Look up paced feeding. 1 1/2 ounces per hour is correct. The calorie content of her milk will change as he grows. If you can pace feed during the day, he’ll cluster feed with mom to make up for it.

Supplementing with formula isn’t the end of the world, but it’s also not ideal.

Hold baby VERY upright when feeding to slow the flow, and burp after every ounce. Breastmilk is very thin and they can easily gulp it all down so fast that their brain doesn’t register that they are full. If paced feeding doesn’t work, that means his belly has been stretched out because he’s getting more than that per nursing session and she’ll need to figure out how to pump a bit more or supplement. He doesn’t actually NEED more, but an empty tummy is miserable to a baby and that’s not fair to expect him to live like that.

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