I do 3oz bags (and have since the beginning). DD started daycare at 9 weeks and took 3oz bottles, so it worked well at that point. Even at (almost) 6 months old, she's now taking 3.5oz bottles. So if I need to use frozen milk (or if I just want to rotate some out), I'll use a bag and then add half an ounce of fresh milk from what's in the fridge. I pretty much keep up perfectly with her feeding though, and only freeze 9-12 ounces every 2-3 weeks.
I usually put in whatever I pumped in a session. I also was ok with feeding and then putting the bottle back in the fridge if there was a little left, which I know not everyone would do.
January 2009: Goodbye TR (13 weeks)
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I'm not sure what an "xp" pumper is, but in case I fall in that category:
I initially made 3oz bags because that is about how much she would take in a bottle at a time. Now she takes 2 morning 5oz bottles, and a smaller one in the afternoon. So, now I freeze both 5oz and whatever other size I happen to have pumped.
I'm now considering buying the covered ice cube trays to freeze some 1-oz portions to keep at daycare so they can warm up an occasional extra ounce. I was initially sending 3 5oz bottles and would have to throw out half of the afternoon one-- so I migth try sending 3oz bottle in the afternoon with a ziplock of frozen 1oz cubes they can use if she's extra hungry one day.
THough now that she goes to daycare every day, I rarely freeze-- I try to send fresh as much as possible and then rotate through 2-3 frozen bags per week to keep my stash fresh.
leasaj
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Re: Storage bags
I'm not sure what an "xp" pumper is, but in case I fall in that category:
I initially made 3oz bags because that is about how much she would take in a bottle at a time. Now she takes 2 morning 5oz bottles, and a smaller one in the afternoon. So, now I freeze both 5oz and whatever other size I happen to have pumped.
I'm now considering buying the covered ice cube trays to freeze some 1-oz portions to keep at daycare so they can warm up an occasional extra ounce. I was initially sending 3 5oz bottles and would have to throw out half of the afternoon one-- so I migth try sending 3oz bottle in the afternoon with a ziplock of frozen 1oz cubes they can use if she's extra hungry one day.
THough now that she goes to daycare every day, I rarely freeze-- I try to send fresh as much as possible and then rotate through 2-3 frozen bags per week to keep my stash fresh.