I'm having a bit of a worry about when I return to work in 5 weeks.
DS is almost 9m old and has four BF's a day.
My worry is that for two nights a week (possibly three) I won't be around for bedtime which DH will be doing. DS will take EBM from a bottle (only from DH) but my worry is that I'm not going to be able to pump off enough milk to facilitate this.
DS will be at a childminders for 2.5 days a week and will obviously need to drink whilst he's there but I just cannot see how I'm going to be able to express enough milk for this either.
This morning I sat trying to express for 15 minutes and I couldn't even get 20ml I just don't see how I can express enough volume to last DS three feeds a day (two whilst at the childminders and one at bedtime). I can't see how I can express enough to do this for 1 day a week, let alone three days.
I know DS can have water in the day (which he happily drinks from a beaker) but surely that isn't enough in terms of nutrition for 3 days a week?
He absolutely hates formula!!!! He won't even eat his beloved weetabix if there is formula on it.
My question is that although babies aren't supposed to have full fat milk as a drink until they're 1 year old, would it be acceptable for two nights a week to give a bottle of it before bed in the very likely absence of EBM?
Surely one bottle (typically about 4oz) of milk before bed is better than nothing? I can't see how just drinking water from the moment he wakes up until he goes to bed is the better option?
It will only be for 2-3 nights a week so not a regular occurrence and I would hope that for one of the nights I won't be there I would have built up enough of a stash of EBM over preceding days to at least manage one bedtime bottle of EBM.
DS will be almost 10m when I return to work.
Giving him 4oz of full fat milk before bed is no different to him having two bowls of weetabix a day. Why is it ok to give the milk with food but not ok as a one off stand alone drink in the midst of BF'ing? It doesn't make sense to me.
Do you think this be ok because otherwise I don't know what to do.
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Writerwannabe83 · 19/12/2014 09:33
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