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Pay Attention to How Your Two Month Old Baby Shows She's Full

Last Updated: September 26, 2008

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Parenting Tips for Your 2 Month Old Baby

Your baby will stop eating when she is full. Don’t try to get her to take more than she wants.

Here are some clues that your baby is full:

  • Pushing away the breast or bottle
  • Turning away
  • Crying and fussing
  • Forcefully moving his entire body away from you
  • Putting her hands in front of her mouth

Babies are getting enough to eat if they are:

  • Growing
  • Having at least six wet diapers a day
  • Having at least one stool or bowel movement every day or every other day

Most doctors want to know if a baby misses more than one feeding. Something is usually wrong if two or three feedings are missed in a day.


Learn more about Your 2 Month Old Baby from Just In Time Parenting. You can also go to our Resource Links for additional information on child care and development.


Note to Parents: When reading this newsletter, remember: Every baby is different. Children may do things earlier or later than described here. This newsletter gives equal space and time to both sexes. If he or she is used, we are talking about all babies.
References: These materials were adapted by authors from Extension Just in Time Parenting Newsletters in California, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Tennessee, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Wisconsin.

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