2oz)
Age - 22 weeks
Volume of milk - 30oz (he should be on 45oz!!)
Type - EBM and Enfamil AR
Thanks,
H xx
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HOWEVER, before her weaning (and this is probably more helpful to you!) she never ever took the 2.5oz per lb she was meant to take, not ever. She was about 16lb when we started weaning so should have been on at least 35oz per day - she has never in her life taken more than 28-29oz in a day. Her weight gain has been fine, she is slightly lower than her birth line but only by about 10 percent, and she has maintained that - not all babies actually need to 2.5 times per lb, so it's worth reassuring yourself with that too! xxx
sorry - meant to say she's on Aptimal, before weaning it was Aptimal 1, and now it's Aptimal 3. xx
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My boy is 15 weeks, weighed 12lbs 12oz at 14 weeks and has about 25oz a day of Aptimal comfort (he had trouble keeping the 1st milk down) which is quite a bit less than the "guidelines" suggest. He also feeds very erratically, most of his feed being at night when he'll have 6oz bottles. In the day he will often only manage 2-3oz at a feed.
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Ethan was mostly breastfed, but even using his odd bottles as a guide he didn't take nearly as much as the 'guidelines' say. He is only now, at nearly 10 months, capable of drinking 7oz at a sitting, and this is very rare. Trust your instinct, if you think it's too much milk then see if he will settle with less.
She's not on solids and is okay with this quantity. She leaves an oz or two over her daytime bottles then her last bottle of the day she has up to 9oz.
She's on Aptamil 1 milk.
Hope you get somewhere at GOSH and that you are all well.
Kat xx