Combi feeding HELP!

Ive been doing the pitcher method and keeping each days milk in the fridge for 4 days and freezing it after that if there's any left! I found my milk production and how much she wanted varied each day so would just see how i would go each day with milk usage etc.

It's hard to tell how much to give so I would suggest giving it in small amounts and then burping in between, you can always add more! That way you won't waste milk too as it has to be drank within the hour once babies mouth has touched the milk in the bottle. It can be used for the bath but I would rather use it for feeds where I can!

Hope that helps 😊

I've just been pumping about 3oz whilst my husband gives her a bath at the moment, we only really started adding a bottle this week (because I don't want to add extra sessions in and have an over supply), then he's been feeding her the bottle. I'm also not sure how much though because she is ebf, I've just been playing it by ear she only had like 1 and 1/2 Oz the other day when she'd already fed before her bath but she had about 3oz when she hadn't, it's a guessing game 🙈 I have a little bit in the freezer in 2oz portions that I had pumped when my milk supply was still regulating and I needed some relief so I can always defrost a little extra if she's still hungry but I haven't had to do that yet.

Hi, here to share some advice. There are so many factors you need to account for, however the high level :

1. I'm assuming the baby is between 6-10 weeks old since we're in July babies
2. Babies take between 30-50 ml of breast milk for every hour since they last ate between 6-12 weeks of age.
3. If your baby last fed around 2h ago, start with 70 ml, there is a small loss as you can't feed the last drops in a bottle, you can add 20ml extra if you see your little one is still hungry.
4. Milk is good at room temperature (20-24 °C) for 4h, and 2h since the baby first touched the teat of the bottle (1h is for formula, not breast milk). Breastmilk is good in the fridge for 4 days and 6-12 months in the freezer.
5. Start pumping after your baby was breastfed, collect for max 5 minutes per breast. If you do that 3-4 times a day, you should have more than enough for a feed. You'll replace that bottle with pump from a missed feed and you keep recycling.

My baby is having 90ml before bed it makes her sleep longer just my experience. I don’t have a stash. To start I pumped two 90ml bottles then gave her one that night. Then pump 90ml or around that using the bottle from the night before giving her that night so I always have one extra just in case something comes up and I don’t have time to pump. This works for me but may not work for yours. For reference my baby is 7weeks