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How much milk to offer?
Since realising enough was enough with the bfing I have been mix bottle feeding ds for the last week and a half, he is now 7+3 and takes anything between 4-6oz 120-180mls per feed. Now with the ff I'm happy to throw away what's left, but with his bottles of ebm I resent having to throw any. I've tried offering him less to start with but when he wants more he gets so worked up waiting for the second round it's a nightmare to settle him after.
What does anyone else do? Am I stuck with wasting?
The other thing if any of you ladies have some advice is he carries on trying to eat once he's clearly full or got wind. He'll keep on drinking but strech his whole body out start wriggling his fingers and moaning as he's eating but when I take the bottle off him he doesn't cry he screams like a banchee and throws himself back down. I think he's just a greedy guts, the couple of times I've let him carry on he's ended up being sick from over eating but otherwise I have to wrestle him into being burped
What does anyone else do? Am I stuck with wasting?
The other thing if any of you ladies have some advice is he carries on trying to eat once he's clearly full or got wind. He'll keep on drinking but strech his whole body out start wriggling his fingers and moaning as he's eating but when I take the bottle off him he doesn't cry he screams like a banchee and throws himself back down. I think he's just a greedy guts, the couple of times I've let him carry on he's ended up being sick from over eating but otherwise I have to wrestle him into being burped
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As regards the waste, I also resent wasting my EBM but he's so inconsistent with amounts it is sometimes inevitable. Again though, I have found using the dummy settles him enough most of the time to either wait for a new bottle or realise he's had enough. Now you don't have to worry about latching dummy could work for you, although havng said that Lucas now latches better than he ever did when I first tried BF and he's had a dummy since 2 weeks!
HTH
Hxx
You do wish sometimes you could just tell them how silly they're being and them understand!!!
Hopefully it's just a phase!!!
Here's a great link about storage of BM for further information:-
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/milkstorage.html
Please don't throw it away, it's far too precious xx
What do you do, cool it and add to make up a bottle or offer it separately so leftovers then new bottle next feed? x
As you will have seen from the page, you can keep BM at room temperature for a while, so I tend to leave it at room temp until the next feed. Then again I am only feeding expressed milk and not BF'ing, so it's never more than 4 hours in between feeds. If I know it's going to be a while before being used, then I'd pop it in the fridge and warm it to room temperature in a jug of warm water.
HTH xx