Totally confused on how much BM to send to sitter. HELP!

[@llli*nolabear]

We start going to the sitter next week. LO will be 14 weeks. Here is the issue. He usually eats off one side at a time. I have a bit of overactive letdown and what I think may be oversupply? I have over 150 oz of BM stored up. I cannot go by how much milk i pump when double pumping bc that is usually like 9 oz. When DH gives a bottle we usually do 4 oz and do the paced feeding method. Baby doesnt seem overly hungry after but he rarely goes longer than 2 hours without eating. When I tell people i give him 4 oz bottles they act like this is starving my LO. I planned to send 3 4 oz bottles to sitter, but now i am second guessing that. PLease help me figure this out ..Im totally confused and I dont want to under or over feed my baby. Thanks

[@llli*mommal]

Rule of thumb is 1.5 oz of expressed milk per hour of separation. Babies will sometimes take more than that- particularly during growth spurts- and sometimes less. Three 4 oz bottles would total 12 oz of expressed milk, which would be just right for an 8 hour workday. You might want to consider leaving the same amount in smaller bottles, since that will lessen the chances of overfeeding. You could try sending 4 bottles of 3 oz a piece, which would be just right for a baby who eats every 2 hours. Or you could leave a lot of 2 oz bottles and some 1 oz "top-off" bottles.

People only think 4 oz bottles are small because they're used to formula-fed babies, who tend to take much larger amounts than breastfed babies do.

[@llli*nolabear]

Thank you so much for the specific advice.