Is there any kind of guideline for how much EBM to give newborn per feed?

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I think I'm overthinking this!

Basically, I want to give my son (now 11 days old) the odd EBM feed. We did this with my DD, giving the odd but regular feed when she was little which meant that I occasionally got a bit of a rest and she happily took a bottle of EBM on days that I had to work a bit later on.

My question is - my son is much bigger than my daughter was, and a much better feeder. When I pump (have done twice so far to give nipples a break) I have easily got 100ml off one side, which took weeks and weeks to work up to with DD.
He will happily chug 80-100ml of EBM in one quick feed.
This seems like a lot to me for a newborn, but that might be because my reference point is DD who had a smaller appetite.
Is it just horses for courses? Do I just feed him what he wants to take and not worry about quantity?

I think feed what he wants and don't worry about it. My DS2 is quite titchy (was just over 7lbs when born) but was taking 80-90ml of ebm at about that age, so it doesn't seem unusual to me.

Look at kellymom and do paced feeding so he doesn't take too much.

Thanks all. Paced feeding - I couldn't remember what that was called to look it up but will do so now.

My four day old DS had over 100ml of EBM in one feed. We used to start with small amounts and top up as needed. I couldn't believe such a small baby could still be hungry, but as soon as he had another 20ml he went to sleep for about five hours.

He's now 2.3 and hardly eats at all. Grrr!

I was told 20ml per kg of baby's weight by a lactation consultant. Think that's based on 12 feeds per day.

At work we go by the baby needing 150mls per every Kg of weight in a 24 hour period.

So if you have a 4kg baby he needs 600mls in 24hrs (20 ounces) therefore if he was having a 3 hourly bottle he'd need 75mls or if he was having a 2 hourly bottle he'd need 50mls.