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[quote=Anonymous]Hi all so my MB just bad baby number 2 about 7 weeks... Of course in the beginning breastfeeding goes well and baby doesn't really need that much.. However he is getting bigger and when I bottle feed he drinks a solid 5 oz... Even after she nurses he screams for 20 min and when I suggest topping him off with formula he literally guzzles 4 oz and then sleeps. . I'm a mom and breastfed for 17 months so I know how important it is and you just want that bond.... but I don't think it's fair to keep putting the baby on the breast in his not getting satisfied. When I have him all day while she is running errands our schedule is every 4 hours because I know how much he is getting from a bottle but when she's home he's eating almost every hour and it's because he's not getting enough. Can I explain this to her without offending her because even when she does pop she's only getting about 3 oz and that's with both breasts. And of course if she gives him a bottle at night he will have long stretches of sleep as opposed to waking up all the time. Has any other mom struggled with this if so what did you do and how can I help her. I don't want her to feel like a failure of course[/quote]

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