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Infant feeding

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How much EBM at nursery?

6 replies

mandymac · 11/01/2006 19:50

My dd (6.5 months) has just started nursery and I am expressing so she can have 2 x milk feeds while she is there (10.30am and 2.30pm). I am managing to express about 10oz a day at work in 2 sessions, and hoped that this would be enough as I really don't want to start her on formula due to a family allergy history. She is also having 6-7 cubes of solids (veg or fruit) at 11.30am and 4-5 cubes at tea time.
Today, nursery gave her 5oz this morning and 7oz this pm, which they say she 'guzzled' down.
She is breastfed at 7am, 5pm, 6.30pm and 10pm in addition to the 2 feeds at nursery.
So.............am I ok to tell the nursery to only give her 5oz per feed, or should I be trying to pump more , or supplement with formula?????
Oh and she is being offered and taking a few oz of water during the day too.

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kiskidee · 11/01/2006 19:53

sounds like enough to me. my dd was having 3 5 oz bottles of ebm a day at that age and she is there from 8.30am when I feed her before I leave till 4.15pm when I pick her up and feed again. my dd wasn't doing much food either.

mZebra · 11/01/2006 19:55

At that age my kids wouldn't have had more than 2x5oz of milk/day. I suppose I'd stick with that rather than formuala for now.

Lua · 11/01/2006 19:55

silly question... but is your nursery giving her water?

It seems like she is having enough milk, but in the end only she can tell what she needs...My DD never drank more than 7 oz the whole day at this age. Ds drinks 12 and wants more...

Anyway, DS seems very thirsty when he eats. Maybe they can offer her some wate too,in caseis thirst instead of hunger?

popsycalindisguise · 11/01/2006 19:58

mine was having a 7oz bottle and a 5oz bottle during the day at that age
Sounds fine to me

mandymac · 11/01/2006 20:06

She is taking water after her solids and again mid afternoon.

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suzi2 · 11/01/2006 21:35

Sounds like a reasonable amount to me. DS (5 months) gets a a bottle of expressed milk every night and will always take what is offered (usually 6-8 oz) I often wonder that if I offered him a few pints he would take it all! I'm not sure when he would stop!

I guess as long as she is getting everything she wants in the evening etc then she'll be fine.

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