I will be starting back to work in a month 
My daughter will be 4 months old and I plan on pumping at work to keep up her breast milk and then breast feeding her at nigh. How much breast milk should I have saved up in the freezer for those just in case moments? I haven't used any of my 'valuable' freezer supply and worry about not having enough. Just curious about how much others have saved up. Thanks
I guess I better start pumping some more. I currently have 90oz…. any tips for pumping more, I already pump twice a day (once for the freezer and once for a bottle for my husband to feed her at night so I can get a little extra sleep:)
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1 Nina // Jul 18, 2008
If you are able to pump enough for the next day, just try to have enough for her growth spurts and also for any time you might be away from her (depending on how frequently that is). I remember being sooo happy when I finally had a good stash, only to find out I had excess lipase in my milk and it wasn't any good. She will probably have days where she eats less than normal and those are good times to fill up the freezer.
2 C N // Jul 18, 2008
as much as you can
she has had about 6 bottles so far. I always try to have some freshly expressed milk (in fridge for a day or less) for when I know she will be needing it. Later I will use pumped milk to mix her food with when we go to solids.
I breastfeed directly (3.5 months old) and I have about 150 oz stashed away, I am not so good on pumping every day
I'd rather have too much and waste some than not enough!
3 nmurugby08 // Jul 18, 2008
Freeze as much as possible, at 4 months she will start to need 8oz a feeding and you may not be able to pump that much. I go back to work in 6 weeks, but I try to freeze about 6 oz a day just to have. Also it depends how long you want her on breast milk and how many feedings you plan on having your daycare provider do. I would try to have at least 150-200 oz saved up.
4 soulwishfire_13 // Jul 18, 2008
This is merely my opinion on how I would figure how much to have on hand. If I need to bottle feed my daughter my pumped milk I generally like to have double the amount she needs for the allotted time she will not be breastfeeding. So if you work 5 days a week I would have a 10 day supply as back up. But then again I'm really uptight about the possibility of my daughter ever using formula. I guess my reasoning would be that in case something happens to one day's supply you always have an additional day in back up. My husband has a horrible forgetful habit of leaving thawed milk out to spoil. :S he just gets wrapped up in taking care of our little one and forgets it, which is annoying but lord am I grateful for the time he takes to help care for her.
*Remember to rotate your milk stock*
5 MomKnowsBest // Jul 18, 2008
As much as you can.
Your breast milk has a whole lot of goodness in it for your little one, especially the milk you produce earlier on. it helps build their immune system. Let's say your daughter gets sick in the winter. Bring out some of your frozen stash from now and help her build up her immune system again.