how much does your LO eat

I'm due in September, and I plan on exclusively breast-feeding for at least six months. I only have one-week of paid time off, so I plan to go back to work after three or four weeks, depending on how bad we need the money. I'm only going to start out a few days, and try to only go when hubby's off of work, but on the off chance that someone else needs to watch her, I don't know how much to fill the bottles when I pump. I also want to pump so Daddy gets to feed her every so often. So, how much should a newborn be eating with each bottle?

Quoting mama ♥ [31 wks]:“ I'm due in September, and I plan on exclusively breast-feeding for at least six months. I only have one-week ... [snip!] ... I pump. I also want to pump so Daddy gets to feed her every so often. So, how much should a newborn be eating with each bottle?”

Thats a hard question. When I BFed I fed him on demand. but it was usually every two hours he'd want to eat. When he was on the breast there was no way to tell exactly how much he was getting but when i pumped and gave it to him in a bottle it was usually 3 oz.

my LO is almost 6 weeks and he eats 4 to 6 oz. every 3 hrrs, sometimes longer.