How much milk should a bottle fed 4 week old take?

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Was told by a doctor I was over feeding him letting him have 2oz every two hours... he will wolf down 4oz and look for more but won’t go more than 3 hours between feeds? Sometimes will go 4-4.5 hours but rarely.

He weighs about 8lb now. Struggling with what to do as sometimes he will take 4oz then an hour or two later take another 1-2oz to settle himself

If your feeding on demand give him as much as he wants. He is constantly growing and needs it all. You can't over feed a baby. So if He can drain 4oz and look for more up it to 5oz, if he drains that up it to 6oz and so on etc. Xx

I am pretty sure you can overfeed a bottle fed baby.

OP, I'm afraid I don't know the answer, but I wouldn't be leaving a hungry baby to stay hungry- if they want more I'd wait a few minutes and offer a bit more.

I feed my 5 week old 4-5oz every 3 hours, she doesn't always take it all but usually and goes slightly longer in the evening. She was born at 9.9lb though

Are you pace feeding? This should slow him down so he doesn't over fill himself

Pace feeding? I don’t know what that is.

He was born 6 lb 3, was difficult to get him to take an ‘acceptable’ amount (midwives words not mine!) but now I just can’t seem to fill him or get him to spread the feeds out!

But 2oz every two hours doesn't sound that much? Maybe he just prefers little and often?

Paced feeding goo.gl/images/LhF2KS