I'm leaving my 9.5 month old with OH for a half day this week (first time we'll have been apart!) and I plan on leaving him some expressed milk for her afternoon feed. I've no idea how much I need to express though. We had a practice just before Christmas and I managed to express 3.5 oz in one session and she drank 2 of them. That doesn't seem very much though, so presumably I need to do a few sessions to leave a bit more; but how much?
How much to express?
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Only just seen your post. I ebf and hoping to leave lo with parents for afternoon so ive started expressing, I was shocked at the fact that I managed to express 5 oz in one sitting! I was told by a breastfeeding peer supporters to have 7 oz ready for each feed but baby will take between 2 and 7.
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My lo is only 15 weeks and only just started sleeping through the night so admittedly this 5 oz was in the morning when was full. In the day I only manage 1 oz if that a time! Are you freezing your milk? If so how much do you tend to defrost for a feed? I can't bear the thought of defrosting a whole 7 oz for him to only have 2 then have to throw rest away...
I left LO with grandparents for a few hours and she drank 9oz of expressed milk between 8pm-11pm!!!
If you find you haven't left enough milk out and need to defrost more, you can defrost the milk in a jug of warm water you just need to heat it up once fully defrosted. xx
If you find you haven't left enough milk out and need to defrost more, you can defrost the milk in a jug of warm water you just need to heat it up once fully defrosted. xx
