Hellobee Boards

No advice, but jealous of the surplus!!

I'll be following, though, for when I can save/freeze some. I can't save any because we'll be in transit until July 15th.

On maternity leave, I froze everything immediately and used the oldest milk first (so I would cycle through my stash).

Once I went back to work, LO got half frozen and half fresh (that way LO got lots of fresh milk, but I also kept cycling through my stash).

In the beginning I think I had 2-3 ounces per bag. When I went back to work I did 4 ounce bags.

@softcream: I always have at least 10 oz in the fridge. I freeze in 6 oz. portions bc I'm cheap and don't want to buy more bags.. I bought the 300 ct. of Honeysuckle bags and don't plan on buying any more..

@autumnlove: the most I've put in a bag is 6.5, bc I'm too chicken and don't want to risk leaky bags! That being said, I can't see myself freezing in smaller portions than 6 oz. I think my goal is to pump to 1 year and then give 6-12 oz. every day til 18 mo. It's a big enough pain to freeze a few 6 oz bags.. I can't imagine tripling the work and the cost!

I think I'd keep enough for 1 or 2 supplements in the fridge, just to take some of the pressure off you in case you ever skip a post-feed pump.

For freezing the rest, I freeze 2oz and 3oz bags. Sometimes I just need a little extra milk to top off a fresh bottle, in which case I wouldn't want to have a big bag of frozen milk. And with 2oz and 3oz, you can make any size bottle by combining them. LO has gone from 2oz/3oz bottles to 4oz and now he'll take 7oz bottles - I have maximum flexibility with my frozen milk. Plus, the small bags of milk thaw really easily under the tap.