Anyone elses’ 8 month old only drinks 2-3 oz at a time?

Question

My son is at day care in the afternoons for about 5-6 hours and I’m concerned that he does not drink much milk when he’s there. I still breastfeed him and I leave some pumped milk for his day care but he would only have a total of 2-3 oz of milk the whole time he’s there. Then at home he would nurse every 2-3 hours and every 4-5 hours at night. Is that normal? 
He weighs 21lbs and he seems active.

Answer

My son is 8 months and we had the same issue when starting bottle feeding at 6.5months. He has always been more of a snacker when it comes to breastfeeding, only latching for 3-4mins at a time maximum! What worked for us what changing the flow of the teat for the bottle, we use tommy tippee and he is now using a size 3 fast flow and will drink 110-150ml before pausing for a burp (i believe thats around 4-5) once we changed the teat it took about a week of him still having about 2oz at time then he caught on and now he guzzles it down!

Answer

My son is nearly 9 months and when I’ve attempted bottle I can barely get him to take 2-3 oz… he’s also fussy and only really likes it fresh not once it’s been in the fridge.
He’s also like 21-22lbs and always been a healthy weight

Anyone elses’ 8 month old only drinks 2-3 oz at a time?

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