How many bottles? And when to go to 9 oz?

NerdBride_D&D

How many bottles do you send for a full day of daycare?

And when did you start using 9 oz bottles? My mom thinks we should make a big bottle and put what he doesn't eat back in the fridge, because he is starting to eat 6 oz now (so that would leave 2 as a snack later). But he doesn't always eat 6 oz and I don't want to keep tossing the extra 2 oz - I just make him another 2 oz if he is still hungry. WDYT?

Kateysomething

I let DD's hunger lead me.  I'd make her 4, it wouldn't be enough. Sometimes I'd make 6, it'd be too much.

When she started STTN, I started offering her 8 oz bottles in the morning, because she would be going 12 hours at night and I thought she must be starving.  She polished them off, so we generally do an 8 oz bottle in the morning and 6 oz the rest of the day.

Myheart1297

I would just continue making the 6oz bottles and just send extra for them incase he is hungry. No sense in wasting formula if he's not going to drink it.

mego1111

We send 3-6 oz bottles.  Somedays he eats all three, some only 1 1/2.  It does seem like an awful waste of formula on the days he doesn't take that last bottle, but I want to make sure he has plenty for his 3 bottle days.

jenny dugo

I also do 8oz in the morning and 6oz the rest of the day.  If he ever wants more, I just give him 2 ounces more when he asks for it.  Formula is expensive.  Why waste it??  He is 95% of the time content with 6oz or less throughout the day.