How much EBM for 2 hours?

Tomorrow's the night of the symphony. DS is almost 5 months old and I will
be leaving him for about 2 hours with my dear friend. I plan to nurse him
right before we leave but will be leaving her with some EBM. So far I have
6oz pumped. That should be plenty right? Bear in mind he is 20lbs and
tends to nurse frequently in the evenings. I am, hoping that I will be able
to get him to sleep before I go but that may not happen...any words of
wisdom??? Should I pump more just to be safe?

TIA!

CY wrote:
Tomorrow's the night of the symphony. DS is almost 5 months old and I will
be leaving him for about 2 hours with my dear friend. I plan to nurse him
right before we leave but will be leaving her with some EBM. So far I have
6oz pumped. That should be plenty right? Bear in mind he is 20lbs and
tends to nurse frequently in the evenings. I am, hoping that I will be able
to get him to sleep before I go but that may not happen...any words of
wisdom??? Should I pump more just to be safe?


At the peak of my daughter's bottle taking (I was away
from her 8 hours a day then), when she liked the bottle,
she never took more than 4 ounces.

Heck, I bet he doesn't take any at all! 6 should be
more than enough.

Have fun!

Mary W.

"CY" wrote in message
Tomorrow's the night of the symphony. DS is almost 5 months old and I
will be leaving him for about 2 hours with my dear friend.

Good for you for getting out!! Have a great time.
--
Sue (mom to three girls)

should be, but I'd split it into 3 bottles, with the expectation that he
would take 2 at a feed and the 3rd was for emergencies, chances are that
even though he feeds lots in the evening he's taking the milk very slowly.
Ada can quite happily take a 6oz bottle in the morning, but usually only
after a 3+ hour gap.

Anne

CY wrote:
Tomorrow's the night of the symphony. DS is almost 5 months old and
I will be leaving him for about 2 hours with my dear friend. I plan
to nurse him right before we leave but will be leaving her with some
EBM. So far I have 6oz pumped. That should be plenty right? Bear
in mind he is 20lbs and tends to nurse frequently in the evenings. I
am, hoping that I will be able to get him to sleep before I go but
that may not happen...any words of wisdom??? Should I pump more just
to be safe?

6 ounces should be plenty. You can split it up into two bottles if you want
to save any of it. If not, she can just use the same bottle for 2 hours.
Have fun :-)!!

--
Nikki
Hunter 4/99
Luke 4/01
EDD 4/06

CY writes:
: Tomorrow's the night of the symphony. DS is almost 5 months old and I will
: be leaving him for about 2 hours with my dear friend. I plan to nurse him
: right before we leave but will be leaving her with some EBM. So far I have
: 6oz pumped. That should be plenty right? Bear in mind he is 20lbs and
: tends to nurse frequently in the evenings. I am, hoping that I will be able
: to get him to sleep before I go but that may not happen...any words of
: wisdom??? Should I pump more just to be safe?

: TIA!

I found that we never needed more than 4 oz in that situation. You may
also find that even though he is an avid nurser, he may be much less
willing to take that much from a bottle. That was the case with ours.
Is he experienced with drinking from a bottle?

Larry

He took about an ounce but he did it more for the novelty than anything I
think. He was a perfect angel and it was MUCH less stressful than I
expected, for everyone. DD was a very good girl too. We had a nice time,
though for the last 20 minutes or so, I was getting antsy (and
full!)...thanks for the help and advice, everyone...
"Mary W." wrote in message
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CY wrote:
Tomorrow's the night of the symphony. DS is almost 5 months old and I
will be leaving him for about 2 hours with my dear friend. I plan to
nurse him right before we leave but will be leaving her with some EBM.
So far I have 6oz pumped. That should be plenty right? Bear in mind he
is 20lbs and tends to nurse frequently in the evenings. I am, hoping that
I will be able to get him to sleep before I go but that may not
happen...any words of wisdom??? Should I pump more just to be safe?


At the peak of my daughter's bottle taking (I was away
from her 8 hours a day then), when she liked the bottle,
she never took more than 4 ounces.

Heck, I bet he doesn't take any at all! 6 should be
more than enough.

Have fun!

Mary W.

No, not at all - he has only ever had one or two other bottles and then only
took a sip or two. He can sip from a cup, so I assumed worse case scenrio
he'd do that. I nursed him right before I left him and he was totally
fine...
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CY writes:
: Tomorrow's the night of the symphony. DS is almost 5 months old and I
will
: be leaving him for about 2 hours with my dear friend. I plan to nurse
him
: right before we leave but will be leaving her with some EBM. So far I
have
: 6oz pumped. That should be plenty right? Bear in mind he is 20lbs and
: tends to nurse frequently in the evenings. I am, hoping that I will be
able
: to get him to sleep before I go but that may not happen...any words of
: wisdom??? Should I pump more just to be safe?

: TIA!

I found that we never needed more than 4 oz in that situation. You may
also find that even though he is an avid nurser, he may be much less
willing to take that much from a bottle. That was the case with ours.
Is he experienced with drinking from a bottle?

Larry