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Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / December 2005How much to extract?
My 4 month old DD is finally after a long battle accepting the bottle with EBM, Yesterday for the first time she drank 4ounces but she seemed to be still be hungry after that. I breast feed her for another 10 minutes and she seemed satisfied. I have yet to be separated from her for more than an hour or two, since she would not take the bottle, but now that she is accepting it, I am reluctant to leaver because I do not know if the 4 ounces will be enough for her. 4 ounces is what I can normally extract at once, after that very little is pumped. I am curious to know how many ounces should a thriving 4 month old be driking at each feeding. Anybody know? Perhaps you could pump a couple times before you are planning to go out, so you have 8 oz on hand just in case. I can pump around 12oz in one session, even after feeding my daughter. But she's just 2 weeks old, so I'm assuming as she gets older her demand will go up and I'll have less leftover to pump. I guess I'm lucky because I have already built up a huge freezer supply in just the 2 weeks since she was born. I think we have over 300 ounces already in deep freeze! > My 4 month old DD is finally after a long battle accepting the bottle > with EBM, Yesterday for the first time she drank 4ounces but she [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I am curious to know how many ounces should a thriving 4 month old be > driking at each feeding. Anybody know? > Perhaps you could pump a couple times before you are planning to go out, > so you have 8 oz on hand just in case. I can pump around 12oz in one [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > freezer supply in just the 2 weeks since she was born. I think we have > over 300 ounces already in deep freeze! no no no no no, it doesn't work like that, when babies are first born you just produce gallons of the stuff, I only had to put the pump to my breast and not turned it on to start the flow at that stage, it won't continue like this, but it won't be because she will be eating more to the OP, normal feed for a 4mth old could be anything from 3-6oz, maybe even more, they make thos 9oz bottles and some ff babies are having 4 of those a day, I think it's rare for a bf baby to take more than 6oz from a bottle in one feed. Anne >> Perhaps you could pump a couple times before you are planning to go out, >> so you have 8 oz on hand just in case. I can pump around 12oz in one [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > and not turned it on to start the flow at that stage, it won't continue > like this, but it won't be because she will be eating more That's a relief. I thought milk production might keep up like this indefinitely. So when does it taper off? oregonchick skrev: >>>Perhaps you could pump a couple times before you are planning to go out, >>>so you have 8 oz on hand just in case. I can pump around 12oz in one [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > That's a relief. I thought milk production might keep up like this > indefinitely. So when does it taper off? About 8 to 12 weeks, at which point a lot of women give up BFing because they think they don't have enough milk, sadly. Your breast may feel less full and you may not feel so engorged - if at all. It's quite normal and it doesn't mean you don't have enough milk. Tine, Denmark > Perhaps you could pump a couple times before you are planning to go out, so > you have 8 oz on hand just in case. I can pump around 12oz in one session, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > just the 2 weeks since she was born. I think we have over 300 ounces > already in deep freeze! 300 ounces in 14 days? As in over 20 ounces/day? Holy cow! (And presumably you weren't pumping in the first day or so, so more like 25oz/day...) -- Emily DS1 5/02 DS2 9/05 >> Perhaps you could pump a couple times before you are planning to go out, >> so you have 8 oz on hand just in case. I can pump around 12oz in one [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > (And presumably you weren't pumping in the first day or so, so > more like 25oz/day...) Oh yeah... I thought I'd be going back to work so I started pumping at every feeding. She drinks around 2-3 oz at a time, so I have at least 6 oz extra about 8 times a day! I'm probably not going to go back to work so soon as I thought, but it's still nice to have this supply in the freezer. Betsy > Oh yeah... I thought I'd be going back to work so I started pumping at > every feeding. She drinks around 2-3 oz at a time, so I have at least 6 oz > extra about 8 times a day! I'm probably not going to go back to work so > soon as I thought, but it's still nice to have this supply in the freezer. That's great! You must be spending a lot of time cleaning pump parts, etc... Emily >> Oh yeah... I thought I'd be going back to work so I started pumping at >> every feeding. She drinks around 2-3 oz at a time, so I have at least 6 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > That's great! You must be spending a lot of time cleaning > pump parts, etc... Not really. The only pump part that has to be cleaned is the horn that goes over the breast, and I was told rinsing in hot water between uses and washing with soapy water once a day was adequate. And I have two, so I can alternate at night and only get up to wash it once. It's still easier (to me) than feeding formula was with my first daughter, and still gives me a break from breastfeeding at night when I'm so tired. When a nursing session takes anywhere from 20-30 minutes, and pumping is just 10 minutes, I still save time. Betsy > I am curious to know how many ounces should a thriving 4 month old be > driking at each feeding. Anybody know? I think 4-6 ounces is the norm. At least that is what mine drank :-) He never actually drank more at one setting then that. He started solids at 6mos.  SignatureNikki Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 Thing One and Thing Two :-) EDD 4/06 |
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