>Since I work for WIC I see many bottlefeeding moms, and yes, they have
>growth spurts too where the mom has to increase the amount in the bottle.

Michelle, is this when mother is reducing the *number* of bottles per day,
or with the same number? I remember checking a formula can once to check if
bottle-fed babies increase their intake over time, and it seemed to go up a
little, but not a lot. But it recommended that the number of bottles reduce
to something like 4 per day (I think - it's a while ago now and I may not
recall very well!) after about 5 months and the amount per bottle does
increase to compensate.

> Plain as day!   How can the research point to "steady" needs til 6 months
>when the baby is growing an inch a month, and often almost tripling the
>weight.   All I can think of is that he means the demand for calories per
>kg of weight are the same for the first 6 months, and that is true.   But
>that does not mean that the same amount of breastmilk is needed each day!
>  Michelle Scott, RD,MA,IBCLC in iced NH

If you read the data, it is the same amount per day, not per kg. Good
thought, but sorry! This is what astounded me when I first heard it too. I
admit it is puzzling and a bit challenging.

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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia Breastfeeding Counsellor
Perth, Western Australia.   mailto:[log in to unmask]
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