Baby Formula
- By the end of the first week of life, women who are breastfeeding one baby normally make between 19 to 30 oz of milk each day. Infants between one (1) and six (6) months of age normally drink an average of 19 to 30 oz a day.* An average size “meal” for a baby is between three (3) to five (5) oz of breastmilk.
When Jen pumps (without Abigail having fed) she gets about 2.5 oz of milk.
To achieve the daily average of 19 to 30z a day, Abigail has to feed an average of 10 times a day, which she does.
That means she’s averaging 2.5 hours between feedings – every day and night.
This crap about “My baby slept 6 hours through the night…” at whatever age younger than 3 months unfortunately doesn’t apply for us.
Strictly breastfeeding isn’t easy.
– b