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@mrskc: Yes, I definitely need to ask why they think he's hungry early. He just went almost 3 hours from his last bottle at daycare until I nursed him. He only seemed to be fussy maybe 10 minutes before he was due to eat. So I don't know what's going on there that he's not doing at home. I also should ask about the spit up - I'm not sure if he's spitting up a bunch or not, but that might explain why he's getting hungry!

At home we feed every 3 hours at the same time he's supposed to be fed at daycare. Often he won't even seem hungry, but I'll feed him anyway to keep him on schedule! But I'm nursing at home, so maybe he's getting more from the boob??

As far as the nipple, we have the slowest one our bottles come with. So I'm not sure I have the option of going to a slower one.

That's a good idea about the 4 bottles though. Maybe I can send 4 4oz bottles and have them feed him every 2.5 hours or something. I'm just not sure!

@brownie: No, she wasn't demanding - she didn't even tell me about it! I found out from one of the other women and since it was so random, I asked the main lady today and she confirmed it. I do know that they had in the past fed him earlier and I had asked them about it - sometimes they were feeding him almost an HOUR early, which just seemed ridiculous because he doesn't get that hungry at home! I think maybe I gave them the impression that they needed to stick to the schedule? I'm not really sure.

I basically gave her permission to feed him early tomorrow (I think that's what happened, haha, I always feel a little confused after I talk to them), so I'll have to see what happens tomorrow! Then I'll talk to them more. Maybe going to more, smaller bottles would work.

Although the whole thing doesn't make sense to me. I nurse him at the same time in the morning on the weekends as I do during the week and he can ALWAYS go his 3 hours at home - so why would he be getting hungry earlier there when he's getting the same thing at his initial feeding regardless of the day? So then I'm thinking, maybe he's just getting hungry earlier after a bottle, but then why would he be able to go 3 hours after his last bottle before he eats with me at home??

@cmomma17: I do have a decent freezer stash, but I'm actually using most of it up this week because Hubs and I are going out of town for the weekend and my FIL and SMIL are watching Xander, so I'm sending frozen to daycare all this week so I can send fresh with Xander this weekend. I do pump on the weekend, but I probably am only getting maybe an extra 7-8 oz total for the weekend. If I had to actually send 20oz a day to daycare, that amount won't cut it. I mean, I could always pump MORE, but it just SUCKS having to pump at home because I already don't get enough time with Xander so the LAST thing I want to do is pump instead of spending time with him, you know?

@mrskc: I'll definitely have to find out if he's spitting up. If he is, I'll find that kellymom article about paced feeding and give that to them. I think he can take 5oz just fine, though probably over a longer period of time - I know Hubs has fed him that before no problem, but Hubs also takes a break every ounce or so to burp him, so the feedings last longer.

I think the worst part (and I know it's just my own crazy hook-up) is that Hubs is just going to push that we supplement with formula, and I REALLY don't want to. We've almost made it to my six-month goal to EBF and I REALLY don't want to have to supplement...

@silver1: Uh oh! I use Avent! haha, figures that might be a problem. But I have NINE of those bottles and like a million nipples... I really don't want to have to buy new bottles.

@cmomma17: I forget, but I think when I did it at six weeks, he ate about 3.8 oz, and when Hubs and I fed him the weekend before he started daycare (12 weeks), at most he took 4.5 oz. And they say that breastfed babies don't increase the amount they eat over time because the milk consistency just changes to accommodate them. So I would've really thought 5 oz would be enough! I should call an LC though and try again, although I'm not sure when I'll be able to go in for that. Ugh.

@Anagram: Hmm... I'm not sure. I don't think so though - Xander usually don't need to burp hours after he ate, though who knows! Thanks for the suggestion!

@MsLipGloss: I do realize he can eat as much as he wants on the boob and isn't limited, but I also thought that breastfed babies don't increase the amount that they need as they get older because the breastmilk just changes to accommodate them. So if he used to be fine on 5oz every 3 hours (and would often not even finish all 5oz), I'm confused why it's no longer good enough. Does that make sense?

@butterbean: I'm not sure if he's going through a growth spurt, but I don't think so... he's not eating any more than usual at home. And he's almost 5 months - I don't think there's a growth spurt at that time, is there?

@silver1: Yeah, that's true.