How much to put in a bedtime bottle?

[Buzzer Beater]

If you had to leave DH and LO (11 months) with a bedtime bottle, how much would you put in there?

All she's really had before is little 2 oz bottles to tide her over until I can get home to nurse, the longest I have been away is 2 hours. So just wondering how much she would need if I have to miss her bedtime.

TIA

[YayJennie]

When my son was 11 months old, he would easily take a 7-8 oz bottle before bed.  Every baby is different, but I would put 8 ozs in just to be safe.  Better to have too much than too little.

[Buzzer Beater]

Holy cow that seems like alot! It's hard to imagine my boobs make that much. Well off to dig out a big bottle.

[Altair]

I don't know if the PP is talking about formula or BM, but I found that my EBF baby never needed more than 4 oz in a bottle his entire first year. 

[PatioGardener]

How about leaving milk for 2 bottles of 4 oz each, and then if your little one only takes 4 oz you can keep the other 4 oz for later?

disclaimer: My DS has never had a bottle, so I really have no idea. Just watching out for your precious pumped milk!

[new2this]

I would freeze two 4oz bags. And then prepare one before leaving and leave instructions on preparing the second one if needed. When DD was BF she never took more then 4 oz. 

[Erin77]

My seven month old EBF son takes 6 oz of pumped milk at bedtime if his dad puts him to bed. 

[Buzzer Beater]

Well she took about 3 1/2 ounces out of four. I nursed her about an hour and a half later when I got home and she nursed well. DH said she went down happy as a clam.

[YayJennie]

Wow my kids must be piggies!  My 5 month old will gulp down a 6 oz bottle no problem, and like I said my son was taking 7-8 ozs by 11 months.  Both were/are exclusively breast fed.  Just big eaters I guess!

[~Adorkable~]

heck my 3 month old will nurse 4.5-5 oz at times, yours are not the only big eaters!

[Greenlea]

My DS was on formula at 11 mths after having weaned at 10 mths.  He got a nighttime bottle every night and never got more than 4 oz.  Well, I should say he never needed more than 4oz.  After that he'd fall right asleep just fine.

I think its harder to tell with an EBF baby though.  My 6mth old now gets 3oz bottles when he's at the sitter.  But I nurse him to bed.  If I were to leave him with his dad for bedtime, I'd probably just leave 3-4 oz bottle.

[anjsmama]

I always store my EBM in 3 oz bags so that if DD needs more she gets it, but like a PP said, guarding my precious milk! Weird how different babies are with bottles.... My DD nurses about 3 - 4 oz from a breast typically every 1 1/2 hours (no wonder she's  almost 14 lbs  at 3 months ). I left 30 oz (10 3 oz bags) with her for my first day of work just to be safe... and while I was gone for 10 hours she only drank 12 oz! 

[JudiAU]

He is ebf?  Four oz should be fine. Max of five oz, ever, of bm.