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Overfed at daycare?

jlkapp85jlkapp85 member
edited September 2015 in April 2015 Moms
How many oz bottles do other breastfed babies take at daycare?

my LO is 20 weeks and has been taking four 4 four oz bottles of breastmilk to daycare. We also have a 4oz formula bottle in case of late days.

He is at daycare from about 7:45-4:00. Lately he has gone through all 5 bottles and our DCP says he seems hungry. I'm worried he's being fed when he's just tired or in need of soothing. He is sleeping longer at night now and nursing more during the day and just started rice cereal. He's 48% for weight and has a good amount of diapers per day. I'm not worried about his intake really, but more worried about me trying to keep up with an amount of pumping if he doesn't need it.

Should we adjust bottle size To a bigger amount for one or two bottles, do more frequent smaller oz bottles or talk to DCP about really trying to wait at least two hours btwn feedings?
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  • Sunshine4020Sunshine4020 member
    Yes sounds like he's being overfed. I had the same issue and told my dcp they had to wait 2.5-3hrs between meals. I also do 4oz bottles. Your baby should only need 1-1.5oz per hour you're away from each other. They need to figure out other ways to soothe him so you arent stressing about keeping up!
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  • hdjustice0212hdjustice0212 member
    Our 5 month old eats 6 oz every 4 hours. Each baby is different, but he may benefit from more breast milk at longer intervals?
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  • crsanchez87crsanchez87 member
    I had the same issue. What I did was bump up LO's 4 bottles to 4.5 oz versus 4 oz. I find just the little extra bit helps, especially if he is going through a growth spurt. We are also doing solids once a day at home at dinner time after his normal nursing session. He is coming out of the  sleep regression phase and starting to only wake up once or twice a night. Hallelujah!
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  • morninglory530morninglory530 member
    My 5 and a half month old has similar specs: 42 percentile on weight. He is very long and wiggly. I read somewhere that skinny babies sometimes eat a lot because they're very active and fat babies sometimes don't eat that much because they are less active.

    My little guy eats 5 times a day: bf in the morning and before bed with me, and I send 3 bottles to day care: two seven ounces and one six ounce. Right now, he downs both 7 ounces and typically will only eat about 5 of the 6 ounce bottle (he's pretty good about stopping when he's done). It seems to be what he needs. Also, their ability to sleep through the night is directly relational to the amount their tummies can fill, so to take those 5 bottles and try putting them in 4, maybe even 3 bottles and asking your daycare to space the feedings out more may help on the sleep front, too. I work hard to keep up with him on pumping, but I believe it's worth it because I trust him to know what he needs.
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  • morninglory530morninglory530 member
    I'm sending, volume-wise, the same amount as you (including the formula),but doled out differently. I would even recommend sending three 5 ounces bottles to get baby used to eating larger amounts, then even go for a 6 and two 5s. You're already pumping that amount with the four 4 oz bottles. I made my bottles bigger after a conversation with his doctor at 4 months, when I was sending four 4 ounce bottles. She said that 4 oz bottles were fine if he was eating every 2-3 hours. But, it is appropriate, at 4 months and beyond, to start spacing feedings out. So, I made the bottles bigger, and we went from 6-7 feedings a day to settling into a comfortable 5.
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  • jlkapp85jlkapp85 member
    Thank you all!
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