Night feeds
Hi mummies! I am trying to feed my baby bm as frequent as I can, however for night feedings, say I need to use the bm in the fridge as I am pumping at a later timing, however it takes time to warm up the bm as well which is impossible for a crying baby to wait, so in the end prepare formula (which is faster). How do u feed your baby bm during the night?
Hallo! For me during the first month i was pumping just enough for baby so instead of putting it in the fridge, i left it sitting in the air con room as i unds that bm can be left in 22-26deg temp for up to 4 hours if untouched. So it wont be fridge-like cold. For eg, if baby is drinking every 3 hours i try to time: Pump at 8pm, baby drinks at 10-11pm; then pump at 11pm, baby drinks ard 2am ~ But that is because I had a nanny to help feed while i pumped. Besides it’s good to pump every 3 hours to keep the supply up so you’ll be awake anyway ... ? But if i cld turn back time, would rather DL! But whats your hubs concern over DL taking too long? Is he waking up to accompany you or..?
Read moreu can see if baby will take cold milk, there’s no proven differences/benefits between hot & cold milk except taste haha. also see if baby will take pacifier, i give my lo pacifier(soothie type, mimics bottle teat) while i heat up the milk, works for a few mins before she realises and starts fussing, i’ll just offer the pacifier again till the milk is done.
Read moreOk thanks mummy! :)
Does your baby wake up at fixed intervals/timings? If so, you can wake up slightly earlier to prepare (up to 1hr before). Or one parent can go in to calm baby down and change the diaper to buy some time, while the other parent warms the milk.
Can your husband wake up and warm the milk then? 😁 Rather than him waking up to calm baby down for 10 minutes while you run to the kitchen. If he can wake up earlier, that saves everybody the distress. I mean, you have to wake up an extra time later on to pump, so you’re already so tired. And he’s the one that doesn’t want you to latch.. heh.
bm in the day(more feeds), fm at night(fm more filling for babies so they sleep longer) . lesser wakes for baby and more time for you to do wtv you need. at night its like only few feedings so should be ok to give fm
so he wont cry so much, needing to wait for bm milk to heat up
Would you consider latching baby for night feeds instead of pumping? We co-sleep so it'll just take seconds to latch her, and i use the side lying position so i can rest too
Yes definitely, especially if you co-sleep with your baby. Literally just pull up the shirt and bra, then nipple in baby's mouth, and doze off haha. My baby feeds almost 2hourly at night so with this i get to rest. But do read up on safe co sleeping
Sorry I don’t understand Why can’t u latch directly at night instead of pumping or pump after latching Rather than inconveniencing with warm up of milk or formula.
Have spoken to him before but he disagrees..he also kept feeding LO bottle only when he is away, I try to bf LO but realised LO became lazy to bf cuz it's easier to get milk out from bottle..ever since nanny left, he is the one looking after baby day and night.
I usually pump in the day and latch at night easier. Dream feed best both can restm
Consider latching while the bm is being warmed
usually try to co-sleep bf on our sides
I can try dream feed
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