I am starting to think about returning to work in 4 short weeks and want to continue to BF at night and will pump during the day. LO will be 8 weeks old and is currently EBF on demand and I supplement with 0.5-0.75 oz of pumped milk because he had difficulty gaining weight (had a tongue tie). Starting out how much do you give and how often? I am currently pumping and saving it in 2 oz servings but I am wondering if I should be saving in larger portions? You ladies who have been there how did it go? We just have this BF thing down and I am a little nervous about the transition!
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I returned to work when DD was 8w old and froze milk in 2oz servings. If I remember correctly (it's been just about 2 1/2 years) I started sending DD to daycare with 3oz bottles and then just monitored how much she was eating and adjusted the bottle amounts based on that. I don't recall every sending bottles with more than 5oz and that was when she was close to a year and not taking bottles as often.
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I returned to work when my son was 12 weeks old and he was drinking 5oz every 3 hours. I remember talking to my pediatrician about it and they told me how many ounces he was supposed to be getting in a day and I tried to divide that by how many feelings he usually got in a whole day to start out. I also usually pumped around 5 oz so I figured that it made sense to start there. I was really nervous about the transition back to work so I understand how you are feeling. I hope it goes well!
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I returned to work when she was 6 weeks. She takes different amount depending on time of day. Usually first bottle of the day she takes 4oz then the rest usually 3oz. They feed her every 3 hours at daycare.
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M takes 5oz bottles every 3 hours give or take a half hour.
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DD was 12 weeks when she started daycare and I sent her with 4 3oz bottles each day. (She didn't always take the 4 bottle) She quickly started to need 3.5 oz in each bottle and then 4oz... And she's been holding steady st 4 4oz bottles plus purees (she's now 7.5 months).
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Liv was EBF and I went back after 12 weeks. She was taking 3 7oz bottles consistently at first (from about 8am to 4pm) then went down to 2 when she started solids at 6.5 months. It vety gradually declined from there. She took those 2 until about 10 to 11 months when she weaned herself from bottles. We still nurse morning and night and at nap times now at 13 months
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She started back at daycare at 12 weeks and our time was very similar to @BabyBoecksMom:
3-6 months - 3-4 three ounce bottles (between 12-16 ounces total) and nursed 4-5 times
6-9 months - 3 four ounce bottles (12 ounces)
9-12 months - 2 five ounce bottles -
Thanks everyone for your input! Working on building my stash now. I seem to only get between 2-2.5 oz when I pump so the idea of being able to give 15 oz or so a day while I am at work is a little daunting right now. Hopefully I will be able to pump more when I am not nursing him during the day : /
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@Amelieisme: are you drinking tons of water? Waiting for a second letdown?
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