Any EPers Here?

agytay

I EBF and will be away from my LO for a few days. Although he has no problems taking a bottle, I am trying to get a better idea of how much milk to leave behind. For those that EP, can you please let me know how much you leave for your LO for each feeding? I assume that I should leave more for morning feedings than for afternoon.

I know that each child is different, but I just wanted to get some ideas.

Many thanks! 

lyzabeth

Right now, my LO drinks about 26 oz a day with all the food she gets, so that's about how much I would leave per day.But if you LO isn't doing much with solids, I'd leave more.

annha

I pump for daycare (and nurse the rest - 1x morning, 2x evening). She eats 3 7oz (!!) bottles + solids at day care and has since she was 12 weeks (well, solids only since 6 mo). We've tried giving smaller bottles but she's wasn't having it. She's also always been pretty small for her age, so weight doesn't necessarily correlate with how much she eats. I can only pump about 4 oz per session, so I've had to pump 4x day plus 1x each day on the weekends to even come close to keeping up with her. I don't mean to scare you, but I think my child's a special case and wanted to give my input.

cbrinker517

I would calculate how much she eats from a bottle (since all babies are different), multiply that by how many times she eats in a day, and then add enough for a couple of extra bottles just incase. 

IE. Baby eats 3oz a serving.  Eats 10 times a day.  Leave 36oz a day.

Hope that made sense.

If feeding solids I would leave twice as much that you normally give a day.

Better safe than sorry.

LifetimeOfLove

annha:

I pump for daycare (and nurse the rest - 1x morning, 2x evening). She eats 3 7oz (!!) bottles + solids at day care and has since she was 12 weeks (well, solids only since 6 mo). We've tried giving smaller bottles but she's wasn't having it. She's also always been pretty small for her age, so weight doesn't necessarily correlate with how much she eats. I can only pump about 4 oz per session, so I've had to pump 4x day plus 1x each day on the weekends to even come close to keeping up with her. I don't mean to scare you, but I think my child's a special case and wanted to give my input.

This exactly!!!!! I had a nice stash in the freezer since I started pumping at 2 weeks and I had an oversupply. My supply has tanked to the point that it isn't even worth pumping. To make matters worse, I had to go on antibiotics and couldn't BF for 9 days!!!!! I completely chewed through my freezer stash and had to supplement with formula. Since I can't keep up with DS, I decided to start weening. I'm down to only BF first thing in the morning.

bride2be8108

I nurse when with her 1x in the AM and 2x in the PM but while away I leave 3 5oz btls and some days she drinks them all and some days she only drinks 13 oz or so.  She is not that into solids but we keep offering througjout the day.