A few weeks ago, my 11 week old (average weight) started nursing nonstop for 3-4 hours in the evening and then would eat a 4oz bottle immediately after the nursing marathon. He is on 3 hour EASY during the day and does great with it, but at 6pm he seems ravenous.
I thought that maybe he was having a growth spurt so I pumped after every feed for 3 days and fed him the extra during the day to see if that helped. He is still starving in the evenings. Now I nurse him at 6pm and then give him a bottle (I just can't nurse for 3-4 hours each evening). He will take another 4-5 ounces before passing out cold (we try to keep him awake to separate the feed from sleep, but so far not much luck). He then wakes up about an hour later and will eat another 2-4 ounces. My husband then does a dreamfeed around 11 where baby will eat anywhere from 1-5 ounces. He then wakes up again between 3:30-5am.
I did a yield and I am making 3 ounces every 2 hours, which would seem sufficient for his age. When I do pump after nursings, there is still about 1-1.5 ounces of milk left. It would seem that he should be full after he stops nursing but he will still down a 2-3 ounce bottle. =( Is it possible that he is a lazy nurser? Any suggestions?