Question for bottle-feeders...

[cristeen]

How old was your LO when they started eating more than 4 oz in a sitting?

I need to order a Lact-Aid, and I have an option of 4 oz bags or 7 oz bags, and I'm not sure how many 4 oz bags to get. He's a month old today, and is eating about 2-3 oz at a time already.

[Julia24]

hey Cristeen

Charlotte is 9 weeks and still eating about 4oz per sitting. Does NOT appear anywhere near moving up, however, there's no rule that says you MUST fill the bags all the way, yk? So, I'd probably order a thing of 4oz bags and then some 7oz ones.

Do you have links to the SNS and the lact-aid? I may need/want to get one.

[Julia24]

besides- I'd imagine YOU'RE making at LEAST an ounce, yk? ANd with all the stuff you're trying, you'll probably start making a little more....so I can't imagine you'll ever NEED bigger than 4oz bags now that I'm thinking about it My girls never took more than 6oz and I'll bet you'll be able to make 1oz per boob at least, yk?

[FREEmom1120]

My dd1 was almost exclusively ff and we never gave her more than 4 oz at one time until around 6 mos, and even then, only the last feed of the day to get in the rest of the needed calories. I chose that and extra feedings rather than lots of oz and fewer feedings.

[Megan73]

I'd get the 4 oz bags. If you're using more than 4 oz of supp at a feeding you need to feed more often, IMO.
According to kellymom.com, breastfed babies don't eat more as they get bigger. Except maybe during growth spurts, they average 25 oz a day of intake from one to six months. Most then gradually decrease BM as they start solids - although mine nursed as much as ever.
So he probably won't need more supp in the future.
I used the same amount of supp - 8-10 oz a day or 2 oz per daytime feed - from the newborn period until my son was one.

[Amatullah0]

ds is 4mo, he sometimes takes more than 4oz at a time, but we only use 4oz bottles. we just refill it when he finishes.

[Heba]

Coming to this late...both my kids never took more than 4oz of ebm / formula at one time...no matter their age.

[Letitia]

My daughter breastfed except for when I was at work, which was part-time and usually only 4 hours, but she did get bottles until a little over a year to cover those periods. I found out when we had our son that she never took much more than 4 ounces. Sometimes she took the bottles more frequently than others - my partner let her kind determine that. She never had any weight gain problems.

[LilMomma83]

DS1 used 4oz bottles for months, DS2 started drinking 6oz bottles at 3mos...like the other said you will have some of your own milk though. That said, if it was me I'd probably just order the larger bag and have the option of putting less or more.

[Whistler]

I'm using a Lact-aid and have only 4oz bags. BUT I wish I had some 7 oz. ones because they are a PITA to fill. With the larger ones I could use the same bag for two feedings... stick it in the fridge in between. Not ideal, perhaps, but it would sure be easier.

And for whoever wanted the lact-aid website, here it is: http://www.lact-aid.com/

I love mine and I am glad I got it. I just wish it was a tad easier to fill and wash. It's just the nature of the thing... lots of little parts. It works great though!

[Sk8ermaiden]

Mine was fed pumped milk for the first 8 weeks and still gets two supplemental bottles (donor milk) a day.

She seemed to move to 5-6 oz a feed at 8 weeks or so. Her two bottles a day at this point ( just shy of 4 mos) can be between 4 and 6 oz. (and that's directly after a nursing session where I know she gets at least a couple ounces! I know for a fact that she gets well over 6 oz at her late night and early morning BFing sessions.

She's not a big baby at all either. 90% for length and 40% for weight - long, skinny thing.