Babies consume less milk than expected with mixed feeding

“I am currently breast-feeding and giving an occasional bottle of breastmilk to my seven week old. He has been feeding anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour sometimes, every couple of hours and still acts hungry afterwards. I don’t think I have low supply, as I can pump anywhere from 3 to 6 or 7 ounces using my manual hand pump, and sometimes have really forceful letdown. Has anyone else experienced this or know why my baby feeds for so long and still can take an additional few ounces after a feed?”

“My six month old can’t even drink 2 ounces of breastmilk or formula he refuses to just drink it. he eats purées, but maybe 2 to 3 tablespoons every two times a day. He is not a bad weight but he had an appointment two weeks ago weigh 16.7 pounds but I weighed him today and he’s 16.6 pounds he mainly breast-feed but literally only before napping and usually when I try to get him to breast-feed other times he only does it for a little bit, pops off yo go do his own thing. he is currently learning”

“My baby is 9 months old and I’ve been exclusively pumping + bottle feeding since almost 3-4 months due to various reasons. His diet currently is 4 bottles of 150ml breastmilk (total 600ml minimum per day), 3 solid meals, and occasional night feeds depending on his sleep cycle. I want to stop pumping as it’s just taking too much time and energy and as a goal I want to re-latch my baby for at least once a day by the time he is 1 yr old, assuming he will be a lot more dependent on solids by that ti”

“I’m weaning the daytime feeds with my LO who just turned 1 a couple weeks ago. Prior to weaning we were doing wake up, mid morning, midday, midafternoon, and bedtime feeds (all nursing on weekends, pumps for those middle 3 during the work week). After this week we’ll be down to just nursing at wake up and bedtime. I’m happy to continue those until as long as it feels right. I’ve struggled a lot with clogs over our time breastfeeding though and I’m also eager to get back to running more, which up”

“I EBF my baby for the first four months. I’ve now transitioned to formula feeding apart from 2 feeds. (Multiple reasons - exhaustion being the main one) It was a struggle to get him on the bottle, and now it’s a struggle to get more than 2-3oz per feed into him. We went to a lactation consultant and she said this is normal. However it seems like he’s making up for it by waking so much at night for food. He’ll guzzle a 6oz bottle and 2 hours later want more. This is the only time he’ll take a big”

“Baby just turned 12 months! He still was drinking 24-28 oz milk, sometimes even 32 oz if he wakes up hungry and won’t settle without bottle, we are trying to cut down. He eats three meals a day with usually one snack We’ve been trying to reduce bottles. He currently gets 4 bottles a day. One at wake up and then one before each of his two naps and one at bedtime, around 6 oz each. He starts daycare in 3 weeks and I’m ready to wean from pumping (ep currently, with maybe 1 nursing session overnight”

“I’ve been EBF since my LO was a month old. Before that, we were incorporating a bottle about twice a day. Now, that she’s 3.5 months I’d like to go back to combo feeding to prepare for when I return to work. But she refuses a bottle from both me and my husband. I’ve tried some of the tricks I’ve seen online, and she’ll suck on the nipple of the bottle with no problem but anytime there’s milk to it, she just plays with it in her mouth. I still have time before I return to work, which isn’t until”

“My baby is almost 6mo, so far I’ve achieved to EBF 95% of the times except a couple of situations when I had to leave and we gave him ready made formula. I’m planning to go back to work next month and I have an expensive pump from Medela (inbra hands free). I can’t get a drop out of it. I’ve checked my flange size and it seems fine but I don’t feel like it’s doing anything when I wear it. I’ve managed in the past to hand express or used a hakaa but I would love for this pump to work (especially”

“Hi, hope you’re well! My 6 week old adjusted (3 month actual) baby is currently mostly fed my breastmilk via bottle and nurses once or twice a day. I’m hoping to move to EBF, so I set up an appointment for a weighed feed with a LC yesterday. Baby transfers 2.5 oz in 30 minutes, and the LC said it should be at least 3 oz at 6 weeks. Any success stories in getting baby to transfer more efficiently? We tried a week of EBF before and I noticed she had a stronger suck at the end of it (we switched ba”

“My son will be 1 at the end of the month and I’m trying to figure out how often I should be giving him bottles or nursing him I’ll start with our typical schedule rn. We do cosleep and feed frequently overnight. I am NOT looking to wean completely, stop cosleeping or honestly feeding him overnight. I just need to figure out how much he needs and how much he should be getting milk. 6:30- wake up and nurse 8:30 - breakfast 9:45 - 4oz bottle 11:30 - lunch 3 - snack and 4oz bottle 5-5:30 - quick nur”

“My baby is 6 months old. She was bottle fed pumped milk the first 2 months due to latch issues and transfer issues. She was able to switch to breastfeeding eventually yay. At that time we continued to give her one bottle every day of pumped milk and I’d pump at the same time to keep her bottle skills up so she could be babysat if needed. Well, she started refusing the bottles (dr browns narrow) so we bought evenflow wide neck and she took to those well. Well after a few weeks she started refusin”

“My 6 month old started daycare and she’s drinking about 4-5 oz of milk total while there. We have been working on bottle feeding since she was 6 weeks old and have never had much success. Daycare wants to start feeding her purées to supplement while she is there. We have been doing baby led weaning and that was also the route we took with our first. I can’t imagine adding prepping homemade puree onto my list of things to do- so does anyone have any brand recs? I would love something with a littl”

“I pump regularly and my husband gives our daughter the bottle with pumped milk once or twice a day. Would you use the regular sign for milk/breastfeeding or the bottle sign when giving the bottle? submitted by /u/Cheery_Caterpillar [link] [comments]”

“Hi moms! I’m a little confused about how long I should keep my baby at the breast during each feeding. 💕 At the beginning, my baby was mostly formula-fed, and now we’re doing a combination of breastfeeding and formula. I’m trying to gradually reduce the formula and increase breastfeeding. She has a good latch and seems to nurse well, but sometimes she wants to stay latched for a very long time—almost like she wants to be on the breast throughout the day. Even after breastfeeding, she may still”

“Baby just turned 5 months this past weekend - she has been on the lower percentile since birth but following her curve. I had a low supply initially but thought I was okay now Baby is so distracted at the breast during the day. So I feed when she’s drowsy and she takes like 10-15 swallows and then pops off. I have to keep trying to pop her back on. But then she gets fussy a few hours later. Her diapers aren’t as soaked as they used to be and her weight gain has slowed but we were told that’s nor”

“Hi! FTM here, babe is 6.5m old. Ped said to start solids at 6m with one meal a day but really this is just experimental, very little nutrition is being consumed while babe figures out how to chew/mash and swallow. I’ve been EBF and would like to continue but also wanting to TTC again asap (I’m 43, so time matters, dr has given green light). Dr said the more I can space out feedings the better my cycles will become (currently do have cycles back but it’s a bit wonky - only on 3rd cycle). Babe sti”

“I’m working my way out of triple feeding here. Supply is coming up, ideally supplementation is going down. I give a 3 oz bottle in the evening. If I pump at the same time as the feed, I pump 1-2 oz. If I pump in the morning, I pump about that 3oz which creates the replacement volume. Ideally I don’t want to pump twice for one bottle but I also only want to be giving a bottle about every other day. Explain it like I’m 5 - how do I schedule pumping to be able to give an evening bottle occasionally”

“My baby turned 6 months on Saturday. We were doing great with bottle and nursing. I work 5 days out of home and pump at work. He usually has been taking about 4 bottles and 3x nursing through the 24 hour time. It was going perfectly until yesterday. His grandmother came to our place to live with us for a while. The next day he suddenly started refusing to nurse. This was Sunday so I was home. I nursed him for afternoon nap. When he woke up he started screaming his head off and would not nurse at”

“Hi all! I just moved to pumping so I can see what I am giving my LO (10weeks) and introducing combo feeding because of weight. I see that I pump around 5oz at 6am then maybe 3-4 oz 10am then 2-3 oz the rest of the day. Feels pretty light considering my babe eat 3oz sometimes 4 each time depending on the time of day. I latch her over night if she wakes up and early mornings so I don’t always pump at 6a sometimes I pump at 9 or 10 which if she just ate I get about 2-3 oz depending. she is an ineff”

“I’ve read that if you want to increase supply you should pump after every feed, or at least 8 times a day. But how does this work for you logistically, especially if you contact nap / feed to sleep? My baby is 10 weeks old. She typically falls asleep after nursing and naps on me, since I have never managed to successfully transfer her to her own sleep space for naps during daylight hours (working on this). Getting up to get the pumps would wake her up, but we use the fridge method, so leaving th”

“My 3-month-old daughter, has breastfed since birth. She recently dropped from the 27th to the 10th weight percentile, so her pediatrician recommended offering pumped milk after nursing to increase her intake. I nurse on one side while collecting letdown with a Boon Trove on the other usually getting 1–2 oz, that’s what I’ll put in bottle and offer to her. However, Grace usually pushes the nipple out with her tongue, turns her head, pushes the bottle away, or becomes upset if I continue. I’m wond”

“Can you combo feed (formula + breastfeeding) at 7 months without pumping and maintain your supply? I’m wondering if anyone has experience with this. I originally started introducing formula at around 6 months (LO now 7 months) because I thought I was going back to work soon and wanted to transition her to mixed feeding. However, I’ve now pushed my return to work out until she’s 11 months, so I’d really like to continue breastfeeding for longer if I can. I’ve replaced 2 of her 5 daytime breastfee”

“My baby is 2 months old! How do I know how many oz she should be taking in a bottle? I breastfeed but she takes bottles of pumped milk when I go to work. She’s been having 3 oz bottles but then is really upset when it’s all gone to the point she’ll cry so hard she throws it back up. So I’ve been trying 4 oz bottles but she kind of does the same thing, but does overall seem more satisfied. Should she be taking 4 oz bottles? submitted by /u/isle0flightless-bird [link] [comments]”

“Hi everyone! I need help 😭 As the title says my 6 week old only nurses for 10-15 minutes one boob at a time. It doesn’t matter how much I try to the second boob, he’s not interested. He will latch on the second boob for maybe 1-2 minutes and just chill there. He just started doing this. Is this normal? I’m a little concerned that it will affect my supply. I’m planning on going to work (work a couple times a month) after 12 weeks. Should I start pumping a little so I don’t lose my supply since b”

“Hello mammas! My baby is 2months old❤️ I breastfeed and I also give bottles with formula or my milk so i also pump a few times a day! The thing is that lately I have noticed that when I breastfeed my baby he feels full just from the one breast alone and the other one is left full of milk and I have to pump again. How did you manage the combo feeding? I need tips! Also my baby lately sleeps more hours during the night without waking up for a feed and when he does wake up I feel so full of milk th”

“Does anyone breastfeed and pump and not do a MONT pump? My baby is about to be 6 weeks old and is giving me from like 11:30/12ish to 5:30 in the morning stretch in the night. I pump so my bf can do some bottles so I can rest lol. I plan on doing 3/4 pumps from 5am until like 10/11pm time frame. Anyone do something similar and still get decent output? submitted by /u/Hatingeveryonesike [link] [comments]”

“My LO is 4 weeks old. I breastfeed during the day with the last feed being around 9-10 PM. my partner will give a bottle whenever he wakes up, usually around 12-1 AM, and then I will BF the rest of the evening. Is it correct that I should pump about 3 hours after his last feed? Is that 3 hours from the start or finish of the feed? I’m usually waking up around the same time, 12-1, to pump. If he sleeps longer than 3 hours after the bottle, do I need to pump again? Or can I just wait however long”

“Would love to hear suggestions or advice about introducing formula at 3.5 months. LO has been EBF the whole time. She takes a bottle of expressed milk well but I don’t enjoy pumping. I feel like I don’t consistently pump enough to get a lot and I’m a SAHM until she’s 6 months and can’t figure out when to pump during the day. I want to use a bottle of formula to be able to leave my husband with the baby once a week and have grandparents babysit once a month. Has anyone done this? Feeling guilty a”

“5 day old doesn’t drink for long, but the weighted feed at the LC said they received 50ml in 20 minutes. But at home, they nurse for a max 9 minutes or less. Is this cluster feeding? Frequent smaller feeds? submitted by /u/wahiwahiwahoho [link] [comments]”

“Hi all. I have a 6wk old baby who is fed formula and also breastmilk. I have been working hard to build my supply but it is not yet enough to EBF. I love nursing my baby and hope to eventually not need formula. I shoot for 8 pumping sessions a day. I've also done a few stretches of power pumping for a few mornings during peak prolactin hours. I pump after every nursing session to empty. My baby has been cluster feeding and will do each side twice with about a 10 minute break in between. When”

“My 5 month old is primarily breast fed but needs some supplementing so we give her anywhere form 4-12oz of formula in the evenings when I don’t make as much milk depending on how much I make that day. We have the baby brezza. I tested it once to make sure it was dispensing the correct amount of formula and water and it was but I always worry. How much discrepancy between formula and water would cause a seizure? We haven’t started solids yet and I know plain water isn’t typically recommended befo”

“Title. We supplement with a few oz of formula a day. I also nurse like once or twice a day. Google says this is moderate-borderline under supply. Is it too late to increase? submitted by /u/plantbasedmood [link] [comments]”

“We bottle feed out baby once a day training him for daycare. We use the milk from the day prior and I pump on that feed. Baby can drink different amounts of milk so we are never sure how much to put in the bottles. Because of that we serve 2oz in one, and 1 oz on other two. The most he has eaten so far it’s 4onz in one feed but it’s not consistent. Husband takes the milk out of the fridge when baby start moving but sometimes that milk it’s out for a hour or more. The house can be around 73F. Can”

“hi everyone! ftm here and i’m getting a little worried about my 3-month-old’s feeding. she’s currently only drinking about 2 oz every 3–4 hours, and sometimes she’ll even go 5 hours without wanting a bottle. at night, she might drink 3 oz. it’s been so hard getting her to finish even 2 oz. we’ve tried pretty much everything — white noise, less distractions, different positions, different bottles, etc. we ended up using pigeon bottles because those seem to work best for her. she’s also on kendami”

“background: EBF 6.5 LO with mild tongue tie has typically eaten from both breasts for a total of 15-20 mins and 2.5-3 hrs between feeds. The past week or so he has been EXTREMELY fussy at the breast, laying down before feeding. I have to console him for awhile before I can get him to latch. He will only feed 5-8 mins on one breast then still start crying again and unlatch. I burp him and try to feed on the other breast but he will start crying inconsolably again. I try to change positions or add”

“I have a four month old girl who was bottle fed consistently until 4 weeks. Predominantly breast milk with a bottle a day of formula. At 4ish weeks I saw a lc to support with latching as pumping was stressing me out a lot. From around 6 weeks baby started to drink less bottles and had a clear preference for being breastfeed. We’ve been in a routine for a couple of months of her having three bottles a day and being breastfed the rest of the time. Since around a week ago, she has started to strugg”

“Hello guys my 3 months old BF every 1-2 hours for 5 minutes, but i noticed when i leave him with someone he doesn’t cry and doesn’t take the bottle , sometimes takes 30-60 ml after 2 hours from the last feed and then he waits for even 2 more hours for the next BF session which means there is 4 hours between each feeding, and this feed he feeds very well for 20-30 min I really want him to feed longer feeds rather than this short 5 min feeding session How can i increase the time from 1-2 hours to”

“Any tips for getting an inefficient feeder to transition to exclusively breastfeeding? My LO has mostly been bottle fed the first 4 weeks because of a series of health complications I had postpartum. I've pumped during this time and my supply is fine. He's growing well and weight is not an issue, but if I breastfeed him for 40 minutes, he cries because he's still hungry, so I give him another 1-2 ounces. I did a weighted feed yesterday and he transferred about 3 ounces in 20 minutes,”

“Hello! Background: 3.5 month old baby boy. Sleeps through the night since 2 months old. Last nursing session is at bedtime 8:30 pm and then he wakes at 7 am and nurses. I exclusively nursed for three months before maternity leave ended. I returned to work and created a nap/feed schedule for my husband and grandma as they watch baby while I work 8:00-4:30. They pace feed him. Schedule: 7 am - I nurse him. 8:30 bottle (4 oz) before first nap 10:30-11 am (4 oz bottle) after waking 12:30 pm (4 oz bo”

“How do I know if we should cut out a feed or supplement with formula? For context, LO is about 9.5 months old and has been EBF. We’ve introduced a good bit of table food, but she is still doing a full feed morning, lunch, and dinner with a small “snack” feed around 4pm. My supply has dramatically decreased in the last week or two to the point I’m barely making enough. Is it time to drop the 4pm food and shortly after the lunch feed? Or should we look into supplementing with formula? This is my f”

“How do I know if we should cut out a feed or supplement with formula? For context, LO is about 9.5 months old and has been EBF. We’ve introduced a good bit of table food, but she is still doing a full feed morning, lunch, and dinner with a small “snack” feed around 4pm. My supply has dramatically decreased in the last week or two to the point I’m barely making enough. Is it time to drop the 4pm food and shortly after the lunch feed? Or should we look into supplementing with formula? This is my f”

“I want to start a night routine of feeding my baby a bottle of milk instead of nursing him. He is currently 3.5mo and just start accepting the bottle again and I would like to maintain that familiarity. When we give a bottle mid day, he takes about 4.5oz. I gave him a bottle today before a nap but he only took 2oz. How much breast milk should I put in a bottle for him to take before bedtime? I’m looking for there to be enough that he has a full belly to sleep through the night but not so much th”

“My baby is mostly nursing. She is 3 months old and our routine is that her bedtime feed is a bottle of pumped milk and her dad gives that to her. And I pump at that time. The purpose of this is to 1. Maintain bottle skills so if she needs to be babysat or something happens she can be fed by others. And 2. So I can have some time each day to just do my own thing while dad does bottle and bedtime routine and I just do a 20 min pump session. However, all this is changing in the last week or so. She”

“I am combo feeding my 6 month old baby - despite 9 grueling weeks of triple feeding in an attempt to bring up my milk supply to her needs... it just never happened. Since quitting triple feeding I've topped her off with a bottle for every single feed, only recently we consolidated bottles and now she gets 4 per day (with her all her other feedings being EBF). For some reason I have this idea that my breastfeeding isn't really breastfeeding since its "only" half or so of what sh”

“Hi moms, I really need some advice. My baby is 7 weeks old, and I mostly pump and bottle-feed her breast milk. When I breastfeed directly, she usually drinks for only about 5 minutes and then stops. About an hour later, she starts screaming and seems hungry again. Because I was worried that she wasn't getting enough from the breast, I started pumping and feeding her so I could keep track of how much milk she was actually drinking. But pumping is becoming exhausting. I use a Bellababy pump, a”

“Baby is combo feed and takes bottles. Normally she drinks between 28-30oz but recently she dropped two night feeds. Old schedule was 8pm, 12am, 3am, 6am and 8am. Now it’s 8pm, 3am and 8am. But she still only takes 3-4oz per feed. Even throughout the day. So she’s drinking around 22oz a day. This is the 3rd night it’s happened. Any ideas? submitted by /u/Trees_galore20 [link] [comments]”

“With my first baby I was under the impression that breastmilk and/or formula should be the primary nutrition source AND that food shouldnt displace this until after one. I think this is incorrect but I’m wondering when can food start taking over some of the caloric intake? When would be it ok to notice a reduction in breastfeeding? Does it completely depend on the amount and type of food that baby will eat? I plan on breastfeeding my second for 18m but she’s showing great interest in food at 4.5”

“I’m back at work and my 7 month old has been in daycare for a few weeks. He is there for 8 hours a day, and gets 13 ounces of pumped milk in 3 feeds (4-5-4). He usually nurses 6-8 times when he’s home [ETA: on daycare days, more on weekends], including his overnight feeds. Daycare asked me to increase the lunch bottle from 4 to 5 ounces a week or so in but otherwise hasn’t said anything. He drinks all of it, plus eats some solids while there too. Is this enough? How much did you send with your b”

“I’m in a weird in between place with nursing and pumping and would love some advice on how to move forward. During the week, my 10 month old attends daycare full time and gets two-6 oz bottles. I pump three times a day while at work. Sometimes I get just the right amount and sometimes I pump 2-3 oz more than I need. On the weekend, I feed on demand, and to sleep. For the past 2-3 weekends, I’m ending up engorged bc I guess she’s not taking in as much? I’m not sure if I should drop a pump or less”

“My daughter has recently increased her intake of breast milk. I EBF when home, but while I am at work she drinks pumped milk. Right now I only produce about 8-10 oz while I’m at work, and her bottles have increased from 3oz to 4. I have tried pumping more, but I really don’t produce much more nor do I really have the time or sanity to do it more. I’m just wondering with combo feeding, how does it work? Do you give your babies 1 bottle of formula or only formula? Curious to see how parents curren”

“My 7-month-old is currently drinking somewhere around 1.2–1.3 litres (40–44 oz) of formula per 24 hours , and is also having solids about twice a day. The solid portions aren’t necessarily tiny either. For example, yesterday evening he probably had around 1/3 cup of vegetable/lentil purée, plus some homemade hummus and a little broccoli. He’s otherwise a very happy, healthy-seeming baby. He’s also very tall/big for his age (currently fitting into some 18-month clothing), but doesn’t look particu”

“Usually, my almost 6 month old nurses once in the morning, has three 4.5 ounce bottles of pumped milk at daycare, nurses two or three times in the evening (either around 5:15 when he gets home and 7:30 when it’s bedtime, or at 5:15, 6/6:30, and 7:30), and then nurses at least once overnight (sometimes twice). Basically I nurse in demand except when he’s at daycare. I pump during my work day, and usually get 6-7.5 ounces total in my 9am pump, 3-5 ounces in my 12pm pump, and 2.5-4 ounces in my 3pm”

“My baby is 6 months and recently started daycare two days a week. At home we do EBF, apart from the odd bottle to make sure she doesn’t reject it (as she did before). I don’t know how much she drinks from me but at daycare she drinks very little. Between 9:30 and 16:00 today, she only got 110ml :(. I’m really worried about it. At home she doesn’t drink much during morning and early afternoon, unless I lie down with her. Seems to be growing normally and is cheerful. I feel like a horrible mother”

“My baby has been EBF, I nurse at home and pump at work. He gets bottles at daycare. Typically from months 4-10 I had been sending 5 3oz bottles to daycare and he usually cleared all 4 and sometimes even the 5th. However right when he hit 10 months this has dropped drastically. He now only takes in 2 bottles a day and we’re lucky if he drinks the full 3oz (sometimes it’s like 1-2oz). At this same time he has been increasing his solid intake like CRAZY. We do 3 meals and sometimes even a snack. Da”

“Is it normal for newborn to nurse for 5 mins at a time? Normally I nurse on both sides in a session, about 10 mins each side. But the last 2 days I’ve been struggling to have her nurse for longer than 5 mins total and I’m only able to get her to nurse on one side before she falls into a deep sleep again. She still nurses every 2-3 hours and produces 6+ wets and dirties per day. For reference, she is 8 days old born at 38+3. She does have slightly elevated bilirubin but we have not had her first”

“6 week old is primarily bottle fed a mix of formula and breastmilk. Every feeding feels chaotic because we don’t know exactly how much he’ll want to eat but we don’t want to waste milk - I have super low supply so I can’t afford to pour a half ounce of breastmilk out, and formula is expensive! We usually start with 2.5-3oz depending on how long it’s been since last feeding and do additional half ounces at a time if he doesn’t seem satisfied. But I feel like it stresses him out because he has to”

“Any other 2 month old bubs nursing for only 5 minutes? I’m assuming its enough for her since she continues to grow/gain weight and has the same amount of pee/poop diapers per day. She eats every 2 hours during the day and every 4-6 hrs at night. I can’t get her to nurse any longer. She usually only stays on for 5-8 minutes. submitted by /u/Hot-Vegetable9277 [link] [comments]”

“My goal is combo-feeding with mostly breasts and formula early morning and maybe once or twice a day when convenient. For mental health reasons, I rarely pump and don’t plan to do so in the future. My LO is 7 wo. She latches well but gets very impatient when hungry and a lot of times when fussy would downright refused to latch. We’ve been giving her a few bottles throughout the day for this reason and she continues to get fussy at the breasts. It started during witching hours only and now extend”

“I have recently started hand pumping 3oz a day (usually across 2 pumping sessions) so that my partner can give our nearly 5 month old baby a small bottle if she starts to get hungry while I’m unavailable (eg if I’m at an appointment, at the gym, etc.). Other than this she is exclusively breast fed on demand. I am not pumping any more than this - I’ve got no desire to build up a stash or anything like that. I just pump 3oz every day for her. This is going well, baby is accepting the bottle, and e”