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[quote=Anonymous]The amount your nanny is feeding the baby doesn't seem crazy if the baby is just nursing twice per day.  Babies will typically eat 24-32 ounces per day, and it should eventually reduce a bit as the baby eats more solids.  As someone else mentioned, the baby often can extract more milk than the pump, so the amount you pump may not be representative of how much the baby typically eats during the day.  How many times are you pumping during your work day and for how long?  If you want to exclusively feed breast milk, you may need to add a pumping session or pump for longer.  For example, if you are pumping for 15 minutes, increasing to 20-25 minutes will likely lead to another let down and more milk per session.  You could also try replacing your pump tubes, valves, membranes, etc., which could lead to more effective pumping.  And it's totally fine to supplement with formula - pumping while working is hard!

With that said, some anecdata from my own experiences - one baby drank 14-16 ounces of milk from 9-5 and nursed once in the morning, immediately after work, and again before bed.  That baby never really took in more than 24-26 ounces per day.  My next baby drank about 18 ounces from 9-5, nursed once in the morning, once before bed, and often once more overnight, and took in more like 28-32 ounces per day.  For both, I was only able to pump enough milk if I pumped 3 times during the work day and once more before I went to bed.  I was able to make it work because I had a work set up that made it easy (private office with mini fridge), but it was still really hard.[/quote]

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