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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are going to continue breastmilk bottles once you return to work, [b]you need to start to build a bigger stash.[/b] So pump after feedings and freeze. DH can use some of it now, but you need a good amount in the freezer.

The more you share the routine, preferences, etc, the more you become a family of 3. Even if you go out to dinner or take a walk together, let DH be responsible for the baby.[/quote]

That makes no sense.  You pump what you need for the next day.  You only need to get ahead by ONE day.  Don't start freezing milk now, it only lasts a few months in the freezer.  [/quote]

I don't know anyone who EBF and WOH that only had a day's worth of milk in the freezer.  Maybe I know outliers, but that seems very risky.  Anyway, OP should be pumping to introduce the baby to drinking from a bottle before it's an imperative, at a minimum.  This will also open an opportunity for her DH to take over a feed and get her a longer stretch of sleep. (DP)[/quote]

I had no stash except a few bottles the first day i went back to work. We acclimated DS to a bottle using formula, first mixed with breast milk, then straight. At daycare, he ate what I pumped the day before, plus one bottle of formula.[/quote]

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