milk volume, one meal a day
Hi there,
My LO has started solids early on the advice from the paediatrician and paediatric dietician. Weight gain has not followed a normal curve, we've had reflux and a milk protein allergy. I'm following the advice from the professionals (I know some of you might do things differently but I'm happy with the advice) which is to feed on meal a day prior to his bottle (it's EBM as I"m an EE). I"m giving my DS maybe about 2.5 tablespoons of a mixture of veg, rice cereal and mixed with about 60mls of EBM. I then follow his meal with a bottle. He generally only takes about 60mls of this bottle, sometimes less. He normally takes on average about 110-130mls of EBM 7 times a day. I've noticed that his bottle intakes for the 3 bottles during the middle of the day and afternoon are about 3/4 of what they used to be. I'm just worried that he might not be getting enough calories to prevent from falling further behind with his weight gain because his feed volumes have reduced.
How has one meal a day affected your bubs milk volume? I know the equations are different for EBM and FF, but if you are FF how much would your bub have a day with one meal?
The other factor is that my bub is 4.5 months - we started early on the advice of the professionals.