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E is 14 weeks and gets fed 5 oz bottles of breastmilk every 3-4 hours. Sometimes his last bottle of the day at daycare (between 3-5 depending on when he woke up) is only 4 oz if I wasn't able to pump enough the day before. But he just eats again when I pick him up then. I feel like he'd eat and eat if I let him, so figuring out an appropriate amount to put in his bottles stressed me out for awhile. If I remember correctly, your LO will cry after feeding sometimes? E did that too, whether he was full or not, so I never knew if he was still hungry. After a couple weeks of this feeding plan he seems satisfied, so we're sticking with it for now.

@autumnlove: How do you determine how much to put in a bottle? There's such a big gap between 2-5.5 oz. Do you end up wasting milk that way?

@kiddosc: I pumped like a lunatic during my maternity break so I have a lot of milk in my deep freezer stash. I usually give them 3 bottles with 5.5 ounces each. For milk that I thaw, I tell the teachers they can toss it if she doesn't finish. If she gets a bottle with fresh milk, they save the leftovers for the next feed! I mark the bottles with masking tape with my notes....lol.

My LO only takes 2 ounces when she drinks a bottle (which is maybe three times a week). I guess this makes her a partial bottle refuser since I know she is getting at least 5 ounces when I BF.

While at daycare she takes 2-4oz every 3 hours. They always start with 4oz then if she doesn't finish it all they give at the next feeding. I feel like she will eat more than that and they are not following her cues close enough. At daycare she eats about 12oz typically but the other day when my husband had her she took in 16oz!

When we're home she nurses at least every 2 hours.

I worry that she's not eating enough but she's definitely growing and still got little michelin rolls! hahaha Her check up is Wednesday so we'll know for sure if she's eating enough.

DS gets 8oz every 4-5 hours. It ends up being 3 bottles a day plus solids. He is almost a year old.

C eats 5-6oz every 3 hours and 8oz right before bed. It normally totals right around 30oz a day. She's 5 months old.

She also gets about 2oz of baby food a day and a couple tbs of rice cereal in her last bottle.

@mediagirl: Usually we give her 4oz. to start and about 70% of the time she really obviously wants more when she's done, so I give her another 2oz. If it's been more like 3 hours since she's eaten, I will just go ahead and give her 6oz. to start with, and usually she finishes it all. She is starting daycare full time on Tuesday, and I will just be making up 6oz. bottles and they can throw out whatever she doesn't eat. (we ff so must be thrown away 1 hour from when she starts eating). She is a really good eater, even though she is only about in the 65% percentile for weight!