Human Milk vs. Formula Intake
When exclusively breastfeeding your baby you may find that your baby is not consuming as much (in volume) of your milk if you compare to babies on a formula only diet.
For example children of about four months old consume 33 percent more formula each day than breastfed babies. This has been well documented by health professionals studying nursing mothers so is an accurate measurement.
Although reasons for the difference are still being understood there are some fairly good ideas for why:
Because formula is from non-human sources babies must consume more to get similar nutritional content as breastfed babies.
Formula fed babies may not be able to easily process the formula requiring them to consume more at each feeding or have more feedings
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