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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did the pediatrician give you any tips or change of feeding plan?  Saying he's gaining "too much weight" sounds kind of meaningless unless he follows up with "cap his intake at 28 oz" or "don't put cereal in his milk" or something concrete.  When they're that little it's not like anybody's giving them Twinkies & Mt. Dew, we just feed them when they're hungry and hope they don't fall off the curve.

If he is telling you to make a change and you don't feel comfortable doing what he's suggesting, I'd switch pediatricians.  And if he's telling you the baby is gaining too much weight but not telling you how to change that, I'd also switch pediatricians.  So I guess my vote is find a new doctor![/quote]

OP here. He eats 32 ounces a day. He eats 5 times day - 4 6oz bottles and 1 8oz bottle. He sleeps 16 hours a day - 11 hours at night and 5 hours for naps. 
He is half breastfed ( pumped) and half formula ( Enfamil NeuroPro RTF).

[b]The pediatrician has told me to cut out 4-6oz but he will cry [/b]because he is hungry. We don’t put cereal in his milk and he isn’t on any solids yet. [/quote]

Did you tell your doctor this or did this just happen post appointment?

Some babies (like one of mine) will drink everything they're given. The advice to check if you're overfeeding isn't bad, but now you know he does need the bigger bottle. [/quote]

OP here. I was told to do this at 2 months and then again at 4 months. I told the pediatrician that he cried last time when I tried to cut feedings.

I don’t think he is overeating. I have experiments of putting more in a bottle and he will stop at 6 ounces. At 2 months he only ate 4 ounces and I would fill to 5 or 6. He would stop at 4 ounces and wouldn’t eat more. I tried giving him extra milk twice today and he ate the 6 ounces and wouldn’t take it. I even burped and waited and he just played with it and spit it out.

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