How much breastmilk does a mixed feeding 8wo baby need to get antibodies etc

[Wildpoppy]

My baby is mix fed. Every feed she has both breasts and most feeds she has a top up bottle. Based on guidelines of 2.5oz of milk for each lb of weight per 24 hours I think she gets just under half her milk from me - that is, her top ups total about 16oz per 24 hours and she is gaining weight.

Without lecturing me about bf v bottle can anyone tell me how much breastmilk a baby needs to get the goodness and antibodies.

Afaik any amount of bm is good and beneficial. However, to get full benefit, WHO recommends 6 months of exclusive bf.

Every drop of breastmilk she gets will make a difference - there isn't a cut off point. It's also been suggested that when you feed less often, the antibodies etc are more cocentrated to make up for it - this definitely happens when feeding older babies/children, I don't know if it applies when mixed feeding a young baby.

As an aside, are you happy mixed feeding? Or would you like to move back to full breastfeeding, as it may be possible. If you'd prefer to keep mixed feeding would it not make your life easier to change to doing certain feeds from the breast and other feeds from the bottle? Because I believe this is better in terms of keeping supply going too (though I'm not 100% sure)

Lots of advice and support available here whichever way you choose to go anyway :)

Any amount is good (the slogan is 'every breastfeed counts'), but some benefits are dose-specific ie the more bm the baby takes, the more benefit.

I've heard about antibodies being more concentrated when feeding older babies, but not heard it for less frequent feeds for younger babies.