How much expressed milk to give?

[toomuchtooyoung]

This morning I expressed milk for the first time ready for DH to give the evening feed. I filled just under two of the Tommee Tippee 60ml pot holders you get with the manual pump

How much of this should I be giving dd? She's 11 days old, has been ebf, feeds for about 20-30 mins at a time every 2 hours and weighed just under 3 kg at birth

I've been giving 120ml (or trying to - he won't always take it) when i do an expressed feed for my ds since he's been born. He's 11 weeks now, think might have to start expressing more, but that should do you for a while i would think!

Some people say you shouldn't bottle feed before 6 weeks by the way, i wouldn't advise it but if you're going to do it anyway, thats what i'd give. I fed mine from a bottle right from the start, and it was fine for us, but i know it isn't for everyone.

Thanks for that, guess we'll give her the first 60ml to start with and see where we go from there. That's if she takes the bottle....

So much conflicting advise out there re introducing bottle, I'm going to try anyway if only that I might be able to get some sleep a few nights a week. I wondered if she needed more of the early morning nutrient rich/ satiating milk for the 10pm to 2 am stretch where she will feed for 10 mins and then fall asleep, then be awake 30 mins later for more

Kellymom has some good info on this.

It sounds like perfectly normal behaviour at that age. It's cluster feeding and can happen irrespective of the LO is fed. It's not to do with not getting enough nutrients, but is a need for closeness with you as well as nutrition. More info here.

I'd try co-sleeping and going to bed seriously early if you can. Even if you're not co-sleeping, feeding lying down is a lot more restful.