https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 17:36:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feedings-at-daycare#post-776455 Sun, 12 May 2013 15:40:02 +0000 yoursilverlining 776455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would just bring in some formula you can leave there, or i would send in an extra small bottle of the fortified breast milk. If your LO needs more, they can use some of the "extra" bottle, if your LO doesn't, you can just bring it home at the end of the night and feed it to your LO that evening. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feedings-at-daycare#post-776399 Sun, 12 May 2013 14:18:47 +0000 blackbird 776399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes E drinks all her breastmilk so fast and wails for more, but it's all portioned out and I don't want to waste any, so I mix up an ounce of formula and let her eat what she wants-I don't feel bad wasting half of it, but I would if it had breastmilk in it. I would definitely send some extra formula and once he's consistently eating more, I would send bigger bottles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feedings-at-daycare#post-776386 Sun, 12 May 2013 14:08:57 +0000 edelweiss 776386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>you could start out with the amount in the bottles that he usually takes and send the premixed formula bottles for just in case (the newborn premixed come in 2oz servings, so that might be a good option). then if you find that they are having to turn to the premixed a lot, you could put more into each bottle on a regular basis. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feedings-at-daycare#post-776325 Sun, 12 May 2013 12:42:40 +0000 T.H.O.U. 776325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would leave extra into ecru by for emergencies but let them know you should be sending enough daily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feedings-at-daycare#post-776255 Sun, 12 May 2013 11:24:54 +0000 lomom 776255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I EP so I have a good idea of how much LO eats at each feeding and how much I'll send to daycare each day, but occasionally, he eats his normal amount and then acts like he'd eat the bottle and my hand and anything else within arms' reach as well, so we offer him a little more, usually about a half ounce more. That satiates him and off to dreamland he goes. </p> <p>Because he's on fortified breast milk, anything he leaves in a bottle has to be tossed. Since its formula added to breast milk, if its heated up, it either gets eaten or thrown away. I'd hate for them to offer him another full bottle (say I send 3 bottles of 4oz each) and him only eat 1/2 an ounce and them toss 3.5 oz...</p> <p>Should I just make his bottles with the extra half ounce he occasionally wants/needs (its maybe once every other day he has a big feed) or send an extra bottle with just a spare ounce? Or maybe send a few of the premixed formula bottles, to be used in case of emergency? LO isn't a fan of formula but the premixed stuff could stay in his cubby for months and he'd always have something there if he needed a little extra at a feeding. </p> <p>I don't want him to go hungry but this fortified breast milk stuff gets tricky. It also has to be eaten within 24 hours of being mixed, so I can't just leave an extra bottle there. </p> <p>So complicated :-/ </p>