Feeding question

First time mom here... how do you know how much your LO is eating when being breast fed? It's not like you can measure how much they're consuming when they're on a boob

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that's so terrible... cuz the other day I pumped and gave milk in bottles and we were like 2.5-3.5oz every 3ish hours.. but when I put her straight on the boob I swear it's like 7min every hour

I'm sorry if that came off wrong. I appreciate the insight, it's just rough haha thank you for informing me!

You actually can measure! Get a baby scale (they are on Amazon) and you weight baby before feed and after feed, subtract from there.
But I'm will warn you, it can vary by over an ounce in the same time. Like my babe overnight when I get more engorgement can eat for 6mins and such down 4oz, but during the day, especially when cluster feeding...might only do 2oz in 6 mins
If you get into that every hour thing...try to confort her in another way for a while and let the hunger build, especially if its during the day. They should be cluster feeding in the evening before a big sleep. If they cluster all day.... that's more of snack feeding. Just like us, if you snack all day you aren't going to sit down for a meal and the cycle of snacking repeats.

Only way to know is with pees and poops

I was told that because of how often they poop/pee. Also you can pump and check there, it would be an estimate since babies are better at sucking so your baby may be getting more than that in the same time. If your baby is gaining weight and peeing/pooping often, relax! Is very well fed ☺️

Thank you all so much

You could see a lactation consultant and do weighted feeds with them, have them check the latch ect. Our pediatrician has a LC in office and I'm sure others can refer you out if needed. If your doctors aren't concerned and growth chart is trending upward then babe is fine :)

at 2w she was 8lbs (50% ish) and then at 1m she was 8lbs 11oz (34%) so ped was slightly concerned bout the significant drop and told me to supplement if needed

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