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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s a good update! My baby liked the RTF stuff better as well. I know most LCs say that 24 oz is per day is enough but I don’t think that it for all babies. I made about that much and my babies had poor gain. Not like failure to thrive low, but low enough to benefit from supplementing. I had an epically long thread on this last year….it got ugly.

Don’t worry about the triple feeding. Just breastfeed and supplement. [/quote]

OP here. 24oz/day isn’t enough? I know 24-32oz/day is normal but I thought he doesn’t start eating more until 2-3 months. He only 4.5 weeks old. His stomach is still tiny.

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My third was back up to birth weight at 2 weeks and he gained exactly 1 oz per day from the 2 week to one month check up. From 1 month to 2, he gained about .6 oz per day, so we were told to start supplementing. We did and he was still mostly breastfed till month 7 or so. I pumped a lot at work and when he slept, and I know I was maxing out at about 24 oz per day. It wasn’t enough for him. We needed about 8 oz per day of formula. [/quote]

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