Munaz,

I didn't really think about the chart relating to expressed or formula, I just took it as a guide. Sometimes she took less, sometimes she gobbled it all up we gave her an extra 25mls which she rarely finished. So I guess I would say she had between 80-120ml at the 10pm feed. Of course you never really know how much they are taking on the breast. I just watched that she didn't need longer than an hour during the day as the nurse said that was way too long. After a month or so she was feeding in 40 mins, then 30, and now she polishes off a bottle in about 5 minutes!

We were lucky and never had a problem with her nappies, she digested after every feed before the next and was always well, but that is a good indicator (as the prevoius poster said) of what they're getting. They definitely all take different amounts. By about 2-3 months she was having a lunch bottle that was 250ml, where as a friend's daughter same age was only taking 125ml, and a mothers group friend's son was taking 350ml.

If you offer enough, the baby will hopefully take what they need and if you have a guide to start you can increase or decrease as needed. As CLB says, always feed a hungry baby. There's no need to try to continue to feed a baby who isn't taking it, if they're not hungry they're not hungry.

One extra point I just remembered that I would urge everyone - get BPA free bottles! I had to order Avent ones online as they weren't available in stores, but other brands are. Many other western countries ban BPA bottles - Australia has crap labelling, food and safety standards.