« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: What's a reasonable amout of EBM for a 3 week old to take?  (Read 906 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Erin (redstarfalling)

  • Resident BW Chatterbox!
  • *****
  • Showing Appreciation 188
  • Gender: Female
  • Posts: 4506
    • Location: Montreal, Canada
What's a reasonable amout of EBM for a 3 week old to take?
« on: December 01, 2006, 17:54:39 pm »
I just started dd2 on bottles of EBM - I'm trying to do one feed per day to keep her in the habit  ;).  DD1 never took a bottle, so I'm not sure what's a good amount to expect her to drink.  I've been putting 3 oz in, and she takes about 2 but I'm not completely sure she stops there because she's had enough or for other reasons (gas, fussiness,etc.). Any thoughts? TIA!
Logged
Erin
Mother to Megan and Samantha

Offline tylersmommy

  • Resident BW Chatterbox!
  • *****
  • Showing Appreciation 172
  • Gender: Female
  • Posts: 3433
  • Nebraska, USA
    • Location: Nebraska
Re: What's a reasonable amout of EBM for a 3 week old to take?
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2006, 19:29:57 pm »
Here's a nifty calculator to help figure it out. It's meant for babies 1 mo or older, but it looks like a 2 wk old's tummy capacity is about 2 oz. When we gave Mackenzie her first ebm bottle at that age, 2 oz was about right.
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/milkcalc.html
Logged
Melissa
Mommy to Tyler, 12/30/03 and Mackenzie, 10/17/06
<img src="http://b5.lilypie.com/Uavem6.png" alt="Lilypie 5th Birthday Ticker" border="0"  />
[img width= height=]http://b2.lilypie.com/iQoum6.png[/img]
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »