Pumping when missing a feed

[Jvmumma]

Hi, my baby is 7 months and we have been exclusively breastfeeding him with maybe 4 occasions of him getting pumped milk in a bottle which he takes fine. Each time we do give him a bottle I express but I only seem to get 3oz, is this normal, to me it doesn't seem like a lot for his age and size I was assuming he was getting a lot more each time he fed from me?

He isn't really eating much solid food ATM, has the odd bit of broccoli etc but mostly just feels it and chucks it on the floor so I don't think it's because of solids.

TIA

Yes that sounds normal to me. I was usually able to get 2 to 3 ounces at that stage so I would have to pump twice to get what I thought they needed from a bottle, about 4 to 5 ounces.

But of course every baby's appetite is different so it's a bit of trial and error.
I always went with the idea that I could pump 1/2 to 2/3s of what baby would otherwise get out by themselves.

Thank you, so baby can get more out of you than the pump, that makes more sense. I usually try and pump as much as I have put in the bottle for him, sometimes I don't quite manage it but most of the time I will persevere until I get the whole lot. It seems to take so much longer though, I hate pumping so he hasn't had many bottles.
Also another question, did your baby naturally wean or did you wean them yourself and at what stage and how difficult was it? I was aiming to wean him to blue milk when he is 1, by then I'll be back at work and could do with him being able to go to MIL once a week. Thanks