The every-4-hours plan may be good for bottle-fed infants, but remember, breast milk is more easily digested, so your baby may want to eat more often.
There are two ways to check that a breast-fed infant is getting enough to eat: monitor her weight and count the number of wet diapers she produces.
For a baby like yours 18 days old, 1 ounce per day(like yours) is perfect.. and the baby should be producing at least four to six wet diapers a day, so do not worry too much..if you think that he is hungry, just feed him, he will stop if he is full...
There are two ways to check that a breast-fed infant is getting enough to eat: monitor her weight and count the number of wet diapers she produces.
For a baby like yours 18 days old, 1 ounce per day(like yours) is perfect.. and the baby should be producing at least four to six wet diapers a day, so do not worry too much..if you think that he is hungry, just feed him, he will stop if he is full...