blueskiesfrompain
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My baby is nearly 5 months old, and always been big! Not really ‘chunky’, but just long and stocky— on the 99.8th percentile for weight on height. Totally in line with where he was born. BUT, I’m wondering about how much formula he should be having.
As of today he’s around 10kg (22lbs) and here in the U.K. the calculation we’re given is that he should have between 150-200ml of formula per kg. This means that he should be having between 1500ml (53oz) and 2000ml (70oz) per day. We track all feeds in Huckleberry and the max he’s even taken is 1400ml, and most days it’s more around 1200ml over a 24hr period.
My question is, does he really need such a big amount? Or is he feeding as much as he needs?
We currently offer 240ml/8oz bottles at every feed (roughly every 3 hours) and he often struggles to finish them, leaving around 50ml (2oz). He’ll go ~5hrs at night between feeds if that’s relevant. He’ll do somewhere between 7-8 feeds per 24 hours, landing at the average of 1200ml overall.
If I were to offer him the top end of the suggested range (2000ml p/day) that would be 7 x 285ml/10oz feeds. That just seems crazy, for eg the MAM bottles only go up to 9oz!
Does the need for more taper off at some point? If I can barely get the ‘suggested’ amount in him now, how am I supposed to do it when he gains a couple of KG?
My concern is that we are somehow under feeding him, despite him growing like a weed! Or, we’re not getting enough into him during the day, so he’s doing shorter stints at night (he only really wakes in the night from hunger).
If you have any wisdom please let me know!
Edit: spelling
As of today he’s around 10kg (22lbs) and here in the U.K. the calculation we’re given is that he should have between 150-200ml of formula per kg. This means that he should be having between 1500ml (53oz) and 2000ml (70oz) per day. We track all feeds in Huckleberry and the max he’s even taken is 1400ml, and most days it’s more around 1200ml over a 24hr period.
My question is, does he really need such a big amount? Or is he feeding as much as he needs?
We currently offer 240ml/8oz bottles at every feed (roughly every 3 hours) and he often struggles to finish them, leaving around 50ml (2oz). He’ll go ~5hrs at night between feeds if that’s relevant. He’ll do somewhere between 7-8 feeds per 24 hours, landing at the average of 1200ml overall.
If I were to offer him the top end of the suggested range (2000ml p/day) that would be 7 x 285ml/10oz feeds. That just seems crazy, for eg the MAM bottles only go up to 9oz!
Does the need for more taper off at some point? If I can barely get the ‘suggested’ amount in him now, how am I supposed to do it when he gains a couple of KG?
My concern is that we are somehow under feeding him, despite him growing like a weed! Or, we’re not getting enough into him during the day, so he’s doing shorter stints at night (he only really wakes in the night from hunger).
If you have any wisdom please let me know!
Edit: spelling