Not possible to over feed a breast fed baby

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Right?

Ds2 6 weeks old has been gaining an average of 7oz a week which seems on the high side. He's 99th for length and 75th weight.

He feeds roughly every 2-3 hours during the day and goes about 4-5 hours overnight.

Is he just a big baby?

If he’s feeding directly from the breast then no you can’t overfeed him. You can only overfeed him if he has expressed milk in bottles. Sounds like he’s just a big baby!

You over feed. Breastfed baby. I did and was instructed to feed on demand nd express and freeze the extra milk I produced.

It will probably settle down. Weight gain isn’t usually linear. One week my ebf’d DS gained 14oz needless to say that wasn’t a regular occurrence.

You’re doing fab

Nope you can’t over feed. My boy was the same, he was a little chunk but he’s slimming down now he’s on the move. Still loves his milk and his food too!

That's brilliant OP, well done. You will probably find you have a big, bonny baby until he starts moving, whereupon he will become a tall child. I really don't think you can overfeed a breastfed baby.

If you are just breast feeding you are doing great your baby is thriving! Yes you just have a big healthy baby and no you can't over feed a breast fed baby.
They slim down when they get mobile.

My ebf DS gained 1lb a week for the first 6 weeks. He is now 4yo and tall with a good appetite. I don't think 7oz a week is an unusual amount for a newborn to gain in the early weeks.

As long as he's not crossing centile lines, he's fine.

You can't overfeed from the breast. At 6 weeks, feeding every 3 hours in the day and 5 at night is basically textbook.

He was 8lb8oz at birth not sure what centile that was, will check.
He's gaining weight faster than ds1 did and he was fed expressed milk from a bottle although he had fewer feeds a day.
He feeds so quickly that I had been wondering if he was definitely getting enough as well.

@emsyj37 wow 1lb a week!! You must have been so thirsty and hungry!
I thought 4-6oz was average so it's funny to see the differences.

My DS was 8lb 8oz at birth too!
I've had 3 ebf babies - 2 of them gained weight their first week instead of losing
Somehow managed to GAIN weight bf every time tho....

@ClaraLane

If he’s feeding directly from the breast then no you can’t overfeed him. You can only overfeed him if he has expressed milk in bottles. Sounds like he’s just a big baby!

This is a genuine question (I don't have kids) - how does this work if it's the same milk?!

My first ebf baby was born on the 75th centile and had shot up to the 91st by 6 weeks. He's 4yo now and a perfectly healthy weight. He was such a chubby little baby! Some are just like that! My second was also ebf yet he tracked just below the 50th centile from birth.

@emsyj37 ds was over his birth weight at 6 days. He had 100% tongue tie and the midwife had been on at me to pump as she was sure he couldn't be feeding properly.
I'm eating too much but I feel constantly hungry. I'm a couple of lbs below pre pregnancy weight but I have some weight to lose anyway. Feel way too hungry to diet though.

This is a genuine question (I don't have kids) - how does this work if it's the same milk?!

Bottles are easier so get milk out of so babies are more likely to take more than they want as it keeps flowing into their mouths with no work.

Plus breastmilk changes during feeds so the composition will be different- babies can also comfort suck, stimulating supply while not actually feeding. Can’t do that with bottles.