Milk intake?

cutemary007

I just want to ask EBF and ff mommies how much their LOs eat. My dd is eating more than I'm producing right now and I can't keep up.

I pump 3 times a day and get about 12 ounces of milk. My sister called to tell me that our dd drank 16 ounces by 1:45! She's such a hungry monster! I don't know what to do.

kjsmith9

DD eats five 3.5 oz bottles between 630am and 330pm every day. I pump at 530am before work, and at 9am and 12pm at work. She nurses around 4pm, 530pm, and 715pm which is bedtime. Usually gets up to eat once over night.

How big are her bottles? Whoever is watching her... Do they know how to properly bottle feed a breastfed baby? There's some info about it on kellymom.com... It's very easy to pour the milk down them and over feed.

When are you pumping and for how long?

starsinger17

My LO eats about 7-9oz 4-6 times a day based on what he ate when I pumped a few times on vacation.

UnexpectedlyExpected

My LO takes three 6oz bottles while at daycare(1 every 3 hours). I pump 3 times at work and once right before bed. She nurses at 5:30am, 5:00pm, and 6:30pm. There are days when I can pump twice at work and produce 20 ounces and others where I barely make 12ounces after 3 sessions. It can be quite frustrating. 

spinsoffresonance

DD eats 4oz bottles every 3 hours at daycare. So I need a total of 12oz for her bottles. I pump 3 times at work (every 2.5hours) and usually get less than 10oz total. I started adding another pumping session at night after DD goes to bed.