MSE Newborn to 1 year Baby Club 1

ikkle87

Yep thats what i was asking chick, thanks. Might just make sure I express in 100ml amounts then, just don't want to waste valuable booby milk but not sure the best way to go about it x

sexymouse

Another option is to fill the bottle with 75ml and store the rest in a bottle in the fridge - this can be added to the next time you express to make up the right amount as long as you use it all up within 3 days. If he's still hungry, you can also give the milk straight from the fridge without warming it up, although it may give him hiccups if it's cold.

ikkle87

thanks hun, the 75ml/25ml was just hypothetical, cos I've only just started expressing I want to make sure he gets enough etc. Might just keep a note of how much he takes for each feed for the next few days x

EL.Smith

SM and Jedi - Thank you, both of the bottles of EBM I had in the fridge had about 3oz in so DW gave her one of those (I obviously took loads of pics of Teddy having her first bottle feed ). She seemed to still be hungry afterwards so I offered her boob and she fed for a few mins then promptly brought most of it up all over herself and me!

Ikkle If I were you I would do as you did in the hospital and store the milk in the fridge in slightly smaller volumes (eg. 50ml) and then you can always offer a second/third bottle if your LO is still hungry.

katiechoc_2

Glad it's not measles sunshine, hopefully your wee man will be back to normal tomorrow after giving you a fright!

Love the plate set Ro, I spotted these on Pinterest the other day and love it but its a bit ££ http://www.bygraziela.com/artikelliste-en/category/kinder_geschirr.html

I'm just giving the monster his last feed - been waking him up as I go to bed recently for a last feed and change, seems to have broken his 10.45pm wake up routine which is good. Then an early night for me as I'm pooped.

sunshine_1988

Thanks katie. Think I just make myself worry sometimes. Hope George sleeps well for you.

Hey ro everytime I see you on here its with a hukd link lol. You are such a good bargain hunter!!

Hope everyone is well. Think the dreaded cold is back in our household, OH sniffling and Aiden was snotty before bed too.....winter bugs

What will everyone do Christmas day? We usually go and see PIL morning, my dads for lunch and spend evening at my mum and stepdad but we want to be on our own for at least some of the day...its difficult as cant please everyone lol! Xx

fluffnutter

EL.Smith wrote: »

SM and Jedi - Thank you, both of the bottles of EBM I had in the fridge had about 3oz in so DW gave her one of those (I obviously took loads of pics of Teddy having her first bottle feed ). She seemed to still be hungry afterwards so I offered her boob and she fed for a few mins then promptly brought most of it up all over herself and me!

Yeah, Freddie's done that on occasion. I reckon it's because he's not actually still hungry after the bottle he just likes the soothing aspect of the booby, so he'll have a chomp for a few minutes. Because he's already full up, he brings it back again. Try cuddling Teddy after the bottle-feed for a while rather than offer her more milk - it's probably just taking her longer to settle.

In terms of how much expressed milk they'll take at each feed, someone did provide a useful link that explains how to calculate it. In summary, you divide 25oz by the number of feeds each day and that's how much they take at each feed (give or take a bit). I reckon 3oz is about right for a 1 - 6 month old breast-fed baby with a normal appetite.

Sammie_03

Morning all

Sunshine - not sure what we are doing for Christmas yet. Usually go to my mums for dinner/evening but have family time at home in the morning. The boys woke up at 4am last Christmas so it was a very long morning!! :eek:

Having a quiet day in today as I feel like poo again! Hope everyone else is ok and babies slept well
Xx

turtlemoose

There seem to be a lot of bugs about I'm feeling cr*ppy, I feel all weak and woozy all the time, like I'm wading through glue. Bah.

On a more positive note, just won a cosatto 3sixti for £10 on eBay!!!!!!!!!!! :j :j :j

Gillyx

Morning all, I think I'm finallystarting to feel better, thank God. Couldn't take any more of that.

Ikkle If you're going to be expressing exclusively, then I'd recommend getting an electric pump. You're going to be expressing 8-10 times a day, so that could make a big big difference. With an electric you're looking at maybe expressing between 15-30 minutes each time, I'm not sure how long that would take on a manual? I'm pretty sure you can hire them from the hospital or from the local HV so may be worth looking into it, it will be cheaper than formula anyway If you're expressing exclusively you want to be pumping as much as you can at each expressing session.

I managed to express exclusively for 3 weeks, but I gave up after that, the constant sterilising, expressing, feeding got too much for me in the end, so I admire anyone who does it.

Sunshine My Dad has just told me yesterday he is flying over for Christmas :j I am really happy he is coming, gets me out of going to PIL's and means we can spend our first Christmas as a family just us and I get to cook Christmas Dinner which I really enjoy doing. If my In-laws would like to call by at some point then I don't mind either, I don't think they're going to be very happy but they don't live close, think 30miles away and we don't have a car.

A is currently watching Mickey Mouse Club and shouting MUMUMUMUM at the screen, no idea which one I am?

Edit: Turtlemoose that is bloomin' brilliant what a bargain. Is it close to go collect?