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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would give yourself two more weeks. If you're still miserable, switch to formula. By then the baby has gotten the biggest benefits from breastfeeding anyway. [/quote]

bizarre comment- she currently has an oversupply.  my baby is almost 6 months and still doesn't need 40 oz a day.  our pediatrician said on the high end she needs 29-32 oz now.  i'd focus less on trying to preserve oversupply.  i did triple feed for a month and it was so exhausting.  use haaka or hand express/manual pump after to catch extra but no need to pump up extra supply.

my supply fluctuates between oversupply/undersupply on any given week- but my worst fear about losing supply would be having to heat bottles in middle of the night and pump, so much easier to nurse then and on the go.  [/quote]

OP here. The pediatrician and lactation consultant said he would eat closer to 32oz/day by 3 months. Most of my friends who breastfeed ( track with scale), exclusively pump, or formula feed had babies taking in 28-32oz by 2-3 months and that stayed until like 9/10 months. [/quote]

I’ve been exclusively pumping for 9 months now and my son has never taken even close to 32 ozs. The most he takes is 25 ozs and now that he’s 9 months, he averages 22-24 ozs a day max. Formula fed babies take a lot more than breastfed but I wouldn’t plan on your baby needing 32 ozs a day. [/quote]

I have many friends who formula feed and their babies always have 6-8oz bottles. My best friends daughter is a month younger than my baby (8 months) and her baby takes 7 ozs of formula every 3 hours. I’ve always known of formula babies to drink way more than breastfed.

Formula fed babies do not necessarily take more than breastfed babies. They are nutritionally equivalent, and both contain about 20 calories per ounce. Whenever I see people say this, I wonder how much formula they think babies are drinking. It is recommended that babies have between 24-32 ounces of breast milk or formula per day. [/quote][/quote]

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