Now, why would you need 8 oz bottles? This may be a really ignorant question, but I just wrote a handout for our patients explaining that if their 5 month old baby (who according to the current research takes on average 25-30 oz of milk from the breast in 24 hours) is being given 15-20 oz of breastmilk at day care, it's no wonder the mother can't pump enough -- and it's not just because of autocrine/endocrine control of production! I tell them to prepare bottles of around 2.5 to 3.5 oz, and try to get the caregiver to give the bottle s - l - o - w - l - y so the baby actually gets to figure out he's full before he's distended his tummy with 5.5 oz. I'd love to know what others recommend and have good success with. This started when a mom called and said her pumping ability wasn't matching baby's needs any more -- I was starting to give her the autocrine/endocrine spiel (in different words) when she said sth that got my attention and I said "*how* much is he getting at day care?" -- and it was 4 or 5 5-oz bottles. Not hungry any more when she came to fetch him -- surprise surprise! Now he contentedly takes about three 3-oz bottles, greets her with his old eagerness, and nurses all night! I'm not sure if she is completely thrilled, but it did work. She can pump what he takes when they're apart. Elise LLLL, IBCLC New Hampshire, USA At 12:02 AM 5/27/2005, you wrote: >the only problem is the case that holds the bottles (with the blue ice pack) >can only hold the 4 oz bottles. so while you can pump into a 8 oz bottle, >not while you are at work (or out in general) unless you have something else >to store and transport the milk in. > >Felicia Henry *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html