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Your body may just be regulating to adjust to what he takes. I was always told that they should have no more than 4oz at a time in their bottle (a larger amount makes their bellies larger, which means they will eat more) The way bm works it automatically increases the #of calories to match what they need so that you don't have to increase the #of ounces, which turned out to be pretty true for Anna. The main way to increase supply is to pump or nurse more. With me, when I was sick my supply would decrease, so to get it to increase I would spend the weekend with her nursing on demand, and it would jump back up. So basically, to increase supply you let your body know that you need more. I usually only nursed on one side (oversupply issues) so I would pump on the other side while she nursed. Pumping before nursing will increase supply, because the baby nursing is most effective way to get your body to make more, so like msmurphy suggested, pump an hr before nursing everyday and your supply should increase. When Anna was around 7-8 months I wasn't pumping as much, but the amount I pumped was enough for her to eat while I was at work. That just happened to be when my supply started leveling out more with her needs. I was like you - pumping 6oz everytime, and started pumping 4oz instead, but she took 3- 4oz bottles during the day, so I was pumping enough for her. You may need to add another pumping session or two (I pumped 3 times during the workday, others I knew had to pump every 2 hrs to get enough pumped). Sorry for rambling on.... basically, to get more, give your body cues that you need more (by pumping more or nursing more). There are supplements you can take that help your supply, but I never had to take any, so I'm not sure what they are or if they are effective.