@vespin Geez…that’s a tough one. We struggled with this (and still struggle with this problem). Is my baby being overfed (and possibly refluxy) or is my baby really hungry? Does my baby grow so much because I overfed or is my baby truly hungry because of wanting to grow quick due to genetics?
My baby ate about 4 oz at that age every 3 hours - combo fed, but also being breastfed sometimes (usually he wanted to nurse to sleep). He’s a big guy - born average and jumped through percentiles so now he’s 94% for weight and 99% per height. Pediatricians tell me I overfed him. He does look chuncky, but also tall. I read height growth is mostly due to genetics. Pediatricians tell me it’s because he ate a lot.
I now struggle to understand my reality. My baby was indeed crying a lot when time came to eat, but would settle once he had quite a large quantity of milk and be his happy self once he ate. But he would spit-up unlike your baby. It was so tough for me to decide how much to give my baby cause he was crying so much when I tried to give him according to guidelines and was fussy after. Was it reflux or was he really hungry because of genetic potential?
Some things we tried to apply ourselves was paced feeding. Also to give him the general guildelines amount and then take a break even if he was crying (like going for a walk or change diaper) and then give him more if he was still crying after 5 minutes. Sometimes he will settle and would not want more, sometimes he will cry more so we gave him more. Nevertheless, he was always crying after we fed him according to the guidelines. When we gave him more, he was happier even if he spit-up. He wasn’t even eating as much as some other babies his age and he still grew in 90+ percentile.
Ah! I say…go with your instinct and maybe ask for a second opinion too.