Do FF Babies Eat Frequently Like Breastfed Babies?!

[Anonymous]

It'll still be pretty frequent at that age, sorry. I did have my daughter on a rough feeding schedule by 2 months old, but not quite that early. But the huge advantage of formula at night is that your husband (or grandma, night nanny, whoever) can do feedings! Take advantage!

[Anonymous]

Hi OP, I remember when my kid was two weeks old and people kept saying BFing would be fine at around two months. I cried. I hated everyone for thinking I could manage feeding every two hours for two months. But then that’s what happened. There was a big shift at 1 month for us and BFing for me got a lot easier and I got used to feeding every two hours. Sorry, I’m not answering your question but I just want to say that I remember being in your position and thinking it was impossible. This would particularly happen around 9pm as I was getting ready for bed and thinking “going to bed” wasn’t real because I was getting up so often in the night.

[Anonymous]

Hold up, once they are older don’t formula babies need to actually drink even more than BF babies?! That’s why they sell those huge bottles. At some point your formula kid is gonna be chugging 40oz of formula while a BF baby is only drinking 25oz. I’m guessing that equates to way more diapers too for the FF.

Not completely on topic but if your debating between BF and FF lemme just say FF poop smells horrific. BF poop is so mild in comparison!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP, I remember when my kid was two weeks old and people kept saying BFing would be fine at around two months. I cried. I hated everyone for thinking I could manage feeding every two hours for two months. But then that’s what happened. There was a big shift at 1 month for us and BFing for me got a lot easier and I got used to feeding every two hours. Sorry, I’m not answering your question but I just want to say that I remember being in your position and thinking it was impossible. This would particularly happen around 9pm as I was getting ready for bed and thinking “going to bed” wasn’t real because I was getting up so often in the night.

BF babies are necessarily feeding every two hours once they get older. My BF DD are round the clock all night until she was over a year ( we obviously didn’t sleep train) but my BF DS was sleeping through the night by 2 months. So I don’t think you can say BF are gonna wake all night or not, it just varies baby to baby!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It'll still be pretty frequent at that age, sorry. I did have my daughter on a rough feeding schedule by 2 months old, but not quite that early. But the huge advantage of formula at night is that your husband (or grandma, night nanny, whoever) can do feedings! Take advantage!

You can also pump and have others feed the baby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hold up, once they are older don’t formula babies need to actually drink even more than BF babies?! That’s why they sell those huge bottles. At some point your formula kid is gonna be chugging 40oz of formula while a BF baby is only drinking 25oz. I’m guessing that equates to way more diapers too for the FF.

Not completely on topic but if your debating between BF and FF lemme just say FF poop smells horrific. BF poop is so mild in comparison!

Mom who breastfed a couple months then switched completely to formula here. This is not exactly accurate.

Diapers (poop) tend to be less frequent for formula-fed babies. It's slightly constipating, if anything. My FF baby pooped every other day or maybe once a day. With breastfeeding it was milder-smelling but much more frequent. Pee, it's about the same since it's just a measure of hydration, regardless of the liquid.

Not sure about ounce count for BF vs FF, but 40oz is a huge amount. My baby drank max 36oz a day and really more like 28-32, which is considered normal for an older FF infant. And the best thing about formula is that you can train your baby to drink more in one sitting -- no more boob buffet all day. (I've heard of long-term breastfeeding moms who did get their baby on a regular feed schedule with longer feedings, though.) So it's 32oz total, say, but you only have to give 4 bottles. That's a win imo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It'll still be pretty frequent at that age, sorry. I did have my daughter on a rough feeding schedule by 2 months old, but not quite that early. But the huge advantage of formula at night is that your husband (or grandma, night nanny, whoever) can do feedings! Take advantage!

You can also pump and have others feed the baby.

Yes but you're trading your own time and comfort for that break, whereas with a bottle you're not.

When I pumped so someone could feed baby a bottle of pumped milk, I would just wake up anyway from engorgement.