Milk Intake & Breastmilk Rant

Question

My LO is 3.5months and is taking 170ml every 3 to 4 hours. She is no longer taking any night feedings so about 6-7 feedings in a day. She is on mixed feedings since birth.For some reasons, my LOs weight seems to be increasing quite a lot. She is 7.7kg, but her height does not seem to have increase much (9cm since birth till now). Am I overfeeding her? Additionally, as her milk demands increases, my milk supply remained stagnant. Now I have to combine more pump sessions breast milk into 1 feeding for her which starts to make me even more discouraged, like I pump so much but only enough for her to drink 3 feeds. It makes me very discouraged to continue pumping as I am the only caregiver (husband works in essential line) and I still have to work from home, and take care of her, pump milk and wash all the things. I feel like giving up.

Mrs Loh · Answer

I bottle fed my baby half a feed and then finished off by latching during the first few months when my milk supply was low. My LO is 9mo now and Im still breastfeeding her. I used to pump 3 times at work too. But during CB i just latch her, havent been pumping. Latching more will definitely boost mill production.

Mummy J · Answer

Hang on mummy! I know its not easy. When my baby is 3 month old shes taking 180ml 3 hourly. Did not sleep thru the night very accurate with her timing.Youre not over feeding your baby different baby intake differently and grow differently too. My baby weight was 80 to 90 percentile from birth to 8 month. She suddenly slim down alot due to teething drop to 40 percentile. Now shes 13 month back to 70 percentile. Her height has always been 90 percentile cos her daddy is super tall. Not to worried to much as long as baby hit all milestone happy and healthy will do.You can try to taking some milk booster food or clear your boobs whenever youre free. Dragging or skip a pump session will cause milk supply to drop too. The more you clear your boobs the more milk it can produce.Dont give up jiayou!