how many ounces of water should i drink while breastfeeding?
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Although research has found that nursing mothers do not need to drink more fluids than what's necessary to satisfy their thirst,1﻿ experts recommend about 128 ounces per day. That sounds like a lot — it's 16 eight-ounce cups — but 8 ounces is a pretty small serving size.
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All breastfed babies need between 20-35 ounces of breast milk per day, on average. In younger newborns and up to 2-3 months old, your baby should breastfeed on-demand, which usually means every 2-3 hours.
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Typically, a baby needs about 25 ounces of breast milk per day. So you'll need to divide that by how many feedings your baby typically has. So if you feed baby about eight times per day, he should get about 3.1 ounces of breast milk at each feeding. That's how much milk a 5-month-old should drink.
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The research tells us that exclusively breastfed babies take in an average of 25 oz (750 mL) per day between the ages of 1 month and 6 months. Different babies take in different amounts of milk; a typical range of milk intakes is 19-30 oz per day (570-900 mL per day).
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This means that the amount of breast milk that a baby drinks will have increased exponentially in just a short time, with their tummy now able to hold between 22 – 27 ml or ¾ - 1 ounce per feeding.
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At this age, your baby should drink about 4 to 5 ounces per feeding.
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According to the Institute of Medicine, pregnant women need to drink ten 8-ounce glasses of water per day. When you're breastfeeding, that daily intake should increase to thirteen 8-ounce glasses per day.
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Pregnant women should drink 10 eight ounce glasses of water every day. Carry a water bottle with you and sip slowly throughout the day.
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Breastfed babies need, on average, 24 to 32 ounces of milk per day (Kent et al., 2006). If you spread that amount over a full day it equals 1-1.25 ounces per hour. With that information in mind, plan on leaving about 1-1.25 ounces of milk for each hour of separation.
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It's acceptable to supplement with water at this time. However, assuming adequate formula or breast milk intake, your child may not need more than 2 to 4 ounces of water over a 24-hour period.
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Your 4-Week-Old Baby's Development Breastfed babies should eat as much as they want at this age, but a general rule of thumb is roughly 12 to 32 ounces of breast milk. Generally 16 to 32 ounces in 24 hours, is a good benchmark for formula-fed babies.
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Your baby needs less breastmilk in his bottle than he would formula because breastmilk has more nutrients per ounce, and your baby is able to digest it more fully than he would formula. Babies between 4 and 6 months old generally take anywhere from 3 to 5 ounces of breastmilk from a bottle during a given feeding.
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Because newborns' stomachs are so small, during the first week most full-term babies take no more than 1 to 2 ounces (30 to 60 mL) at feedings. After about four to five weeks, babies reach their peak feeding volume of about 3 to 4 ounces (90 to 120 mL) and peak daily milk intake of about 30 ounces per day (900 mL).
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Drink water. Lots of water. 8-10 glasses a day is 64-80 ounces. Your pregnancy requires lots of water to create the fluid-filled environment in which the babies float.
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At this stage your baby may be drinking up to 6 to 8 ounces of formula per feeding every four to six hours — but limit the total intake to no more than 32 to 36 ounces per 24-hour period.
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From about 6 months on, babies need 4 to 6 ounces of water a day, or just over half a cup of water. But ask your pediatrician how much your little one needs before your baby starts drinking water.
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To that end, you'll need more water to keep your system running for two during pregnancy. Though it really varies based on your body type and size, how active you are, and so on, the general rule of thumb is somewhere between eight and 10 8-ounce glasses of water (from all sources) a day.