Poll: How much BM does your LO eat from bottle?

gnomemom · May 2013

After posting on the BFing board, I'm now worried I'm giving LO more BM in his bottles than he needs. Sorry, couldn't get CP to work.

1. How much BM does you LO eat from a bottle?

2. How much time passes between feedings?

3. How often does the person feeding LO the bottle stop to burp LO or take a break?

SNBelland · May 2013

E will eat anywhere from 6 to 8 oz every four to six hours during the day. He eats his last bottle at 730 which is usually about 8 oz and he will sleep from 8pm to 6:30am. He also gets half a banana or some avocado. He will finish the bottle now before we burp him and we will get 2 good burps out of him. I think if we gave him more he would probably eat more.

atrinh11 · May 2013

gnomemom:

After posting on the BFing board, I'm now worried I'm giving LO more BM in his bottles than he needs. Sorry, couldn't get CP to work.

1. How much BM does you LO eat from a bottle? 5.5oz (he only takes 2 bottles while I am away at work, I feed him right before I leave, and then am home in time to feed him his 4th feeding of the day).

2. How much time passes between feedings? 4 hours

3. How often does the person feeding LO the bottle stop to burp LO or take a break? I don't know exactly how often, but she does stop to burp him, at least once or twice.

One other question I was curious about in this conversation, have you started solids yet? This took a lot of pressure off when LO started solids and was getting a couple extra ounces in his belly to keep him full. His BM intake hasn't gone down at all (and he would still eat more if I let him I'm pretty sure).

RachelEric · May 2013

DS only takes 4 oz bottles, 3 times per day at day care. He is there from 8am to 4pm. He doesn't have a set eating schedule, they just feed him on demand, but it usually equates to every 2- 3 hours. I don't think they burp him until he is done with the bottle. I'm not completely sure though since I am not there.

ExcitedMum2B · May 2013

1. How much BM does you LO eat from a bottle? 5-6 oz per feeding

2. How much time passes between feedings? 2-3 hours. I want to feed her more per feeding so we can go longer stretches, but she doesn't indicate hunger after the 5 ounces and sometimes doesn't finish a bottle all the way, so that seems to be the schedule she is happy with.

3. How often does the person feeding LO the bottle stop to burp LO or take a break? There are no breaks until the bottle is gone. If we try to take the bottle away she screams. Burping comes after the bottle is done.

Gargita · May 2013

RachelEric:
DS only takes 4 oz bottles, 3 times per day at day care. nbsp;He is there from 8am to 4pm. nbsp;He doesn't have a set eating schedule, they just feed him on demand, but it usually equates to every 2 3 hours. nbsp;I don't think they burp him until he is done with the bottle. nbsp;I'm not completely sure though since nbsp;I am not there. nbsp;

WSS, except that H typically does 4, 4 oz bottles at DC, but he's there a little longer. On weekends. He still eats around every 2 hours.

alphaphi98 · May 2013

DD gets 5 ounces every 2 and a half to 3 hours. It's all BM since I'm still EP. She also gets solids 3 times a day. I'm not that consistent with burping since she's getting older. If she needs to burp, it will be after finishing her bottle.

atrinh11 · May 2013

I was sent this link once before and I thought it might help you out. As I mentioned on the BFing board, a "general" rule is something near 1oz per hour you are away from LO. I am away from LO for 9.5-10 hours a day. He eats a total of 11oz while I am gone. It is a little over the 1oz rule, but not a ton. When I work from the calculator and charts included in this link, it all fits within normal ranges. I would assume your numbers do too.

https://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/pumping/milkcalc/

fusionbride · May 2013

. How much BM does you LO eat from a bottle? 4.5 to 5.5 oz. I send 5.5 oz bottles and she doesn't always eat it all every time

2. How much time passes between feedings? about 3 hours, sometimes a little less

3. How often does the person feeding LO the bottle stop to burp LO or take a break? not sure what they do at daycare. DH and grandma usually burp once partway through and again at the end.

LBStewart · May 2013

I nurse M at 5:30 am before I leave for work. She gets a 5oz bottle around 8:30 am and then again around noon. Sometimes she gets an extra 2.5 oz. I'm home with her by 4. I typically nurse her every 3 hours. I'm not sure how often she's burped. I burp her half way when I nurse her if she's fussy, but most of the time I just burp her when she's done. She also has lunch (solids) around 1pm and then dinner (solids) at 7pm. We're thinking about starting "breakfast" soon. She's still drinking the same amount of milk now that she was before starting solids.

gnomemom · May 2013

atrinh11:
gnomemom:

After posting on the BFing board, I'm now worried I'm giving LO more BM in his bottles than he needs. Sorry, couldn't get CP to work.

1. How much BM does you LO eat from a bottle? 5.5oz (he only takes 2 bottles while I am away at work, I feed him right before I leave, and then am home in time to feed him his 4th feeding of the day).

2. How much time passes between feedings? 4 hours

3. How often does the person feeding LO the bottle stop to burp LO or take a break? I don't know exactly how often, but she does stop to burp him, at least once or twice.

One other question I was curious about in this conversation, have you started solids yet? This took a lot of pressure off when LO started solids and was getting a couple extra ounces in his belly to keep him full. His BM intake hasn't gone down at all (and he would still eat more if I let him I'm pretty sure).

We started solids about 2 weeks ago, but he still isn't very interested in them. He plays more than eats. We are trying to offer them different ways, so hopefully he'll come around soon.

atrinh11 · May 2013

gnomemom:
atrinh11:
gnomemom:

After posting on the BFing board, I'm now worried I'm giving LO more BM in his bottles than he needs. Sorry, couldn't get CP to work.

1. How much BM does you LO eat from a bottle? 5.5oz (he only takes 2 bottles while I am away at work, I feed him right before I leave, and then am home in time to feed him his 4th feeding of the day).

2. How much time passes between feedings? 4 hours

3. How often does the person feeding LO the bottle stop to burp LO or take a break? I don't know exactly how often, but she does stop to burp him, at least once or twice.

One other question I was curious about in this conversation, have you started solids yet? This took a lot of pressure off when LO started solids and was getting a couple extra ounces in his belly to keep him full. His BM intake hasn't gone down at all (and he would still eat more if I let him I'm pretty sure).

We started solids about 2 weeks ago, but he still isn't very interested in them. He plays more than eats. We are trying to offer them different ways, so hopefully he'll come around soon.

Oh yeah, keep trying with that. My LO didn't get the hang of solids at all for the first week. He came around a bit the second week. Once he figured it out, he was in love! Now I just feel like it takes the pressure off a little. He has completely stopped the "acting hungry" behavior he used to have, just from the few ounces of solids he gets in a day.

laxkal23 · May 2013

2 5 oz bottles while I'm at work. I nurse at 7 am and he gets a bottle at 10 and 1. Occasionally she will give him an additional 12 Oz at 3ish to tide him over. I pick him up at 4 and nurse again by 415. Then I nurse on demand the rest of the evening. Cj also wakes every 34 hours at night. I ask them to burp every 3 oz. I burp after each side.

tngrl3 · May 2013

1. 3 ounces. I've tried giving him more, but he just won't take more than that.

2. Every 2.5-3 hours. He still cluster nurses a little but in the evening once I am home from work.

3. Don't burp during the bottle and only take a break when he does.

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