how many oz?

luckyme225 · Jul 3rd, 2008, 20:28 PM

I'm going back to work and I was wondering how many oz of breast milk should he get per bottle at 3+ months? Thanks

Margerle · Jul 3rd, 2008, 23:03 PM

As much as he'll eat in a sitting

just teasing... I would guess 6-9 oz I'd probably freeze in 4 ounce and 5 ounce increments and just have caregiver thaw 2 for a feed.

dizzy65 · Jul 3rd, 2008, 23:05 PM

as much as he wants to eat

luckyme225 · Jul 4th, 2008, 00:01 AM

Thanks! I'll start him off at 6oz every 2-3 hours and if he is still hungry I will increase it.

sam's mum · Jul 4th, 2008, 02:53 AM

At 3-4 months Sam had 6oz every 3 hours (I've only worked for 2 days though, but it seemed to be enough for him) x

Mango · Jul 9th, 2008, 07:54 AM

Your body is trained specifically for yor baby. How ever much you are abel to express during a missed feed, whether it be 4,5 or 6oz is exactly how much your baby will need.

On average my lil girl was drinking 4-5 oz per feed at 3 months and fed every 2-3 hours.

Lyns · Jul 9th, 2008, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Mango

[B]How ever much youa re abel to express during a missed feed, whether it be 4,5 or 6oz is exactly how much your baby will need.
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Thats sadly not necessarily always the case.....my little girl can 'drain' a boob far more efficiently than any breast pump ever, and I have worked with some mum's who have never been able to get anything by expressing but their babies are well fed and thriving on BM from the breast exclusively.

It is trial and error I'm afraid. I wold be expressing as much as I possibly can, and seeing what satisfies.

Would be good to have a couple of trials at home....perhaps with someone else feeding him/her before you actually go back.

Whilst each baby has individual needs, mine btw, at 3 months would drink about 180ml every 3 -3.5 hours if fed EBM, but was sleeping for 2 lots of 6 or 7 hours through the night by that time.

sam's mum · Jul 9th, 2008, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mango

Your body is trained specifically for yor baby. How ever much youa re abel to express during a missed feed, whether it be 4,5 or 6oz is exactly how much your baby will need.

On average my lil girl was drinking 4-5 oz per feed at 3 months and fed every 2-3 hours.

It's true that you will be producing the amount of milk that they need, but not everyone finds it easy to express - your baby is very efficient at getting the milk out, but some mums find they can only express a couple of ounces, while their baby would be drinking a lot more...and some can't express at all. In theory you should be able to express the right amount, but I always try to store slightly more than I think he'll need in each bottle, as sometimes he'll finish it and want more!

Also if you're building up a stock in advance, your baby will have grown and will probably be taking more milk than he was at the time you expressed it x

sam's mum · Jul 9th, 2008, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Lyns

Thats sadly not necessarily always the case.....my little girl can 'drain' a boob far more efficiently than any breast pump ever, and I have worked with some mum's who have never been able to get anything by expressing but their babies are well fed and thriving on BM from the breast exclusively.

It is trial and error I'm afraid. I wold be expressing as much as I possibly can, and seeing what satisfies.

Would be good to have a couple of trials at home....perhaps with someone else feeding him/her before you actually go back.

Whilst each baby has individual needs, mine btw, at 3 months would drink about 180ml every 3 -3.5 hours if fed EBM, but was sleeping for 2 lots of 6 or 7 hours through the night by that time.

Sorry Lyns...was typing when you posted that (slowly as I'm feeding Sam)...didn't mean to just repeat what you said! x

Lyns · Jul 9th, 2008, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by sam's mum

Sorry Lyns...was typing when you posted that (slowly as I'm feeding Sam)...didn't mean to just repeat what you said! x

lol! Great minds think alike huh?

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