https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 21:43:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572549 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:44:18 +0000 petitenoisette 2572549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 13 months we dropped to two 4 oz bottles a day. I was very lucky that I could usually get enough just pumping once a day though sometimes would dip into my stash. </p> <p>Before that it was 3 bottles; we replaced the third bottle with breakfast at DC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572501 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:25:04 +0000 simplyfelicity 2572501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is the same age. Before summer break, I was sending 8 oz for 7am-3pm. Now that he is only going from 8am-12pm, so he has 4 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572378 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:54:25 +0000 Mommy Finger 2572378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was done pumping by then but I would send 2 4oz bottles from my stash. He ate 2 snacks and lunch while he was there too. I nurse morning and at night </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572373 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:49:28 +0000 LindsayInNY 2572373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: Yeah. Trying to figure out the best way to transition to cow's milk and/or away from daytime BM. TBD... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572367 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:42:01 +0000 Adira 2572367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: Well, I produced a decent amount extra for a long time with my second, so that definitely helped. With my first though, I pretty much pumped around the clock to have that much. It sucked, but I was paranoid about not sending enough! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572363 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:38:55 +0000 littlebittyhouse 2572363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You are all amazing! So good to know that 8-10oz seems to be right on track at this age! She has really been loving solids so between that and condensing to two pump sessions it explains the dip!</p> <p>@babypugs: I was really starting to sweat it - i pulled from the freezer yesterday which I hate to do because I don't have much of a stash! </p> <p>@catlady: Dairy intolerance here too. She is doing OK with cheese and yogurt it seems but we are skipping CM.</p> <p>@LindsayInNY: You're still sending 3 bottles a day? I am thinking I might just tie breastmilk to naps and give her water with lunch so...two 4 ounce bottles give or take....</p> <p>@Adira: WHOA! You're an insane milk maker! If I had a bigger freezer stash I would prob continue to send her 12oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572286 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:44:58 +0000 catomd00 2572286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 got 12oz until around 9 months or so and she started only eating 8-9oz and I started pumping less coincidentally, so I just sent what I pumped since she was doing well with BLW by that point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572270 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:36:13 +0000 Dahlia 2572270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is also 11.5 months. I was sending 10 ounces for a 6 hour day, but in the last week she has started to refuse to drink breast milk at daycare (we've tried bottle, sippy, straw, and regular cup). When she's home with me she'll still nurse every 3 hours though. I'm trying to decide if I should keep pumping in case she starts drinking it again, or taper off and try another type of milk or just solids and water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572249 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:27:26 +0000 Truth Bombs 2572249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter did 3 four ounce bottles per day until she bottle weaned. But at 11.5 months I was starting to top off with whole cow's milk to start her transition and to help with my pumping deficit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572222 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:12:48 +0000 Adira 2572222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At that age, I was sending 18 oz (three 6 oz bottles). I was down to nursing only once or twice a day and they were eating three meals + snacks.</p> <p>I don't know that they needed 18 oz during the day, but I had a decent freezer stash, so that's what I sent, and they drank it all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572218 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:10:50 +0000 PawPrints 2572218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't recall number of ounces but I think at that point I was just sending whatever I pumped the previous day, and not dipping into the freezer stash at all. It's normal for your output and LO's consumption to taper off as she approaches 12 months and is eating more solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572093 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:51:44 +0000 LindsayInNY 2572093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD will be one on Saturday. We've done 3 4oz bottles since she started daycare at 3 months. They were staggered around meals but when she moved to her current room at the beginning of the month, they started serving them with solids. I pick and choose my battles and since she's mostly drinking them, this is one I pass on. I'm also pumping less and cut down to 2 sessions when the supply dipped with 3 pumping sessions. I've mostly been getting the same amount with just 2 but it varies. If I pump less, sometimes she gets 3 1/2 oz bottles instead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572082 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:42:36 +0000 hellobeeboston 2572082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my LO is almost 9 months - and I only send in between 8-10oz of breastmilk (that's all i get from 3x pumping a day)... but we supplement, as needed, with formula, and he has two "meals" a day at school of oatmeal &amp; yogurt mixed with a fruit or veg. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572078 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:39:24 +0000 catlady 2572078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to always send 12 oz (in 3 bottles) and one small 2 oz bottle as extra just in case. At that age, I started pump weaning and we were given the green light from our pedi to slowly start mixing BM with hemp milk (my LO had a dairy/soy sensitivity). So she was getting the same volume of milk total, but I dropped the % of BM each week. By 12.5 months, it was 100% hemp milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572074 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:35:10 +0000 babypugs 2572074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I still sent about 15 ounces. I was pumping like 6-7 ounces a day in 4 sessions at the end, so I was relying heavily on frozen milk and really sweating it. Looking back, she rarely drank it all and was eating solids, so I'm sure she would have been fine with way less. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572066 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:30:48 +0000 Rescuemom10 2572066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh boy its hard to recall. I think when DD was that age I was sending around 10oz a day. But I don't think she was actually using all 10 oz at Daycare. I was dipping into my freezer stash by that point though too. My production dropped off bad around 10 months and DD refused to nurse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-much-breastmilk-do-you-send-for-your-older-baby#post-2572060 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:25:25 +0000 littlebittyhouse 2572060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have an 11.5mo who I am nursing - up until last week I was able to pump 11-12 oz a day and I'd send that with her to daycare. This week I am at a steady 9oz likely due to the fact that I dropped down to two pumping sessions. </p> <p>Going forward I am just going to send her whatever I pumped the day before but I am curious about other breast milk babies that are around the same age/older!</p> <p>She gets breakfast/lunch + 4oz breastmilk/dinner and her 2 'snacks' which are 4oz bottles. We also nurse on demand when we're together. </p>