Breast to bottle advice

[babygooner]

DD is 6 months and I'm back to work in a month so have been dropping feeds and replacing with formula with aim to keep the morning b/f feed. So, she's now on about 3 bottles of formula and is glugging it down like a little monster. Question is, can you overfeed a ff fed baby? She's on Hipp Organic and it says she should have 5 x 180 ml bottles but she always screams at the end of a 180ml bottle and is only happy with a 240ml bottle which she usually downs completely. Is this ok or should I cut them down? Not used to having to think about this with breastfeeding....

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suprised no one can give you advice on this babygooner. I would think you should let her have a much as she wants and see what happens. She might be going through a growth spurt. The mums I know who ff didn't worry if their dds wanted extra they just let them have it.
Sorry I can't help more, its streeful organising going back to work isn 't it. I went back when ds was 7 months and I used to express 2 feeds for while I was away and I used to feed morning and night and give him an extra dream feed at 11 ( as I was worried he wasn't getting enough) He stopped taking the ebm at 8 months and was happy to have juice/water during the day and bf when I was around.
Good luck with everything.
Katyjo

P.s Its really nice to come home and bf your baby, its something they can't get elsewhere, helps a bit with the guilt extra of going back to work!

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Now she's 6 months have you started her on solids at all?

I would have thought you should approach it in the same way as breastfeeding - just let her take what she wants, when she wants, and not watch the clock OR fl oz scale!
Bottle fed babies can be overfed, but nrmally this is because people read the guidleines and then really push their babies to finiah bottles when really they have probably had enough.
After 6 month of breastfeeding I'm sure you will be used to recoginising your baby's cues and will know when she is hungry and when she has had enough. The tins offer only guidelines remember - all babies are different. You wouldn't expect all adults to eat exactly the same amounts as each other every day would you?

Thanks Katyjo, Twynkle, think you're right. Anchovies, only JUST started solids and to be honest don't think she's going to be getting enough to have an effect on the amount of formula she takes. Am also offering food after a bottle.

Katyjo, yes am determined to keep one or two b/fs a day and really hope my supply is up to it. So far, seems fine. Start the nursery induction soon, yikes..

Good luck with the induction. It is really hard in the beginning but it gets easier I promise.
xxx