mLs per feed at 3 months
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Topic: mLs per feed at 3 months
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Subject: mLs per feed at 3 months
Date Posted: 11 July 2006 at 11:06am
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Heya,
A friend is starting back at work for a couple of hours at day and her babe will be around 3 months by then. She's wondering how much she should be expressing per feed. Katie is pretty small (6lbs when born) though she's been growing pretty quickly (3lbs in 2 weeks). So she either drinks a lot or Rach has super-milk. I suggested between 150-200mLs per feed... does this sound right? (I said I'd check on here and confirm  )
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Posted By: Anna
Date Posted: 11 July 2006 at 11:38am
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Back when Quinn was a wee bub and actually took a bottle (before he wised up!) I would express a small bottle full which was about 130ml. He probably could have done with a wee bit more cause he was usually looking around for a bit extra. ------------- Anna http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 11 July 2006 at 12:00pm
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Thanks Anna, I'll let Rachael know.
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 11 July 2006 at 1:19pm
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yeah it depends as BF babies sometimes only take a very small amount of milk. id say 150-200 would be on the high side. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 11 July 2006 at 6:59pm
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nikki... thats all bailey is having/wanting now!
id say 100 - 150 mls, however if is she unsure she could express more to be on the safe side.. eg/ an extra 50 mls to the side so then if bubs doesnt want it, it could be used next feed and not wasted Trish |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 11 July 2006 at 7:39pm
| Taine has 200mls of formula now at six months. At three he probably only had 100, or maybe 150 - he was a chubbalub. |
Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 11 July 2006 at 8:57pm
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Really depends on the bubba. I gave Blaire his first ever bottle tonight (just to see if he would take it) and he took 150ml & then went looking for more and he isn't quite 6 weeks old yet. ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 12 July 2006 at 2:08pm
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Yeah, I did want to estimate on the high side so that she wasn't left short. But at the same time, I suppose she'll figure it out soon enough. Especially if she does trial runs before she actually goes to work.
Cheers for your input ladies
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 14 July 2006 at 6:40pm
| I read somewhere around 150mls per kg a day and then divide that bout amount of feeds a day. But if shes still breast feeding at night it might be a bit hard to work out. |