I've been exclusively breastfeeding my baby from birth for 2 months now - mostly he nurses from the breast but the last few weeks, we have been giving him one bottle of EBM for the late night (dream?) feed at around 3 a.m.
I've increased the bottle amt from around 3-1/2 oz (which clearly wasn't enough) to 5 oz now, just to ensure my husband would have more than enough for that one feed (and I wouldn't have to follow up with the breast right after he finishes the bottle).
My questions are:
1) Is 5 oz too much for one feed for a 2-mth baby? (He is currently in the 97th percentile for both weight and height!) Should I reduce it to 4 oz?
(Btw, the big bottle feed hasn't extended his sleeping time at all. He will sleep for 4 hours prior to the bottle feed but then after the EBM, he usually only sleeps for about 2 or 2-1/2 hours b4 waking for the next feed.)
2) I will be returning to work in another month's time, so I am trying to figure out the feeding schedule once I start work. (I will be gone from 9am to 6pm so my helper will probably need to feed 2-3 times in my absence.) How much EBM does a 3-mth old drink at one time? Is it still 4 oz? When do we increase the amt to 6 oz?
