Bottles

Just curious to how many bottles a day people giving their 5 month, nearly 6 month olds. For a little while now my little guy has been having 5 8oz bottles but, reading online he should only be having 4x these amount of bottles or he goes over the 32oz recommended in a day? Am I forcing him too much milk? The last bottle of the day is normally a dream feed, I was sure I was doing to right amount for him but now seeing this I’m unsure.
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My little boy will be 6 months old tomorrow and i give him 4 bottles and a blended meal a day plus a few little snacks each bottle i give him is 8oz and i was told that was fine for him x

All baby's are different. I got told a general rule of thumb is 2.5oz per pound of their body weight, i'm only googling now to see that they max that at 32oz typically, but if your baby is hungry then they're hungry! My boy is currently on between 36-42oz, but some days he wants less. Unless your baby is showing signs of being over fed like spitting up a lot, I wouldn't be worried. But if you are, you can always contact your HV! I'm sure everything is all good, but I get that it's so worrying. I became obsessed with tracking my boy's ounces a couple of months ago and got so stressed when he went over a certain amount, and then I had to reflect and realise that they're growing so quickly that of course they're hungry!

Do you have him weighed regularly? Is he following his line? I wouldn’t worry, some babies are hungry and they are constantly growing and learning! Babies will normally be sick with excess milk anyway x

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