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My daughter is 5 months and takes 3 4 oz. bottles at daycare. She is breastfed at 7am, then bottles of pumped milk at approx. 9:30, noon, and 2:30, then breastfed at 5pm (and bedtime and one night feed). If your bottles are every 3.5 hours, I think 5 oz. is appropriate! I found this page very helpful: http://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/pumping/milkcalc/.

My son is 4.5 months and he eats 4 times a day, 4 hours apart. So he takes 6-7oz bottles of pumped milk.

My DS is six months old and drinks 3 5oz bottles at daycare (there from 8-5:30). He nurses 4 or 5 additional times per day/night when we are together. I pump more than he drinks regularly but he seems satisfied so we haven't pushed it.

My DD at the same age drank 4 6oz bottles. She only nursed 2 or 3 additional times though (ahhh, my dream baby who STTN).

As long as she is gaining well and seems satisfied between bottles I wouldn't worry about it!

You could always give them an extra 0.5-1oz in one or more of the bottles if you want to see if she'd take it. But I agree with others that if she seems satisfied and is eating that spaced out, it's probably fine!

Neither of my LOs consistently drank more than 5-6oz per bottle. I knew some babies at LO1s daycare that would take 7-8oz though!