Working moms w/ 3 mo olds...

Re: Working moms w/ 3 mo olds...

• cupcake25

  January 2011

  LO is almost 3 months and I leave 5- 5 1/2 oz bottles for her. She eats 3 times while she is away from me (8 hours I am away from her). She seems pretty content. She's eating every 3-4 hours now. I also have bags of frozen milk that I leave with my day car provider in case she is starving for more. Can you add more pumping sessions in to increase your supply? Pump after LO nurses as well.
  

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• mesr

  January 2011

  when my dd was that age, i was gone for about 10 hours.  i nursed dd just before i left and as soon as i got home with her.  during the day, i left her at daycare with about 16-18 oz of breastmilk, and i also gave the daycare provider extra frozen bm in case dd got hungry.  the daycare provider often resorted to using the frozen milk.  by the time dd was 6 months old, i was leaving her with 22oz of milk a day.  that scaled back to 18oz by about a year.
  

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• aforst member

  January 2011

  LO is away from me for about 11 hours (7a-6p).  I pump at 6 a.m. and send whatever I get to daycare for them to feed him (he usually sleeps until it's time to leave).  On top of that bottle I send 3  5oz bottles for him to eat every 3 hours.  It seems to be enough for him.  I am pretty much pumping exactly 15oz in 3 pumping sessions at work.  I haven't had to supplement yet, but I'm just barely getting what I need.  I have some fenugreek on the way, so hopefully that will help.

  ETA: I leave about 10oz of frozen at daycare in case they need it above what I send. They haven't used it yet.

  

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• KRB8 member

  January 2011

  When DD was 3 months old, she took about three 4 ounce bottles of BM while I was at work (~9 hours apart). I BF right before taking her to daycare and first thing when I got home with her. I always send an extra 5 ounces to daycare just to be on the safe side.

  I have also pumped right before going to bed (after BFing DD) to get any little last bit out of me. There also have been a couple times when I woke up 2am to pump (DD was STTN already).

  Good luck! Definitely try some remedies to increase your supply (water, oatmeal, Fenugreek).

  
  
  
  Please keep your LOs RF as long as possible
  

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• mjcleve member

  January 2011

  DS always had three 4 oz bottles in a 9 hr timeframe.  I would feed him right before leaving for work and right when I got home.

  20 oz is a lot!  I would ask them why they think she "looks hungry for more."  Does she take a paci? 

  The best thing for your supply is a lot of nursing, so if you can get her to nurse more at home than she drinks at daycare that would be best (even if it means in the middle of the night).  She should be drinking about 20-30 oz a day total, so 20 oz in a 9 hr period leaves only 10 oz or less of nursing when with you.  I would really try to reverse that.  I know...easier said that done.

  Good luck!

  

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• sarahandeddiejune212008 member

  January 2011

  I went back to work when DD was 9 1/2 weeks old.  DH watches her at home, but she takes 3oz bottles.  She started out only taking 2 bottles a day, but DH has gotten her to take 3.  I am gone for 9 hours at a time, so she averages about an ounce and hour that I'm gone.  I do nurse her just before I leave and as soon as I get home.  She also tends to sleep from the time I leave until 9 or 10, which may factor into it as well.  I have milk in the freezer for DH if he needs it.  I pump between 9 and 12 oz in a day (5 pumping sessions), so I am just keeping up with her needs.

  

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