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When breastfeeding your baby (according to health professionals) it is good in every situation as it is a comfort for the baby to deal with growth changes teeth coming, new situations etc. However when bottle feeding it shouldn't be used for comfort as bad for teeth and teaches child that food is comfort and thus leads to obesity. How is that? I really don't want to overfeed my baby and don't want her to become obese what should I do? I never give her the bottle to drink it herself I always cuddle her when feeding and she loves watching me so I assume it is some degree of comfort.

Thanks that's quite helpful I think you answered the question quite well even not knowing what it was :-)

My worry was that I might be overfeeding my baby as she always seem to be hungry! However I am now more relaxed that most probably that is not the case. She never throws up and is actually taking different time to make similar amount of milk disappear from her bottle and often leaves leftovers.

"A teat on a feeding bottle delivers milk at a steady flow" - not sure about that as it takes different time for similar amounts to disappear from the bottle (with slow teat) any experience of other mums about this? Liquid does not actually flow out from the bottle I use if I just turn it downwards.

Hi Filc,

Thanks for your reply. I know that you are BLW-ing. Did Olivia at first have more milk per day than is the recommended amount while weaning? My daughter is definitely taking more milk (and I suppose less solids in the meantime) but she just a week or so ago seem to have started to decrease her milk intake. I tried to decrease it myself "artificially" but that didn't work she is very determined about her food bless her :-)

She is 8 month old and it seems she has always been hungrier than your little one :-) She started off with around 35-40 oz per day at 6 and half month old and gradually decreased it to around 25-30 oz. I suppose it also depends on their size. She was born average but then she once dropped to the 25th percentile, came back to the 50th and went on to move to the 75th. The health visitor says its ok I should only worry if she climbs several lines at once. But then it is my responibility as her parents to make sure she won't have a problem for life!!! (I have a friend who have serious eye problems which could have been cured easily as a child but would now require laser surgery - so I am really trying to keep an open eye for those little things which can be easily corrected / avoided at a young age).

I am doing a mixed approach of BLW and spoon feeding but even with spoon feeding I usually let her feed herself so I have no ways of telling how much she is eating. Another thing is that I am sometimes giving her expressed breast milk but that milk was expressed 4-5 month in the mornings. So not so full in fat - and designed for a younger baby.