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Offline lokloktang

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how much pumped breast milk per feed does a 4.5 month old need?
« on: March 03, 2010, 21:11:44 pm »
my lo is 20 weeks old and I've just tried using the bottle for the first time. How much milk should I feed her each feed?

Also, I can only pump at most 4 oz each time. If my lo needs more than 4 oz, can I mix two batches of pumped milk together? or should I finish one batch and then feed the second? or does it matter?

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Re: how much pumped breast milk per feed does a 4.5 month old need?
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2010, 22:13:04 pm »
I think my LO was taking 6oz of EBM at 5 months, he was a pretty big feeder though.

Yes you can definitely mix two batches of milk. It used to take me 3 pumping sessions to get two feeds.
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Re: how much pumped breast milk per feed does a 4.5 month old need?
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2010, 02:21:56 am »
Hi :) 

Kellymom.com has a great calculator to help you figure out how much expressed breastmilk your lo will need per feeding:  http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/milkcalc.html

And I agree with Anna, no problem mixing batches of milk to feed.  If you're storing mixed batches, just make sure you date from the oldest pumped milk :)
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