preparing for daycare / pumping questions

TheAnalyticalMommy · February 2014

My LO is starting at daycare on april 14 (about 2.5 months old - he is currently 2 wks old).

When should I start pumping to prepare a stash for daycare and what is the best way to start without causing an over supply or engorgement?

Thanks!!

TheAnalyticalMommy · February 2014

Thanks so much for the aadvice!

TheAnalyticalMommy · February 2014

Thanks! Is it ok to combine milk I oump from seperate days if im only getting an oz?

InLovewSB · February 2014

My son would nurse in the morning and then have about a two hour nap. I usually snuck in a pumping session about an hour/30 min into his nap. I was usually more full in the morning time and could get about 3 oz, and I knew I could pump a few ounces and still have a good nursing session with him after he woke from his nap. I ended up with a small freezer stash before my first day back to work just pumping this one time a day.

eggmankate · February 2014

Following! I start working again next week. I have about 3 days of daycare worth saved up of milk. How many daycare days did you all have saved up before returning to work and was that enough?

hrshykis · February 2014

My DS just started daycare about 3 weeks ago and he was about 3 months old when he started. I was worried about the exact same thing. He is going to daycare for 9 hours a day and he eats 4 ounces every 3 hours. I send him to daycare with four, 4 ounce bottles and that seems to be fine. During the day while I'm at work, I try to pump both breasts twice a day and get about 4 ounces from each breast, each time. So basically I pump the same amount during the day that I send him to daycare with. I also BF him immediately before dropping him off at daycare in the morning.

I started pumping and freezing breast milk as soon as I got home from the hospital. I never had an issue with over supply or anything. I pumped once, maybe twice, a day in the early weeks and I breast fed all the other time. I felt like this was really beneficial because it really surprised me how quickly I went through that early frozen milk.

TheAnalyticalMommy · February 2014

Thank you! Once you start pumping do you need to remain xobsistabt? (Like every day ar exactly 3pn) or can the times vary like bursing? I cutrebtly nurse on demand and LOs demands are inconsistant. Also im worried I might pump abd theb LO will be hubgry as soon as I finish - what do I do then? Id ve "dry"

Thanks for all the advice!

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