XP from 3-6 months: Is this too much?

dorothy&gail · July 2011

XP:

I know every baby is different, but....

Backstory: I just went back to work on the 6th and was leaving 6oz bottles for my mom, who is watching LO. LO sleeps from 9:30pm-ish to 8:30am-ish. Since I need to leave for work earlier than LO wakes, and I don't want to wake him as I wasn't when I was home, I pump in the morning before work, then LO gets a bottle from my mom at approx. 8:30, 11:30 and 2:30 as he eats about every 3 hours. Then I get home and breastfeed at 5:30 and 8:30, then LO is down to bed by 9:30pm. So he eats 5 times a day. Anytime I gave him breast milk in a bottle, it was about 6oz and he seemed fine, but right before I went back to work I really had not given him a bottle in a couple weeks.

So, when I went back to work I left 3 6oz bottles for my mom. She mentioned he still seemed hungry after the bottles. So the next day I left 7oz bottles. He did fine with that for the rest of the week, but then this past week my mom said he seemed hungy again after the 7oz. I told her maybe he just needed to suck, and to give him his paci, but he didn't want that. He normally only uses the paci for naps and at night anyways. So, I said if he was still seemed hungry go ahead and give him 8oz and see what he does. At 8oz, he is perfect, acts comepletely satisfied afterwards.

My issue is that this seems like so much for a 16 week old. I searched around on here and on other google searchs for averages for his age and weight (about 12.5-13lbs) and the 8oz seems very high there too. So I know he is getting 24oz when I am gone, and then he also nurses from me 2 more times. Maybe hes not eating as much from me?? He does drain both breasts, and I can keep up with the 24oz when pumping if I pump in the morning, 3 times a day, and at night after he goes to bed.

Does anyone else have a LO with similar weight and age at this much??

nattn · July 2011

It seems like a lot to me. DD is 13lbs, 7oz. She gets one bottle of expressed milk once a day and it's a 4oz bottle. Unless she's going through a growth spurt, she's satisfied with that amount. Since I BF the rest of the time, I don't actually know how much she gets in a day.

mrsjanks · July 2011

If your LO is hungry, feed her!

Landon weighed 15.5 at his 4 month appt (3 weeks ago), and he gets 30-35 oz plus 2tbsp rice, 2tbsp oatmeal, and 2 stage 1 solids a day.

TaraC9474 · July 2011

I would confer with your pedi. Is he eating all that and not spitting up? My LO was 15lbs, 10oz at her 4 mo appt and she gets about 30 oz a day and BF once during the night. That's it. If my mother or MIL said DD seemed hungry I would personally let it go in one ear and out the other because they seem to think she can always eat more. Not saying this is the case with you but I would ask the pedi. Seems like a big increase in a short time.

LuverlyMum · July 2011

TaraC9474:
I would confer with your pedi. Is he eating all that and not spitting up? My LO was 15lbs, 10oz at her 4 mo appt and she gets about 30 oz a day and BF once during the night. That's it. If my mother or MIL said DD seemed hungry I would personally let it go in one ear and out the other because they seem to think she can always eat more. Not saying this is the case with you but I would ask the pedi. Seems like a big increase in a short time.

Yes

Our parents and grandparents seem to think if a baby cries it must be hungry!

I would talk to your mom about what your after feeding routine is... burp, snuggle, rock, bounce, etc..

Good Luck!

sweetpea2718 · July 2011

TaraC9474:
I would confer with your pedi. Is he eating all that and not spitting up? My LO was 15lbs, 10oz at her 4 mo appt and she gets about 30 oz a day and BF once during the night. That's it. If my mother or MIL said DD seemed hungry I would personally let it go in one ear and out the other because they seem to think she can always eat more. Not saying this is the case with you but I would ask the pedi. Seems like a big increase in a short time.

This. Def as your pedi. DS is BF as well so i'm not sure how much he actually gets, but when I do give a bottle, it's around 4-5 oz because that's what I would pump from one side plus a little more. He never drains both sides except right before bed.

My mom is constantly telling me that he wants to eat. No, he ate an hour ago. She thinks I should nurse him to sleep for naps, except he prefers to eat a lot when he wakes up from a nap. Before going down, he roots for food, but even if I try to feed him, he doesn't eat, just wants to suck. I have to explain this to her since she's watching him once a week when I go back to work. There's no reason for him to eat every hour or so!

Red_Dahlia · July 2011

My DD is 16 weeks and she is 19 lbs. She takes 3 four-oz bottles while I'm at work. I nurse once in the morning and twice in the evening. So, yes, 8oz bottles does seem like a lot to me. However, I agree with the pp's - talk to your pedi about it.

lyzabeth · July 2011

i ep, but that is about how much lo eats too. not every feeding, but 1x-2x a day she has 8oz.

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