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How much milk for 8 month old

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TheGirlAtTheRockShow · 26/02/2015 20:30

DD is 8 months old and breastfed. She's weaning and does eat well, but still has around 5 BF a day. Not sure how much is habit/comfort and how much is actual feeding! She hasn't had a bottle since before Christmas, so not even sure she will take one now.
Next week I'm going into work for KIT days, and parents are babysitting. I want to leave some expressed milk for them to give if DD wants it while I'm gone. My thoughts are that if she doesnt take a bottle she may take it from a sippy cup. Trouble is - I don't know how much she will need if she does want a feed! When I express I generally get around 4ozs, but I know it doesn't always correlate to how much baby is getting when they feed.
So how much does your 8 month old take if they have expressed milk?

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TheGirlAtTheRockShow · 27/02/2015 16:30

Can no one give me any idea?

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acattocatchat · 27/02/2015 21:49

Sorry, just saw this. My DD has always refused expressed milk from bottle or cup. I have had to leave her for days here and there from 7 months due to work obligations and she just hasn't had any milk while I've been gone, then has had a massive feed once I've got home. When I'm around, she breastfeeds a lot, like yours, but when I'm gone, she just ramps up her solids and water intake.

So, if I were you, I'd leave 8oz or so just in case she does really want it, but it may be that she gets through the day fine without.

TheGirlAtTheRockShow · 28/02/2015 08:39

Thank you for your response.
I'm hoping she will take milk while I'm gone, as I've heard babies can reverse cycle and be up in the night feeding a lot. I cant be up all night regularly as I have a safety critical job! She's done that before when she's just been distracted in the day and it nearly killed me! If she just has bigger feeds morning and evening thats fine.

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acattocatchat · 28/02/2015 22:33

Yes, that can happen - I think that's a comfort/reconnection thing as much as a needing milk thing though! Purely personal experience but that hasn't been a problem for us.

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