Giving breast milk in bottle... how long should it take a 4 week old baby to finish?

Question

I have my daughter 3oz of my milk in an Avent natural bottle with 0 nipple and it took almost 45 min with 2 breaks for a few minutes for burping before resuming... is that normal and okay? We have introduced bottles maybe once or twice a day past week.
Milk does spill at times when she adjusts her lips/latch I have noticed... but it’s not a huge mess. Is that okay? I do hold her upright almost sitting and the bottle horizontal. (Paced feeding)
After that 3oz bottle we both got 6hr of sleep!! 👍🏼👍🏼😎
I’m daytime I nurse her on demand and there’s really no schedule to anything yet.
FTM and I appreciate feedback!! TIA

Answer

Every baby is different. My 7 week old chugs 6oz in 10 minutes. My daughter took an hour to eat.

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We use a tommee tippee size 1 nipple and she takes about 10 minutes. She’s 4 months but nothing has changed since we introduced it at 2 weeks. But my milk flows fast so that’s what she’s used to, usually only on the breast for 5 minutes. I tried a size 0 nipple the other day because my SO was over feeding her while I was gone but it took her 45 minutes.

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45 min for a 4 week old is consistent with my experience. You’re doing great. Congrats on the 6 hours!

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It takes our 11-week-old about 30 minutes to drink 6 ounces. It should take a while.

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My daughter took 15-30 minutes to eat. I think that’s fine as long as baby is eating. Ask your doctor at the next check up!

Giving breast milk in bottle... how long should it take a 4 week old baby to finish?

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