https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:05:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beginning-to-think-about-pumping#post-1469907 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:55:28 +0000 Alivoo01 1469907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><b>How old is your baby?</b> 7.5 months<br /> <b> How often do you pump?</b> 3x at work (8:30am, 12:30pm, and 3pm)<br /> <b>How much do you get either per pumping session or the cumulative whole day of pumping?</b> 8:30am- 10oz, other two sessions - 4oz each.<br /> <b>How much and how often does your baby eat (per bottle)? </b>6oz every 3 hours</p> <p>We nurse at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beginning-to-think-about-pumping#post-1469599 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:52:02 +0000 PurplePeony 1469599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is our first week of daycare/being back at work, so we're still figuring things out. So far, though:</p> <p>How old is your baby? 3 months<br /> How often do you pump? Her daycare is next door so I go over at lunchtime to nurse her, and I pump once in the morning and once in the afternoon.<br /> How much do you get either per pumping session or the cumulative whole day of pumping? So far, 9-11 oz for the first session and 5-6 for the second. I have an oversupply so it's way more than she needs right now, but I don't want to pump less in case my supply starts to drop. I just freeze the extra.<br /> How much and how often does your baby eat (per bottle)? I've been sending 3.5 oz bottles and she finishes her morning one; not sure how much exactly she drinks when I nurse her but she seems satisfied; afternoons are here and there because she as done one half day and one full day at daycare (DH picks her up early when he's free in the afternoons). Monday, she ate the whole afternoon bottle for DH but yesterday she had only about half at daycare. She also nurses right before we leave the house in the morning, as soon as I get home, again before she goes to sleep, and 1-2 times during the night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beginning-to-think-about-pumping#post-1469503 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:28:06 +0000 jetsa 1469503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you have the option to nurse, I would definitely do that. Its quicker and less annoying than the pump. :)</p> <p>How old is your baby? 5.5 months<br /> How often do you pump? 3-4 times per day<br /> How much do you get either per pumping session or the cumulative whole day of pumping? I get 12-13 ounces in 3 sessions (9:30, 12, 2:30) and 2 ounces more if I pump at 4<br /> How much and how often does your baby eat (per bottle)? He eats 15 ounces a day, 3-5oz bottles at daycare normally 10, 1, and 4 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beginning-to-think-about-pumping#post-1469423 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:09:45 +0000 septca 1469423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll answer for when I went back to work (DD was 4.5 months):</p> <p>How often do you pump?<br /> 3x/day at work - 10:30, 1:30, 4:30</p> <p>How much do you get either per pumping session or the cumulative whole day of pumping?<br /> 12-16 ounces per day, the most in the morning and then less with each pump</p> <p>How much and how often does your baby eat (per bottle)?<br /> 3 ounces every 2 hours, for a total of 12 ounces (I would nurse right before I left for work and as soon as I got home, so she got a bottle at roughly 10, 12, 2, and 4 while I was away). When we geared up to sleep train at 6.5 months, I increased each bottle to 3.5 ounces for a total of 14 ounces per day. At about 9 months she started getting a bottle every 3 hours (still 3-3.5 ounces) and was eating quite a bit of solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beginning-to-think-about-pumping#post-1469276 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:41:39 +0000 lamariniere 1469276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the feedback everyone! This is so helpful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beginning-to-think-about-pumping#post-1468923 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:02:13 +0000 Pirouette 1468923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is your baby? Almost 3 months</p> <p>How often do you pump? 3 times - 10:30, 1:30, 4:30</p> <p>How much do you get either per pumping session or the cumulative whole day of pumping? I'm getting around 18 oz (10-13 is in the first session). </p> <p>How much and how often does your baby eat (per bottle)? Too early to say, it's been a week but she seems to take around 2 4oz bottles in the am and 2 2 oz bottles in the afternoon. She nurses right before I leave and as soon as I get home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beginning-to-think-about-pumping#post-1468893 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:52:04 +0000 avivoca 1468893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is your baby? 5 months</p> <p>How often do you pump? Twice daily M-F, none on weekends. I usually pump at 10:30 and 2:00.</p> <p>How much do you get either per pumping session or the cumulative whole day of pumping? For the entire day, I usually get between 9 and 11 oz.</p> <p>How much and how often does your baby eat (per bottle)? She eats 3 oz every 2.5-3 hours. We tried giving her more than that and she just spits it up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beginning-to-think-about-pumping#post-1468868 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:45:15 +0000 Adira 1468868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm going to answer this from last week, before I started weaning.</p> <p><b>How old is your baby?</b> 12 months</p> <p><b>How often do you pump?</b> 3 times at work, twice at night (9:00 a.m., 12:00, 3:30, 6:30, 9:00 p.m.)</p> <p><b>How much do you get either per pumping session or the cumulative whole day of pumping?</b> 18 oz total</p> <p><b>How much and how often does your baby eat (per bottle)?</b> Xander nurses in the morning at 5:30/6:00 a.m., then gets three bottles of 6 oz at 9:00, 12:30, and 4:00. He also gets three meals of solids around 8:00, 11:30, and 5:30.</p> <p>---</p> <p>And let me answer this again for when Xander was around 4 months!</p> <p><b>How old is your baby?</b> 4 months</p> <p><b>How often do you pump?</b> 2 times at work, once in the morning (6:00 a.m. immediately after nursing, 11:00, 3:30)</p> <p><b>How much do you get either per pumping session or the cumulative whole day of pumping?</b> 15 oz total</p> <p><b>How much and how often does your baby eat (per bottle)?</b> Xander nurses in the morning at 5:30 a.m., then gets three bottles of 5 oz at 9:00, 12:00, and 3:00. Then he nurses around 5:30/6:00 and does a dreamfeed at 9:00 p.m. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beginning-to-think-about-pumping#post-1468796 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:25:12 +0000 catlady 1468796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is your baby? 5 months</p> <p>How often do you pump? 3 times per day at work (10am, 1pm, 4pm, give or take)</p> <p>How much do you get either per pumping session or the cumulative whole day of pumping? 6-8 oz in the first session, 3-4 oz in the later sessions. I get anywhere between 12 and 16 oz per day usually.</p> <p>How much and how often does your baby eat (per bottle)? LO gets 3 4oz bottles at daycare, and I always send in an extra 2 oz bottle just in case. Occasionally she drinks that one too. She nurses right before heading into daycare in the morning.</p> <p>Btw, in terms of how many oz per bottle and how many bottles, we played around with the amounts for awhile. She started off with 5 2oz bottles (she hated bottles initially!) and gradually moved up to fewer 4oz ones. I've tried sending 4.5 or 5oz bottles but she doesn't always finish them. So you may need to just follow your baby's lead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beginning-to-think-about-pumping#post-1468760 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:13:20 +0000 lawbee11 1468760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is your baby? 7 months</p> <p>How often do you pump? I leave for work before she wakes up in the morning, so I pump in the morning (around 6:15am) then I pump twice at work (once at 10:30 and once at 2:00). I nurse LO at 5:00 when we get home from daycare and again right before bed. </p> <p>How much do you get either per pumping session or the cumulative whole day of pumping? My first morning pump I get 7-8 oz, my first pump at work I get around 6-7 oz and my second pump at work I get 5 oz. So cumulatively I get about 18 oz/day. </p> <p>How much and how often does your baby eat (per bottle)? She gets a 4 oz bottle at 8/8:30. She gets 5 oz bottles at 11:30 and 2:30. I freeze whatever extra milk I have each day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beginning-to-think-about-pumping#post-1468751 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:08:12 +0000 lamariniere 1468751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you pump while away from your baby:</p> <p>How old is your baby?<br /> How often do you pump?<br /> How much do you get either per pumping session or the cumulative whole day of pumping?<br /> How much and how often does your baby eat (per bottle)?</p> <p>I'm trying to figure out how to handle my return to WAH when DD is just over 4 months. I will likely have a babysitter just mornings and I'm not yet sure if I want to have the baby brought to me for feedings or pump. </p>