| Hi, I pumped exclusively and fed my daughter EBM from a bottle the whole time. Don't worry if you are not following the amounts they list for formula fed babies as BM changes composition as the baby gets older. You don't need to be increasing the volume they drink.
At 3 months she used to take between 25-30 ozs a day and continued to take this amount til we started solids at 6 months when it reduced a little. This would sort of break out into:
Morning - 4/6 ozs
Lunch - 6
Mid Afternoon - 4
Before bed at 6pm - 6
dream feed at 10.30pm - 4 (this was formula)
Night feed around between 3-5am - 4
At 2 months she was still waking 2 x times in the night and would take 4 ozs at each feed!
You shouldn't worry if he wants' more, he can't have too much EBM (over feeding is really only an issue with formula)
Hope that helps.
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