Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
One more thing about over feeding: If your baby gets too much milk/formula all that will happen is he will spit it up. (This usually only happens when your bottles are too fast and the baby ends up chugging milk before he can register that he’s full.)

If your baby is not spitting up milk, he’s not being over fed.

OP here. He never spits up. He was satisfied with 2oz until like two days ago and then he started wanting more. I talked to the LC and she said 3oz every 2 hours is a lot for his age. He should be eating 1 ounce for every hour he goes between feeds. We have been feeding him until he’s is full. It’s been about 3oz every 2 hours most times and 4oz when he sleeps 4 hours at night. He went from eating 20-24oz a day to 28-32oz. We have a pediatrician appointment next week and will ask, but I wanted more advice until then.

As he grows its normal he wants more and to increase it. Feed the baby. 1 oz is not very much. 3 oz is fine. She is wrong. She also focuses on breast milk not formula which is different.

If he wants more - give him more. There is no good reason to have a hungry newborn. There is also no good reason to override a healthy newborn’s natural sense of what they need to eat.

Anonymous wrote:
One more thing about over feeding: If your baby gets too much milk/formula all that will happen is he will spit it up. (This usually only happens when your bottles are too fast and the baby ends up chugging milk before he can register that he’s full.)

If your baby is not spitting up milk, he’s not being over fed.

OP here. He never spits up. He was satisfied with 2oz until like two days ago and then he started wanting more. I talked to the LC and she said 3oz every 2 hours is a lot for his age. He should be eating 1 ounce for every hour he goes between feeds. We have been feeding him until he’s is full. It’s been about 3oz every 2 hours most times and 4oz when he sleeps 4 hours at night. He went from eating 20-24oz a day to 28-32oz. We have a pediatrician appointment next week and will ask, but I wanted more advice until then.

Feed the baby!

Anonymous wrote: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.

OP here. We see his pediatrician next week. He had gained his weight back at his two week appointment. I will bring it up to the pediatrician. We have been feeding him whatever he wants.

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.

OP here. My son never latched and we have been feeding him pumped milk. I don’t make enough and need to supplement with a bottle of formula day.

One more thing about over feeding: If your baby gets too much milk/formula all that will happen is he will spit it up. (This usually only happens when your bottles are too fast and the baby ends up chugging milk before he can register that he’s full.)

If your baby is not spitting up milk, he’s not being over fed.

I can't believe that LCs are still giving this kind of advice in 2020. Wtf.

Are you using preemie nipples?

I only ask because that’s slower than the ubiquitous slow flow nipples you see everywhere. That’s also what helped my children.

I would breastfeed on a regular schedule and if baby is hungry I would supplement with formula. Really, there’s no prize for suffering. I’m still mad that I allowed my first baby to go hungry due to fears about breastfeeding failure. My baby was born at the 50th percentile and jumped to the 75th at 2 weeks and 98th by the end of the first month. Looking back she was obviously hungry because she was growing so fast! !

All babies are different, but all babies should be fed.

Drop your LC immediately and give them a poor recommendation.

FEED BABY!!!!!!

And next time call your pediatrician instead of posting on social media. It's called parenting. Why am I not being empathetic, because social media is not a medical doctor. UGH!

Feed the baby

Babe is noshy. Feed them.

Feed the baby as much as he wants. Drop the LC and even better report her for dangerous advice.

Id nurse as long as they want to, then offer bottle (pumped milk or formula- 1oz at a time) as needed. It’s probably a growth spurt or to up your milk supply. Im supportive of on demand feeding though, so that might not be what you want. Definitely sounds like baby is hungry. Feed them.

Anonymous wrote:Feed the baby. Rare DCUM consensus.

Ditch the LC.