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Mine was ebf and refused a bottle for the most part, but I did get her to drink two at 4 months and they were about 4 ounces only. I have read that babies drink more from bottles and they don't necessarily need to be drinking as much as they do from a bottle. (I think I read that on Kelly mom when trying to decide how much I would need to defrost for a bottle around 6 months). I forget why, I think because they drink up quicker than from the boob and don't feel full, whereas if they were breastfeeding it would be a slower process and they would feel fuller sooner because eating took longer. It's the same for adults, we can eat more if we eat fast, but we don't need to eat all of that food we can scarf down. 8 ounces per feeding for a 4 month old sounds like a crazy big amount to me. I'm taking care of a 10 month old who is formula fed and he gets 4-6 ounces per feeding and an 8 ounce bottle before bed at night time.

I don't think you're being greedy with your stash, I think that sounds like a lot of milk for a 4 month old!

I'm having a similar issue with my 4 month old. She only eats 4 oz bottles, but when she's home with DH or our sitter she will eat so.many.bottles. When she goes to daycare she eats a more reasonable amount of food and is not fussy or acting hungry when I pick her up.
I think DH and sitter are comfort feeding DD and that's why she's eating so much. Luckily I have the daycare daily reports to show how much less she can eat and be satisfied, so it's a work in progress for us.

@rockinghorse: You are not being greedy. An 8 ounce bottle of breastmilk is too much. My DD typically had 3 to 4oz bottles at that age.

What type of bottle nipple are you using? Are they doing paced feeding?

I went back to work when my LO was 20 weeks old. I work 10 hour days and he would consume four 4oz bottles during the 11 hours that I was gone. He's 11 months now and has 3-4 4oz bottles. He's also huge (20lbs and 29 inches at 6months). He hasn't nursed over night since 3-4 months old. If she needs more milk then she should be offered bottles more often, but not bigger bottles. I can only assume that the person feeding her bottles like that used formula, which is totally different.

DS was a big babay/good eater and he always took 3-5 oz. I think MIL might need some info about paced feedings. Maybe if it's phrased as advice from your doctor?

@rockinghorse: a good rule of thumb is 1-1.5 ounces of breastmilk per hour of separation so for eight hours you would be looking at 8-12 ounces.

My son is just shy of 4 months and pretty much 50th percentile across the board. He gets 4 bottles during the day between 730am and 730pm that are prepped at 6oz each but he will take around 5-ish ounces (but every so often he will have a growth spurt and finish all 6 so that's what I prep these days). He has a 3-4oz Dreamfeed at 1030pm. So total is he gets about 24-28oz a day. My eldest son BRIEFLY did 8oz bottles of breastmilk around 5 months old for like a week but generally was always in the 4-6oz range for a daily total of around 25oz.

My four month old has 4 3.5 ounce bottles while at daycare from 6am-4pm. 6-8 sounds like a lot to me.

She needs to be taught paced bottle feeding!
http://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/feeding-tools/bottle-feeding/

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

My 10 month old, 24 pound, EBF baby (90th percentile for weight) only eats 3 4 oz bottles while in daycare. 8 oz is way way too much in one sitting!

He's 5 months and gets 3 5 oz bottles during the 9ish hours he's at daycare. LO1 went up to 6 oz at her max around the same age.