daughter eating too much?

Question

Should my 10 week old daughter be eating 8oz of formula at a time?? Isn't it kind of early for this??

She sleeps all night without waking up, and when she is awake, she wants to eat every 1½ hours to 2 hours. Not all of the feedings are 8oz, but some of them are.

Answer 1

feed her less she may gain to much weight

Answer 2

Well if she's only 10 weeks and sleeping through the night, I bet those early morning feedings are the big ones. She's hungry because she's not waking up at night to eat. Ask her pediatrician about it. Make sure she's healthy and of normal weight. If she gets a clean bill of health, don't worry about it, she's probably just growing and making up for those missed night time feedings. The nice thing about babies is they don't eat when they're not hungry; she's not doing it because she's bored. My second went through bottles about every two hours from birth until he was old enough for cereal. Another thing you could try is putting a little bit of infant rice cereal in her milk...just enough to thicken it some without it being difficult to get out of the bottle. It could be the milk simply isn't filling her up. You also need to make sure you have the right flow level nipple on her bottles. The easiest way to tell is whether or not she seems to be struggling to get the milk out of the bottle while she's drinking. Just remember, eating a lot now doesn't mean she will for the rest of her life.

Answer 3

Because she's not waking, she's missing those feedings. My daughter did the same thing. She would down 4oz in about five minutes. We tried different nipples to slow her down, but her doctor said feed her what she will eat, and that was a full 8oz bottle. My daughter slept through the night before my boys did too. She is now a skinny-mini 10 year old. Babies should never "go on a diet". They need that nutrition to develop healthfully. If she's chubby, she will lose it as she starts toddling around, and gets more active.

Answer 4

She could have hit a growth spurt. Talk it over with her pediatrician. Normally a baby 10 weeks old eats about 4 ounces every 2-3 hours. I guess if she is not gaining weight too rapidly, her bowel movements are normal, and she isnt regurgitating a lot of it that is may be ok.

Answer 5

My 10 month old daughter was close to the same way. She has always slept thru the night and has been eating 8 oz scence she was about 2 months old. she is now 20 lbs.

Answer 6

You should be lucky because she is a good eater and she sleeps during the most children that age will wake up once or even twice during the night to eat so keep it up it is normal I wish my kids were like that.

Answer 7

while I generally agree that babys don't over feed themselves you may want to look into the size of the nipple on her bottle she may be getting too much flow before she feels she is full

Energy RDAs for healthy, full term infants are as follows:

Age Energy Recommendations (kcal/kg/d)

0-6 months / 108

6-12 months / 98

1-3 years / 102


To Provide 108 kcal/kg/d

Infant's Weight Expected Total Daily Intake (in ounces)

Pounds kg 20 kcal/oz

4.5 / 2 / 11
6 / 2.7 / 15
8 / 3.6 / 19
10 / 4.5 / 24
12 / 5.5 / 30
To estimate energy requirements and recommended formula intake for an individual infant:

* Obtain infant's weight in kg. If measurement is taken in pounds, convert ounces to a decimal value of a pound (each ounce is .0625 of a pound) and multiply by .454.
* Multiply weight in kg by 108 kcal/kg to get estimate of total energy needs.
* Divide by 20 to get number of ounces of 20 kcal/oz formula.

Example:

* Infant weighs 7 pounds 6 ounces.
* 6 ounces is equal to 6 x .0625 = .375 pound
* Infant weighs 7.375 pounds or 7.375 x .454 = 3.34 kg
* 3.34 kg x 108 kcal/kg = 360 kcal total daily energy need
* 360 kcal/20 kcal per ounce = 18 ounces of formula a day

Answer 8

You are lucky that's how she is eating. I think that is normal considering she sleeps through the night. What she eats during the day is making up for what she doesn't eat. If you are really that concerned ask a doctor.

Sincerely yours,
Laurie

Answer 9

Well... Id Def. not put any baby on a diet.. Let her drink as much as she wants... when shes full shell let u no for sure. Maybe its the Formula... Thats what happened to my sisters baby and she switched now shes on a better time schedule... hopefully i helped somewhat?

Answer 10

Feed her what she needs. If she wants to eat that much let her. Worry about her weight when she is older. Also, if the doctor says her weight is fine then it's O.K......I am a mother of four.

Answer 11

my son who is now 2, always ate alot at a feeding, I asked my doctor at that time if it was alright and she said to feed him when he wanted it. He was a little chubby but now he is running around and is perfectly normal. So don't worry, when they go through growing spurts they tend to eat more.