Baby More Hungry But LC Said Not To Feed More

[Anonymous]

I have a 4-week-old who seeks hungry after almost every feeding. He eats breast milk and 1 formula bottle a day from a bottle. He was eating 2oz every 2 hours but he has been wanting 3oz at each feed the past couple of days. I talked with an LC and she said that’s too much. She said to feed 1 ounce for every hour he goes in between feedings. He is on the slowest flow nipple, takes about 10-15 minutes to eat, and I burp him and wait a minute. He sometime will be fine with 2oz, but most feeding he has been wanting 3oz. He eats 10 times a day. I have noticed that him eating 3oz during the day is making him sleep longer stretches at night. We have been feeding him what he wants, and the last two nights he did two 4 hour stretches. He was waking up every 2-3 hours before he started eating more. Should I listen to the LC or keep feeding him more? I don’t want to over feed him, but I also don’t want to be hungry.

[Anonymous]

You feed the baby as much as they want. That makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

Feed the baby.

[Anonymous]

Feed the baby.

[Anonymous]

Feed baby as much as baby wants!

[Anonymous]

Feed baby. Fire LC.

[Anonymous]

Feed the baby.

[Anonymous]

What? Your lactation consultant is giving you dangerous advice. Please call your doctor to discuss. Baby’s tummy is small but 2oz is nothing although I will say generally LC advise between 4-5 oz bottles not the typical jumbo 8oz bottles we see in stores. But yeah, I’m sorry to say you are unnecessarily starving your baby at 2 oz. please call your doctor.

[Anonymous]

Feed him feed him feed him!!!! And fire your know nothing lc.

[Anonymous]

Double posting. Seriously feed the baby. As they get bigger, they will get hungrier for more and you feed them more. You don’t need someone to tell you how many ounces. Listen to the cues your baby is giving you.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes formula feeding throws off things. It’s faster than BF, so he may feel hungry sooner. Or it’s possible it’s a growth spurt/baby’s feeling more alert.

I would feed on demand for an infant.

[Anonymous]

Why is the LC concerned about over feeding? That sounds like terrible advice for a typical newborn, but I don’t want to assume there aren’t other reasons.

[Anonymous]

How do you know how much your breast fed baby is eating each feeding? I nursed my babies each feeding until they stopped wanting to eat.

However I’d be wary of a bottle of formula a day if you don’t want to have supply issues.

[Anonymous]

Feed the baby. Rare DCUM consensus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you know how much your breast fed baby is eating each feeding? I nursed my babies each feeding until they stopped wanting to eat.

However I’d be wary of a bottle of formula a day if you don’t want to have supply issues.

No where did OP say she was worried about her supply. Please save your "no formula!" Opinion for a thread where it is actually relevant. It sounds like ops baby is bottle fed.