Not able to pump as much milk as nanny is feeding - what to do?

[Anonymous]

You can either find a way to produce more (are you drinking enough water and eating well? Could you add another pump in somewhere even if it is after work?) or decide to supplement with formula. Either is totally fine. To clarify, since you've gotten some bad advice here, nanny should never "top off" a bottle of breast milk with formula or prepare any kind of blend of the two, because if baby doesn't finish it you are wasting breast milk and because the storage rules for breastmilk and formula are different. Instead, have nanny serve baby breastmilk and if baby still seems hungry, nanny can offer an extra 2 oz of formula.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can either find a way to produce more (are you drinking enough water and eating well? Could you add another pump in somewhere even if it is after work?) or decide to supplement with formula. Either is totally fine. To clarify, since you've gotten some bad advice here, nanny should never "top off" a bottle of breast milk with formula or prepare any kind of blend of the two, because if baby doesn't finish it you are wasting breast milk and because the storage rules for breastmilk and formula are different. Instead, have nanny serve baby breastmilk and if baby still seems hungry, nanny can offer an extra 2 oz of formula.

A " top off" of formula is exactly what you described to do if baby is still hungry. Thanks for the " good" advice caption obvious.

[Anonymous]

How long is your commute? I also pumpef to and from work. Never touched my freezer supply until my baby naturally weaned at about 11mos old and at that point i barreled through the feeezer. My commute is 30min and id be so relazed pumping, that would give me 6oz each way and then of course at work id get a few more ozs, not unusual for me to go home with 20oz. Never has to do formula and quite often had ro throw milk away that the nanny couldn't use.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can either find a way to produce more (are you drinking enough water and eating well? Could you add another pump in somewhere even if it is after work?) or decide to supplement with formula. Either is totally fine. To clarify, since you've gotten some bad advice here, nanny should never "top off" a bottle of breast milk with formula or prepare any kind of blend of the two, because if baby doesn't finish it you are wasting breast milk and because the storage rules for breastmilk and formula are different. Instead, have nanny serve baby breastmilk and if baby still seems hungry, nanny can offer an extra 2 oz of formula.

A " top off" of formula is exactly what you described to do if baby is still hungry. Thanks for the " good" advice caption obvious.

Good advice is both accurate (which your post was) and clearly communicated (which yours was not). No need to get snippy because someone clarified. I work primarily with new parents and I know many would interpret the phrase "top it off" as topping the bottle off by adding formula to meet X amount vs. topping the baby off by offering a second bottle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How long is your commute? I also pumpef to and from work. Never touched my freezer supply until my baby naturally weaned at about 11mos old and at that point i barreled through the feeezer. My commute is 30min and id be so relazed pumping, that would give me 6oz each way and then of course at work id get a few more ozs, not unusual for me to go home with 20oz. Never has to do formula and quite often had ro throw milk away that the nanny couldn't use.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long is your commute? I also pumpef to and from work. Never touched my freezer supply until my baby naturally weaned at about 11mos old and at that point i barreled through the feeezer. My commute is 30min and id be so relazed pumping, that would give me 6oz each way and then of course at work id get a few more ozs, not unusual for me to go home with 20oz. Never has to do formula and quite often had ro throw milk away that the nanny couldn't use.

I can't even.
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What's wrong with this post? I had an MB who pumped 50oz a day ( baby never latched). She would easily get 20-30oz during my 10 hour work day.

[Anonymous]

I had a problem with breastfeeding too. And the pediatrician recommended feeding the baby with hipp dutch infant formula, which I had heard a lot about before. I have absolutely no regrets about the choice, as now my child is healthy, smart and cheerful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a problem with breastfeeding too. And the pediatrician recommended feeding the baby with hipp dutch infant formula, which I had heard a lot about before. I have absolutely no regrets about the choice, as now my child is healthy, smart and cheerful.

The OPs baby is about 6 now. But thanks for resurrecting a really old thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have been back at work for 2 weeks. I am pumping about 11 ounces a day and the nanny is feeding my baby about 14 ounces a day, using my freezer stash (which will soon be gone). I am gone for about 9 hours so I think 11 ounces should be enough. Is it reasonable to ask the nanny to only feed 11 ounces per day, plus a little puréed solids? Or is this unfair to both my baby (who may be left hungry), and my nanny (who may be left with a cranky baby)? I am trying to pump more often at work but it is kind of a pain to pump every hour to get more milk. The baby is 6 months old and I really like breastfeeding and would like to continue. Any suggestions from nannies or MBs who have been there would be appreciated.

Are you crazy,? If your child is drinking ,14 oz during the day from he needs it! He is 6 months old and it is growing. By now he should also be eating other food. Stop starving your child because you freezer stash is being used for it's intended purpose: to feed your child! Pump more or switch to formula.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Start adding a pump session in the a.m. or evening. Watch nanny feed DC and see if she isn't overfeeding or using feeding to keep baby quiet when not hungry.

And find a BF forum. Won't get much help here.

Do not do this. I greatly regret the weeks I spent pumping SEVEN times/day trying futilely to make enough milk when I returned to work. Very grateful my nanny was sensible enough to tell me baby needed an extra bottle and I was sensible enough to listen to her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have been back at work for 2 weeks. I am pumping about 11 ounces a day and the nanny is feeding my baby about 14 ounces a day, using my freezer stash (which will soon be gone). I am gone for about 9 hours so I think 11 ounces should be enough. Is it reasonable to ask the nanny to only feed 11 ounces per day, plus a little puréed solids? Or is this unfair to both my baby (who may be left hungry), and my nanny (who may be left with a cranky baby)? I am trying to pump more often at work but it is kind of a pain to pump every hour to get more milk. The baby is 6 months old and I really like breastfeeding and would like to continue. Any suggestions from nannies or MBs who have been there would be appreciated.

Are you crazy?! Your child is hungry and you are blaming the nanny and want to starve you child? What is wrong with you,!

Agree. My baby took 16 oz in 9 hrs at 6 months and he wasn’t even that big an eater. 11 oz over 9 hrs is basically asking the nanny to starve the baby.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long is your commute? I also pumpef to and from work. Never touched my freezer supply until my baby naturally weaned at about 11mos old and at that point i barreled through the feeezer. My commute is 30min and id be so relazed pumping, that would give me 6oz each way and then of course at work id get a few more ozs, not unusual for me to go home with 20oz. Never has to do formula and quite often had ro throw milk away that the nanny couldn't use.

I can't even.
What?
Troll?

What's wrong with this post? I had an MB who pumped 50oz a day ( baby never latched). She would easily get 20-30oz during my 10 hour work day.

I assume that if OP can only get 11 oz now, she’s very unlikely to get 20 no matter what she does. And the yeild is going to go down, not up. I could only get even 14 ounces at the very beginning and only from pumping so much it really was untenable to continue. And it went downhill from there. Women are not cows.