how much is too much.. milk?

kmdendy

My baby is 11 weeks old.  I breast feed and bottle feed.  She just took down 7 ounces in one feeding!! Is this okay? Normal?

ncbelle

Are you feeding pumped milk?  BF babies will likely never eat 7 oz at a time…babies can and will overeat at the bottle.  The breast changes flow as baby's suck changes when baby is full - not true of the bottle thus they overeat.

I'd suggest trying paced bottle feeding:  https://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/feeding-tools/bottle-feeding/

Kyllarae

I feed both ways as well and my 3 month old has rarely ever taken more than four ounces at a time. If she's especially hungry she'll take an extra ounce but that usually only happens first thing in the morning or right before bed. It takes her about thirty minutes to finish her four ounces from the bottle.

kmdendy

Thanks! I will slow does the pace.. burp more, etc.  I called the doctor's office this morning and they said that she could have been having a growth spurt  or she might have just been very hungry.  She is known to take down 5 oz regularly. She is almost 15 pounds now and only 11 weeks.  She is a healthy baby! lol  The doc just said that 7 oz was okay as long as she wasn't doing it all the time.  

She is fed breast milk through breast feeding and the bottle.  We have never done formula.

Thanks for your help!  

Xath

Is she sitting up at an incline when you feed her, with the bottle horizontal to the floor (only tipped enough so milk fills the nipple)?  That's the current guidance on bottle feeding position.

The old method (horizontal baby with vertical bottle) frequently  causes overeating, as gravity places milk into baby's mouth, and they swallow as a reflex.