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i would leave two bottles of 4 oz each. she's not used to the bottle so she probably wouldn't drink much more than that in one feeding, esp since she's so young?

i leave olive for 5 hours at a time max. i usually nurse her before i leave, so she only needs one bottle while i'm gone and i nurse her as soon as i get back.

she doesn't drink much while i'm gone (3 oz at the most), and that's ok since i'm not gone too long.

if you nurse right before you leave, 2 bottles should be enough. if it's freshly pumped milk, your mom can keep it at room temp so that it's ready to go instead of having to heat it. also if olive doesn't finish a bottle, i just have them try to give it to her in an hour or so so that it doesn't go to waste!

@Mrs. Bee: I do the same, nurse right before I leave and I usually leave 6oz frozen, and also maybe 3-4oz thawed in a bottle. But he's never gone through that much in a night. You just never know! sometimes he does comfort nurse for an hour, although generally he drinks 4-5oz in one feeding (but he's older than Sienna).
I think as long as you have the milk frozen too you should be fine! It doesn't take THAT long to thaw milk

@HabesBabe: i went to a wedding when olive was 3 weeks old, and i took my double electric pump with me! i let the bride know ahead of time so i could use the bridal suite to pump.

now that olive is older i'm fine going longer stretches without pumping, but in the early weeks you get so engorged, i had to take my pump with me.

@HabesBabe: Take a nursing cover, put batteries in your pump (most pumps have this) and just do it during the performance under the cover.

@brownie: Yeah, I have a Medela PiS, so I think I'll bring it along... prob won't pump at my seat during the concert, but I'll go somewhere away from the action.