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2nd time moms who pumped with first child- question!

sarbear2sarbear2
in May 2011 Moms

So when I go back to work in sept. I will be pumping. I was just curious- when you send milk to the babysitter, do you just send 1 bottle and then a small travel cooler with the breastmilk still in the pumping bags that they were frozen in?

This seems easiest to me so that way they can just rinse the bottle in between use and then fill with the breastmilk when needed. Is that how you did it or did you send lots of bottles already filled?

Edit- We will be using a daycare in someones home, not a center. Not sure if that matters or not?

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Re: 2nd time moms who pumped with first child- question!

  • Mrs.SaxyMrs.Saxy member
    I sent the bags of milk that I pumped in to.  I can't recall how many bottles I sent.
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  • sam2chrissam2chris
    I always pumped straight into the bottles, never used the bags, so I sent the bottles.
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  • Lisa FrankLisa Frank member

    Daycare regulations in my state require that I send individual bottles for each feeding. They cannot reuse the milk after the baby has fed on each bottle. With my DS, this meant that I would send 4-5 bottles with the amount of oz in each that I thought he would eat at each feeding. This also helped to cut down on wasting my pumped breastmilk.

    Check your daycare regulations.  

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  • ToBeMrsC6907ToBeMrsC6907
    When DS started daycare at 11 months, we had to premake and label bottles so all they had to do was heat it up.  Then they would leave the dirty bottles for me when I picked him up, and I would take them home and wash them.  No big deal.
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  • ksdodgeksdodge
    I always sent the milk in bottles.  I also numbered the bottles in case one needed to be used before the others.
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  • AnneShirleyBlytheAnneShirleyBlythe
    I sent the freezer bags to cut down on waste. I always got a lot of fat floating on the top of the milk (which most of us do) and shaking it up while cold doesn't always mix them in. They can't warm up the whole thing and put it back in the fridge (oh at least they shouldn't!) so individual bags worked much better. 
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  • IU_babyIU_baby member
    It depended on the day.  I usually sent frozen milk in bags on Mondays because I froze what I pumped on Fridays.  The rest of the week I usually sent fresh milk pumped the day before, already in bottles.
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  • ZTAsunshineZTAsunshine
    We sent the frozen milk in their bags- pre-measured with the serving size and about four bottles.  But we use a center not a home- the center was not allowed to re-use the bottles.
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  • Swimfly35Swimfly35

    I gave a couple of bottles to daycare to keep there, and then brought breastmilk bags. I had a pretty good stock of frozen breastmilk with the date I pumped written on it.

    I had the option to bring bottles each day, but with all the baby stuff you need to lug around, I went with the most minimal approach possible.

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