How much breastmilk to give in bottle

I EBF but I’m going to work soon and need to express and give my baby a bottle. I have no idea how many oz he drinks from the breast so idk how much to offer him in the bottle. He’s 6 weeks and will be 8 weeks when I go to work.

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I would 3-4oz. Breastmilk stays good for way longer than what's stated. Never throw away breastmilk in a bottle. Just smell it and if it smells good still its good for baby to drink. You can also have the person put the bottle back in the fridge if they havent finished it yet. Ive noticed my breastmilk stays good for up to 8 hours+ without refrigeration.

I’d start off with around 120ml and monitor hunger cues, if you don’t already make sure to use a slow flow teat and pace feed as breastfed babies are used to working hard for their milk from the breast and can easily overfeed from a bottle.

There are some good breast milk storage guidelines on the NHS website, personally I wouldn’t reuse milk from the bottle my baby’s drunk from, so I’d start off in smaller amounts and go from there. 🩷

https://www.nhs.uk/baby/breastfeeding-and-bottle-feeding/breastfeeding/expressing-breast-milk/

1 hour is fine dose baby take bottles? Make sure you check anf work on this before you go back to work my little girl took a bottle early on shes now 9 weeks and cant take one at all she just chokes, I pumped for appointments as i couldnt take baby I took more then needed just incase

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