Breastfeeding and childcare

Hi, I've got a September baby and I'm just thinking about should I still give expressed milk to the childminder to give... all the formula parents are talking about switching to cows milk and I just don't know what the deal is with my situation. I'm at home with him for 2 days + weekend and will feed on demand as I've always done. Just wondering if anyone is in a similar situation and what they've done. The obvious answer to me is to just keep giving it and expressing at work... is that right??? 🙈 clueless!

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That was what I am planning to do. I thought it was best to express on the days I am at work, as I still plan to feed on my days at home and like you will have 4 days together.

Do what’s best for you. I don’t manage to express much milk anymore as I stopped using the pump. I work 3 days a week and nursery gives whole milk in a cup those days. I BF before and after nursery on them days and I BF on all the days I’m with baby. I don’t pump at work and I don’t get engorged boobs or any problems. We’ll continue to BF as long as baby wants to.

With my oldest (now 3) I pumped at work and gave expressed milk to Nursery to give him while he was there. He wasn't really interested so gave up giving it to him after a few months.
I'm now in the same situation with my youngest (just turned 1) she will feed from me when she wants on the 4 days I'm with her. The 3 I'm at work I express and leave some with nursery for her. She's not drank much yet, so I'll see how it goes.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do! X

I don't use childcare as such but my LO has days when family will have her as I work from home and don't get much done if I'm.at home by myself with her. I used to send her with expressed milk but recently she's just been having water and will feed from me when she gets home. She's 13 mths. I've stopped pumping as well now as I wasn't getting much, it isn't needed and I don't feel uncomfortable!

I don't pump anymore. One feed before work, one feed after work and night feeds. Will continue to do so until she doesn't want to, or I don't want to. She has some oat milk in nursery but doesn't drink much milk at all. She does drink water well when I'm not there too. When we're home together, I feed on demand and she feeds four times a day usually, if not more if she's ill/tired.

He is with my parents while I work but I don't send expressed milk anymore because he doesn't really drink it. I express once while at work, and freeze the milk. It'll be used sometimes, if for nothing else, for his baths 😅

I express when at work for when he's at nursery. He can't have cows milk so I have to keep going really, or else switch to a special formula which he doesn't particularly like, or one of the non dairy milks (we tried oat milk) which he also is not too keen on.

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