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This is normal .. don’t trust anyone else’s comments or advise more than the baby. Trust the baby to guide you
Not a doctor or lactation consultant but - it’s very common to overfeed in the beginning, esp if you are supplementing and not practicing pace feeding. I think the typical range is 24-32 oz a day for breastfed babies but 2 week olds tend to fall on the lower end there.
If your concern is around your own milk - in theory (for most people, barring health issues, etc.) you will make enough milk to meet your baby’s needs without need to supplement, as long as you are feeding on demand. Baby will still be fussy! But just keep doing it and your supply will catch up. The more you supplement, the less milk you produce from the breast. If she is gaining weight normally you can dial back on supplementing and give her more breast.
As someone who has 5 kids - a fed baby is a happy baby. Feed the little person as much as they want. Worst case, you’ll have some extra laundry from spit up which isn’t a big deal. If you are SUPER concerned, check in with your doc.
What do they mean your milk is “weak”? That’s some superstitious mojo talk. Babies feed this frequently when they are newborns, there’s been a few posts like this recently, it’s normal! Are you saying you can’t keep up because you’re exhausted? Are you having a letdown? How do you know how many ounces baby is getting if you’re breastfeeding? Babies can also have an intense suckling instinct - my first baby would just stay latched to my breast 24/7 if I had let her. I had to give her a pacifier to suck and let me have a break and sanity. The first 6 weeks were the worst for me with my babies, then it gradually starts to get better with longer stretches between feedings etc. For now, it’s just breastfeed, change diaper, sleep, repeat. Breastfeeding your baby is what tells your body to keep up with the demand and increase supply. If you’re concerned I would highly, strongly recommend an appointment with a lactation consultant, not your mom and MIL. If breastfeeding is not worth it to you to continue, then that’s a fair choice too, your well-being is equally as important as baby being fed. I just know from 3 kids that I personally was glad I stuck out the newborn phase because it got better for me.
https://www.todaysparent.com/baby/breastfeeding/how-to-survive-your-newborns-cluster-feeding/
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I had an 8lb2oz baby recently.
At two weeks was doing a chest-breastfeed + 2oz holle formula every feed.
Quickly moved up to BF+3oz bottle (pumped breast milk or formula) every feed as he was clearly still hungry.
Now, at 6 weeks we’re still doing BF+3oz bottle every feed, but my supply has kept increasing so bottles are mostly pumped breast milk (specifically he has now dropped his night time feeds. He now gets pumped milk supplemented from 6am to 3pm).
I’m not particularly over the top about breast milk vs formula… You mentioned you have some relations who suggest you have weak supply. Your supply is still growing for the first 6 to even 10 weeks! Do what you need to keep your baby happy and healthy.
Bigger babies are hungrier than small or premie babies. They also get to 10lb quicker which means more nighttime sleep hours for mama - yay!
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My supply was still increasing at 2 weeks. When the baby was 6 - 8 weeks I felt I was producing a lot more milk