Partner - overfeeding baby

As title says, my son is 4 weeks old. Born at 37+1. He loves his food which is good however he can be a little greedy. Instead of partner taking this into consideration & not giving into the cooing demands, he makes up another feed. This evening he’s had almost 9oz which I feel is far too much. I’ve told partner before stop overfeeding him but partner ignores me. Am I over exaggerating, or does anyone else have greedy babies and they feed them similar oz’s…?

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That is a lot of milk for such a tiny baby. Are you pace feeding bottles? At 4 weeks old babies stomach probably isnt even big enough to fully hold 9 oz and you can risk stretching his stomach

From my doctor- you can’t over feed a baby. They will let you know when they are full by spitting up what they can’t handle. You could try just spitting it up more so he’s not getting 9oz straight but I definitely wouldn’t be worried about over feeding

You can overfeed a baby. The same way us as adults can overeat and be bloated and uncomfortable if we eat too fast before giving our bodies time to realise we are full. @Emily

@Gem if it was too much the stomach would react , by making them spit up. Read an anatomy and physiology book. Or talk to your dr. Over feeding a baby is rarely an issue and mostly starts when solids are involved , and what those solids are comprised of.

You can absolutely overfeed a formula fed baby, you can’t overfeed a breastfed baby. 9oz is a huge amount! 4oz is usually enough for 1 month old. Your partner needs to stop! Formula fed don’t have an ‘off’ switch and will guzzle continuously.

Babies can be overfed. There is a hormone in breast milk called leptin which helps regulate appetite. Also babies don’t have to work very hard to get milk from a teat so over feeding a formula fed baby is more likely. I’m a paeds nurse and we regularly see babies with overfeeding where they have had a choking episode.

9oz is a LOT of milk! Pace feeding should help and they may also have a lot of wind or acid reflux. Wind can confuse babies and make give the signal they're still hungry because eating elevated the wind pain wjole they're eating.

I never understood the not Overfeeding comment. I nurse and bottle feed and a lot of times, my baby will never reject milk. As a new mom, I didn’t know and he would spit up excessively from it because he just never said no to milk, even if his belly was full

Hey, at this age babies don’t eat for anything other than hunger. If they’re crying for a feed that does mean they’re hungry but maybe they don’t need the amount you’re giving. Have you tried small and often?

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