Should I increase feedings from 3oz to 4oz?

Question

My baby girl is 15 weeks today and over the past week or so I’ve noticed that she is getting hungry every 2 hours and she gets 3oz of pumped breastmilk a feeding as I am an exclusive pumper. Should I increase to 4oz a feeding? Will this stretch out the time between her feedings to 3-4 hours instead of 2-3 hours? She currently eats about 7-8 times a day.

Answer

1-1.25oz per hour and not exceeding 4oz a feed. That is all a breastmilk fed baby needs. So since your baby is eating every 2hrs now, 3oz is more than enough. I wouldn’t up the amount. And giving more doesn’t mean baby will go longer between feeds. If baby is happy eating what she is now, then I wouldn’t up the amount.

Answer

I would try a few times and see how it goes. Does she spit up or show signs that's she's been overfed? Can she last longer between feeds? If she starts to eat more total oz of breastmilk per day, is that sustainable with your pumping schedule?
But at least for my daughter, she couldn't go more than 2hrs during the day without breastmilk until we started solids at 6 months, so it may or may not work. Good luck!

Should I increase feedings from 3oz to 4oz?

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