Breastfeeding

Eating bottle too fast

My little girl is just over two weeks old, and I have to go back to work next Thursday.  DH just gave her her first bottle, we started with 1 oz in a glass Born Free bottle.  She was super upset at the moment, which may have contributed to this - but she chugged the bottle down in less than a minute.  The plan was to have DH give her the 1 oz and then have me follow up with the boob, and she was still frantic after the bottle and calmed down immediately for the boob.  

So, for future bottles... should we give her more in the bottle?  Is there a way to slow her down (I wonder if not letting her get to the point of being frantic will help?)?  Is there a resource that will give me an idea of how much BM she should be taking at a feed?  Any other thoughts?  

Thanks! 

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