6-8oz seems like a recommendation for formula. Most BF babies don't take near that much at one sitting.
And fwiw, I know a baby who is 18 months old and weighs the same as E. She's like in the 1st percentile. She's tiny, but always had been, eats like a boss, and meeting all milestones.
1. How old is your baby and how much does he/she weigh (or feel free to give me data from 4 mos / 12 lbs if you remember!). At 4 months, E weighed 15lb12oz, which was about the 60th percentile. That's the highest percentile he's ever reached. He is now around 25th/30th percentile. He is 9 months and weighs 18lb13oz.
2. How often does your baby feed? Every 2 hours during the day. Wakes 2-3/night to nurse.
3. How many ounces per feed? When my husband feeds him, it's 3-4oz every 2-3 hours. When daycare feeds him, it's 1-2 oz every hour. Don't ask me why. I've given up worrying about this with them.
4. What is your baby's average daily consumption? When I'm working for 13 hours, he drinks 12-15 oz. We nurse otherwise.
5. Mode of feeds (formula bottle vs expressed BM vs nursing)? Nursing and EBM.
My sister went through this with her old pedi also. Niece had no interest in taking more than 4oz by bottle whether it be formula or BM (sister EPed until niece was 3-4 months old, then went through freezer stash and on to formula from there). Poor sister was pretty much banging her head against the wall trying to get more ounces in niece, etc. Then she realized that niece wasn't a "big" baby from the get go-7lb 15oz at birth (born at 42 weeks) and that BIL was a short, skinny kid his whole childhood (and is not a big guy now). Plus niece was meeting all her developmental milestones on time or early, having plenty of wet/poopy diapers, sleeping pretty well etc so she started trying to relax a little more. And she went to another pedi for a second opinion and ended up switching. Niece is 14 months old now and is still a peanut, but right on time for all her milestones and eats great...she's never taken more than 5-6 oz by bottle and even that was only when she was really hungry.
midwest07 you aren't stalking! I did stop pumping for awhile but just started back up. My neighbor (family med doc) suggested I do 24 hours of bottle feeds to see what he gets.
I'll hold my tongue on how crazy I think your ped is. Are you block feeding? Sounds like you still have an oversupply so block feeding might help baby gain weight. L hadn't been on growth charts since 2 months. He is a thriving healthy amazing 4 year old.
I'll hold my tongue on how crazy I think your ped is. Are you block feeding? Sounds like you still have an oversupply so block feeding might help baby gain weight. L hadn't been on growth charts since 2 months. He is a thriving healthy amazing 4 year old.
I was in the beginning when I had a massive oversupply. My supply seems to have regulated and he generally eats off both sides now. He seems to get frustrated on one side so I I offer the other after 3 tries.
1. He was large. 2. He ate every 2 hours during the day, total of 8 feedings. 3. At that age, he was taking 4 oz of breastmilk. He eventually topped out at around 5+ oz. 4. 32 to 36 ounces. 5. Expressed milk during the weekdays, BFing in morning and at night. Breastfed over the weekends with a bottle or two thrown in for my sanity.