How do I know if she’s getting enough?

Question

We have started transitioning my LO to bottles of breast milk for when she starts daycare and we have been giving her 4 oz every 2ish hours.
She’s 11 weeks. How do i know that that is enough for her? She sucks on her hands a lot during the day so I can’t use that as a hunger cue. Would she be super fussy and uncomfortable if she was still hungry?

Answer

You’ll know! If she start fussing a lot and she moves her head from side to side and rooting she’s probably hungry. I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t think fussiness was a hunger cue for a while 😬. My son chews his hands a lot, too, but when he’s hungry he sticks his fingers in and out of his mouth angrily like he’s telling me to feed him lol. You’ll figure out her cues slowly, and if she completely drains a bottle and keeps sucking she probably hasn’t had enough, we’ll try an ounce or two after that.

How do I know if she’s getting enough?

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