2 Month Old Baby Formula Feeding

However the amount of food your child needs will depend on his or her weight.

2 month old baby formula feeding.

At 2 months of age your formula fed baby will be eating four to six ounces at each feeding. Your child should be eating approximately 2 1 2 ounces of formula for each pound of body weight per day. After the first few days. Most formula fed babies will eat every 2 to 4 hours and breastfed babies every 2 to 3 hours.

Give your baby more if he or she is showing signs of hunger. Your baby needs only breast milk or iron fortified infant formula for the first 4 to 6 months of life. Breastfed infants usually take smaller more frequent feedings than formula fed infants. Feeding your 2 month old baby feed your baby whenever he s hungry which will be often as 2 month old babies usually eat about six to eight times a day.

Feeding your 0 2 month old. For a discussion of how to decide what type of milk to feed your baby read how to choose what to feed. He ll show you he s ready to eat by making sucking motions moving his hand to his mouth whimpering or flexing his arms and hands. Most infant formula fed newborns will feed 8 to 12 times in 24 hours.

You can start by offering your baby 1 to 2 ounces of infant formula every 2 to 3 hours in the first days of life if your baby is only getting infant formula and no breast milk.