Feeding volumes

Hi ladies! Our girl is 4.5 monthd and has been eating 6oz of milk every 4 hours super consistently for a little over a month now. Two weeks ago, we started giving her 7oz in the morning, with the remaining feeds remaining at 6oz and she's been eating all of it. Yesterday and today she hasn't been finishing her bottles. She's been stopping with anywhere from 1-2oz left. Other than that she's been acting pretty normal. Possibly a little more sleepy than usual but nothing concerning... any thoughts on this? Added this picture from her last feed when she decided to start holding her own bottle! My little independent girl!

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I was always told they'll eat till they're not hungry, so I wouldn't worry too much unless she starts to lose weight 😊

It sounds fairly normal. Anytime we get into a good rhythm/cadence in feeding and sleeping, our girl changes things up and I think she’s just developing a lot and things are changing.

+1 what Kaity said

Thanks ladies! I have so much anxiety around her eating. She was slow to gain weight in the beginning. She also has a surgery coming up so it's important we keep her weight up for that. We can't have her losing weight so fingers crossed she doesn't!

I think if she takes too long to eat, you could offer a faster flow nipple.

https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/family-resources-education/health-wellness-and-safety-resources/helping-hands/choosing-a-bottle-flow-rate

Make sure the nipple size is correct she should be at a level 2 dr.browns nipple that will help with her falling asleep while eating

@Kayleigh yeah thats the nipple size we use with her. She's not really falling asleep while eating, she's electing to stop eating. So she will start just pushing the nipple out with her tongue or turn away from it if I try to continue the feed. Just seemed weird since she spent so long with eating that amount that she would eat less... I figured she would eat more the bigger she got. Sometimes she will eat the full amount and other times she wants absolutely nothing to do with it.

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