I know with breastfeeding you’re supposed to feed on demand, which is what I currently do with my 7 month old daughter...however I’m due to go back to work three days a week next month and trying to work out how many bottles she’ll need at nursery.
I currently feed her as follows:
6am wake up breastfeed
7:30am breakfast solids
8:30am quick breastfeed before first nap
10am - breastfeed after nap
11:30/12pm - lunch solids
1pm breastfeed before second nap
3pm breastfeed after nap
5pm dinner solids
6:30pm bedtime breastfeed
2-3 night feeds
I know I could probably merge the before and after nap feeds but it’s just an easier way of getting her down for a nap..she usually has a bigger feed when she wakes up.
She’ll be at nursery from 8am - 5pm ...do you think 2 bottles of expressed milk when she wakes up from each nap will be enough? I would really struggle to express more than this as have never been able to express large amounts. I was going to give her formula during the day but she has suspected cows milk allergy and the milk free formulas are vile so she won’t drink them (I wouldn’t!).