My original plan was to express at work and send EBM in with 8mo DS to nursery until he was 12 months old - I'll be returning to work full time in a week. As in all things, he hasn't read the script and, despite trying to enact this plan for the better part of three months, he will only take minuscule, disinterested sips of milk and nursery have been mixing some into his food. I send 5-6oz in with him every day, and I suspect most of it ends up down the sink.
I think the answer is yes, but can I just stop sending the milk in with him altogether (and thereby avoid the faff of expressing at work)? He feeds at least four times during the night, plus I give him a feed as soon as we get home. He eats piles of solids at nursery and they've said they'll give him an extra yoghurt during the day to make up for not having the EBM.
My second question is related to boob management, if it's OK to stop sending the milk in with him - I've got it down to one express a day at midday (as I was planning to express at lunch time at work) where I'd normally get out 6-10oz, so naturally my boobs are on the verge of exploding by this point. How do I drop this without ending up with mastitis? Just express a little off for comfort and use warm flannels until it adjusts?
Finally (sorry, almost done) he will want to feed during the day at the weekend, specifically nap times as boob is the only way I can get him to sleep. I'm not so much concerned as to whether the milk will be there (I know it will be), more how will I be on Monday? Will the two days of stimulation from a feeding baby mean I'll get engorged at the beginning of the week and need to tote my pump to work anyway?
Thanks for reading my ramble
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Advice on return to work BFing please?
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ElphabaTheGreen · 28/01/2013 20:26
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