https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:03:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-and-how-much#post-1696108 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:58:49 +0000 katsupgirl 1696108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went back to work when she was 7 months. She took about 12-16 ounces a day. I pumped 3 times at work and had to user stash to make up the difference. I was lucky if I got 15 ounces pumped. I rarely pumped at home though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-and-how-much#post-1695489 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:16:51 +0000 NeekieRose 1695489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 7.5 months and she is taking between 10-15 oz per day and eating quite a bit of solids (we are doing BLW, she has been eating solids since 4.5 months). My typical schedule is:</p> <p>5am-nurse<br /> 6:30am-pump at home<br /> 8am-solids for breakfast at daycare<br /> 9:30-5 oz bottle<br /> 11:00am-pump at work<br /> 11:30-solids for lunch at daycare<br /> 2:30-5 oz bottle<br /> 4pm-pump and work and LO has snack at daycare<br /> (sometimes she has the third bottle between 4:30-5:30)<br /> 6:00pm-solids for dinner<br /> 7:30pm-nurse<br /> 10pm-pump</p> <p>Like others have said, it totally depends on your baby and the first couple weeks will probably be a learning period! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-and-how-much#post-1695411 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:45:58 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1695411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I have about 8 oz in the freezer, but I am going to start pumping a few times a day before I start work so I have a little bit extra. The bottle boot camp idea is great.</p> <p>@lawbee11: good to know I'm not the only one gone so long</p> <p>@jetsa: I forgot about checking Kellymom. So 11-17 oz per day...</p> <p>@OldEnglandMama: LO is in the 95th percentiles, so she may eat a ton too! I guess we will find out. </p> <p>@catlady: did you start out on the higher end of what you thought? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-and-how-much#post-1695290 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:53:57 +0000 catlady 1695290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My baby just turned 8 months and she is at daycare from about 8:30 to 5:30 each day. I send in 14 oz total (3 bottles of 4 oz, and 1 bottle of 2 oz as "extra"). She usually takes 3 bottles but has recently needed the extra bottle more often. She usually nurses once before daycare, 1-2x in the evening, and once overnight.</p> <p>I pump 3x at work and I get anywhere from 10oz to 16oz total. I have not needed to supplement so far, although I may need to soon (or add an extra pumping session at home).</p> <p>When we first started, I just sent in what I thought would work and then gradually tweaked both the amount per bottle and the number of bottles based on feedback from the daycare teachers. Or as Adira mentioned, doing a test run would probably be super helpful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-and-how-much#post-1695219 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:31:11 +0000 OldEnglandMama 1695219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It really depends on the baby I think. Our LO eats 3-4 4oz bottles during an 8 hour day at day care - he's 3.5 months old. I nurse him right before we go, and as soon as we get home. I pump twice at work and get about 20 oz on average per day. So currently, we're freezing more than he consumes in a day. I assume his consumption will increase as he gets older. </p> <p>(I should add he's at or above the 97th percentile for height and weight so I guess that takes lots of calories!!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-and-how-much#post-1695065 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:42:41 +0000 Adira 1695065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In case a schedule would be helpful, this was us:</p> <p>5:30 - nurse<br /> 6:00 - pump<br /> 6:30 - leave for work<br /> 9:00 - Xander got a 5 oz bottle<br /> 11:00 - pump<br /> 12:00 - Xander got a 5 oz bottle<br /> 3:00 - pump and Xander got a 5 oz bottle<br /> 5:30 - nurse<br /> 6:00 - pump if I needed more </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-and-how-much#post-1695055 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:37:38 +0000 lawbee11 1695055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs.shinerbock: We have similar schedules. LO has pretty much always taken the same amount of BM (around 13-14 oz while I'm gone). I nurse her between 4-6, then DH gives her a 3-4 oz bottle when she wakes up (around 8/8:15). Then she gets 2 5oz bottles at daycare--one around 11:30 and one around 2:30. Then I nurse her as soon as we get home. Congrats on the job offer!</p> <p>ETA: I pump before leaving for work (she nurses on one side between 4-6am and I pump the other side), then twice at work (once at 10:30 and once at 2). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-and-how-much#post-1695054 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:37:33 +0000 jetsa 1695054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kellymom says an ounce-ounce and half per hour but it really just depends on the baby. This will just be trial and error most likely </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-and-how-much#post-1695046 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:34:23 +0000 Adira 1695046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you have any expressed milk already? If you do, I'd suggest doing a bottle bootcamp before going back to work. I wasn't sure of any of this when I returned to work, so the weekend before, I had Hubs feed Xander bottles while I pumped so that I would get an idea of how much he needed and how much I needed to pump to get that much!</p> <p>I think around 7 months, Xander was taking three 5oz bottles during the day (between 7:30 and 5:00) and I was pumping 3-4 times to get that much. I was also nursing in the morning before work and in the evenings as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-and-how-much#post-1695017 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:26:41 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1695017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just got a job offer and am going back to work in a little over a week (eek!) and need to figure out how to feed LO while she is with the nanny/daycare. I have no idea how much she eats/needs. </p> <p>LO is 7.5 months and has been mostly EBF on demand. She eats every 3-4 hours during the day. On the rare occasion that DH gives her a bottle, she takes it easily, but eats anywhere between 2-5 oz and it typically takes me 2 pumping sessions (after feeding LO) to get 4-5 oz. I usually feed her when she wakes up between 4-6 am, and I will be gone from 6:30 to 5:15 every day, so 3-4 feedings per day? We also do solids twice per day. </p> <p>I know I will probably get more from a pumping session if I don't feed her immediately before, but how much do I need? How much did/does your 7 month old eat and how many pumping sessions did you need to get that? </p>