Daughter staying out for the night

Long post incoming so terribly sorry 🙈

Hey ladies!

My nearly 7 month old is staying out for the night with my mum as a trial run before some upcoming events we have planned in the summer!

My daughter is EBF but will take a bottle when we have offered her one! And I’m just looking for advice to make the night as easy as possible for my mum!

We have plenty of milk available for her but I’m wondering how best to help set up so that night feeds aren’t too stressful!

With thawed breastmilk can this be left at room temp in a bottle if not been touched by baby if so how long? If not what’s the quickest way to get this warmed for her out of the fridge to avoid meltdowns?

How much are you offering your babies in a bottle? Before bed, and overnight feeds! She’s taken 4oz in bottles before but she’s always had me there available if she’s needed a top up or whatever? Is it better to have bigger bottles and then she can just take what she wants and leave the rest?

In terms of pumping, she has just started to do longer stretches again so only feeds 2 times in the night but does feed to sleep. Would you suggest I pump as normal for any bottles I know she’s going to have and then extra double pump before bed and in the morning to offset the feeds she has missed over night? Also would you suggest my mum tries to feed to sleep on the bottle as not to make the routine too disimilar to what we do at home?

I feel like I have so many more questions but conscious this post is already pretty long

Any advice and tips would be amazing!

Thank girls 🥰

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When mine stayed out and I was still EBF, I just based it on 1oz per hour but she was very much just feed on demand, I’d say mine now drinks a similar amount on formula and she has 5oz every 4 hours so you could suggest that?
Pumping wise, I would pump when feeds normally are if you can. If you’re out and about I wouldn’t worry about it too much just do it when you get back x

That’s exciting for you and a good idea re a trial run too.

Could you test the bottle theory at home first? E.g your partner put her to bed one night and give her a larger bottle of breast milk to see how she goes and whether she will feed to sleep on the bottle?

Will she have the thawed breast milk cold from the fridge or will she want it warmed up? You’ll just need to use a jug of warm water to warm it up as you don’t want to nuke it otherwise it will kill all the goof stuff. When I offer my daughter pumped milk, she thankfully will take it at any temp as just loves a bottle. I’ve been offering my daughter 7oz before bed and she downs it.

Pump at your normal feed times if you can. I have the same dilemma as going away next month for 3 nights and my daughter still feeds multiple times during the night 🫣. I think as long as you still pump regularly even just for a short period then you should be ok!

Hope you enjoy your upcoming events ☀️!

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