Premature Birth Support Group

This is interesting. I don't really know what to tell you other than the doctor knows best. My daughter was born almost 2 months early and just turned 4 months old. She is still only eating 4 oz every 4 hours. We were talking just yesterday about upping her feedings a little because she is starting to take the whole 4oz bottle. She is however constantly gaining weight and really thats what you should look at. We have a chart that says about how many oz they need in a day based on their weight. My daughter gains between an ounce and an ounce and half per week and the doctor told us that was good. She is up to almost 12 pounds now (born at 2lbs 12 ounces

MY SON WAS BORN 7WKS EARLY AND HE WAS 4LBS 13 OZ AND THEY PUT HIM ON THAT FORMULA THAT ADDS CALORIES TO THEM THAT ACTUALLY WAS A SUPPLEMENT WITH BREAST MILK. SO BY THE TIME HE GOT OUT THE NICU HE WAS ALMOST 6LBS WHICH WAS A WEEK LATER AND NOW HE JUST TURNED 2 AT THE END OF JUNE AND HE IS 45LBS AND A BIG BOY . HE WOULD GO THRU FORMULA LIKE WATER I MEAN I WOULD GO THRU CANS LOL ANYWAYS ONCE I PUT HIM ON MILK HE WOULD ONLY DRINK TWO BOTTLES A NIGHT AND MAYBE ONE AT LUNCH......BUT TO ME I THAT DOESNT SOUND NORMAL IF AS HE GETS OLDER HE IS DRINKING LESS BUT THEN AGAIN I AM NOT A DR. I WOULD KINDA WAIT IT OUT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS ! BY THE TIME MY SON WAS UR SONS AGE HE WAS TRIPPLED IN WEIGHT LOL U WOULD NEVER KNOW MY SON WAS A PREEMIE ANYWAYS GOOD LUCK AND SORRY I WASNT MUCH HELP !

My son was born 8 weeks early. For the first 10 months of his life he never ate more than 4 oz. The doctor's had us push him up to 5 oz right before they took him off formula. He was 4lbs. 5 oz. at birth and today at 23 mos. he weighs 23 lbs. The doctor's have always given me a problem because he is underweight, but he has constantly gained so they are happy with that. Every baby develops at their own speed. I have a girlfriend whose little girl was born on time, normal weight and is very tiny. She has been to specialists and had all types of tests done and she is fine. Her son was the same way - now her son is 14 and he is overweight. As long as you feel she is healthy, try and relax.