Have just begun to give DD, 9 weeks, a bottle of EBM at night before she goes to bed, to let my DH have some time with her, and me a break! I pump some milk in the mornings, and have some frozen too - question is, how much generally would you give in a bottle for an evening, about 8-9 pm, if she is feeding roughly every 2 - 3 hours during the day (has more in mornings, and currently cluster feeds in the evenings, with a fairly big gap in the middle of the day where she has a fairly long nap.) I am finding that if I put 4 or 5 ounces in a bottle, which is roughly what I can express in the morning before I get bored, she will not always take it all - although sometimes guzzles it and want more - if its just come from the fridge and been warmed up, do I then have to throw the rest away? or can I give it to her say up to an hour later? if so, does it go back in the fridge? I guess I cant warm it up again? Also, she will take it cold, doesn't seem that bothered about it being warm, is there a problem with this? would I then be able to take it from the fridge, give it to her, then put what she didn't take back in?
I know the rules about formula, using it within an hour etc, but no-one told me the rules for EBM - it just seems such a waste to throw it away. I have sniffed the milk when it was fresh to make sure I would know if it was 'on the turn' but I guess the most important thing is the warming/coolin down thing, as thats when bacteria could start to grow. It would be handy to know, as sometimes would like to take a bottle out with us, say if we have a long car journey for someone to be able to feed her in the car, but have no idea how to store it and when to throw it away! have taken it out with us in a cool bag, frozen, and defrosted to give to her, but again, sometimes each bag can have up to 6 ounces in it, and she wont have it all, so then I have to throw the rest I suppose?
Thanks all in advance...