Baby girl (11 weeks old) usually eats around 26-27 oz in a day maybe 28. This includes an early morning (1-2 am) feed. I’ve tried to get her to eat more in a single sitting but she only eats around 4 oz. If she for some reason goes longer between eating, she’ll eat 5, on a rare occasion, 6 oz. She usually eats between every 2-3 hours. Sometimes in those feeds she’ll only eat 3 oz. The past three days she’s only eaten 23-25 oz but has slept from 9pm- 5am. She is gaining weight fine. Her pediatrician mentioned they usually eat around 28 oz at this age. Is this something I need to worry about or she just eats what she eats and that’s okay? She was born at 41 weeks 9 pounds 1 oz this past week she weighed 12 pounds 7.5 oz. Otherwise in good spirits, eats her bottles efficiently and sleeps great
How much does your baby eat in a day?
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ldtorres77
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@augusto At that age, my dude was drinking 6-8 oz EASY per bottle every 2-3 hours but my best friends daughter who was 2 weeks younger was drinking maybe 4-6 oz a bottle every 3-4 hours. Every baby is so different! I found his feeds were always so inconsistent at that age - they are going through growth spurts and regressions and just existing as babies. Give it a week and see if she picks up! If shes gaining weight, I wouldn’t worry (or try not to - easier said than done, I know)!
Just wanted to add - the recommendation is not always perfect. My guy was up to 36-40 Oz of formula a day. I had the opposite stress of you where I was late night googling if I can over feed my baby. My doctor simply told me to feed him what he wants. If he wants 40 oz a day, he gets 40 Oz a day. He’s now 10 months and drinks 2 bottles of MAYBE 12-14 oz a day which is now less than recommended but he’s a steady 26 lbs and loves to eat!!
@augusto I also have an 11 week old (born 2/2) who averages 26-27 oz a day. He will drink 4-5 ounces every 2.5-3.5 hours, with one 4 oz feed overnight. Any bottles bigger than 5 oz result in a ton of spitup. He was born at 9 lb 15 oz and most recently weighed in at 14 lbs so he is by no means a small guy.
aliveinchrist99
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@bruyas And to show the difference, I also have an 11 week old born on 02/02 and he drinks about 36oz a day. He has 6oz bottles around every 3 hours in the day and then sleeps from around 8:30pm-2am, has a 6oz bottle and then sleeps again until around 6:30am. He was 7lbs10oz when he was born and I haven’t had him weighed recently but he’s growing out of his 0-3 month clothes right now.
relaxbuddy
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he is a week older than yours and only will eat 21-23 ounces a day 
he won’t eat more than 2-3 ounces every 3-4 hours and we struggle to even get 3 ounces in him @relaxbuddy I totally understand! I was worried that my guy was eating too much and agonizing over it. I try to remind myself that if doctor isn't worried I shouldn't be either. Every baby is so different just like every adult is different.
@augusto My son eats around 30-oz a day at 8 weeks. But he was FTT the first few weeks and took until he was one month old to make his birth weight, so he has catching up to do. I think you should think more about her eating as averages vs per-day. So for instance, my kid will some days have only 25-oz but the next day he’ll have 36-oz, so it basically evens out. If she’s gaining weight and her lack of eating as much isn’t due to something like reflux, I don’t think you should worry just yet. Plus if she does start to lose weight or slow down with weight gain, there are a lot of intermediate steps between now and her needing something like an ng tube, as I learned from my experience with my son.
glencora63
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@augusto My girl was teeny at birth but has jumped up to 54th percentile at 7 months. She was eating around 24 oz at that age and is now taking 24-30 oz (4-5 bottles 6-7 oz each) and some solids but not every day. As long as baby is following her curve you are good to go. Appetites are a range and can definitely vary depending on if they’re getting sick, going through a regression, teething etc. Just keep offering what you’re offering and let her take what she needs. Once she’s consistently finishing bottles for a day or 2 you might want to bump up an ounce.
@augusto I wouldn’t be worried as long as baby is growing!
FWIW - my ped recommended only feeding max 4oz bottles per feed at that age. We had been offering 5oz but I think it made him too full so he went longer without eating and therefore ate less overall. Ped said 5 oz was too much for him at this age. After we backed it down to 4 oz bottles he started eating a little more frequently during the day and ate more overall. He used to barely eat 24 oz a day and now he averages 28-30oz.
FWIW - my ped recommended only feeding max 4oz bottles per feed at that age. We had been offering 5oz but I think it made him too full so he went longer without eating and therefore ate less overall. Ped said 5 oz was too much for him at this age. After we backed it down to 4 oz bottles he started eating a little more frequently during the day and ate more overall. He used to barely eat 24 oz a day and now he averages 28-30oz.
arealwomanalwyz
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@augusto My baby has been eating 4-5 ounces (usually 5) every 3 hours since like 6 weeks. It’s still 8 feedings a day of mostly 5oz at 10 weeks.
This is where my husband and I clash. He thinks we’re overfeeding and the baby is just fussy afterward, not hungry. I think the baby is hungry and eats more than average. If I tried to force 4oz when he wanted more, he’d cry and scream did what felt like hours.
Doctor wasn’t as helpful as I would have liked. She said 40oz a day is too much. But then she clarified that if the baby is showing real hunger signs, then feed them.
Unfortunately, my husband and I only took away from that what proved our own point.
This is where my husband and I clash. He thinks we’re overfeeding and the baby is just fussy afterward, not hungry. I think the baby is hungry and eats more than average. If I tried to force 4oz when he wanted more, he’d cry and scream did what felt like hours.
Doctor wasn’t as helpful as I would have liked. She said 40oz a day is too much. But then she clarified that if the baby is showing real hunger signs, then feed them.
Unfortunately, my husband and I only took away from that what proved our own point.