My baby is breastfed but I have started to express my milk with the intention of my partner giving baby bottles of my milk.
I’ve been told milk collected at night needs to be given at night and the same for the morning.
Is there any reason for this?
Is it the end of the world if on the odd occasion this doesn’t happen?
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I read it’s the fat/sugar content and the calories in the milk that change throughout the day (ie more fat at night to keep them asleep longer) but to be honest I express at different times of the day and mix them in the same container. So whatever I have from that day whether I expressed it at 8am or 8pm goes in the same bottle and it doesn’t seem to make much of a difference for my baby.

It’s to do with night milk having more sleepy stuff than morning milk, however I exclusively pump and combine my milk into larger containers for storage and there is absolutely no issue with my little guy and he was prem so the rules are a bit more strict!

Interesting, I didn't know of this fact/suggestion. I also mix mine that I store.
May I ask...when your partner feeds with bottle, do you pump at the same time to keep up supply? If so, is the point just that your partner bonds with baby?
A few times I've had someone else feed the baby at night so I could "rest" but it hardly worked because I still had to pump to avoid engorgement close to the time anyway.
I'm just trying to understand if I'm missing something.

I didnt know this untill my baby was around 5 weeks old, told the HV he was waking loads at night and she asked if I was giving night milk at night....I wasn't. I then swapped and it made such a difference in how long he was sleeping between feeds xx
hi Sophia so not always. Now my milk supply is fully established (10 weeks) I don’t get the engorgement or rock hard boobs that I used to 😅 previously as soon as I hit the 2 hour mark since a feed I would feel it. That’s no longer the case thankfully.
For example I planned to pump late this evening but was too tired and I’ve just fed my boy and it was fine. Generally I aim to pump during when I would feed him as this is best practice but I’m not going crazy with it as if defeats the purpose of a rest.
I should also add I’ve got the MomCozy 12 pro so for me if goes in my bra I don’t have to sit about and wait, I got about my business and 15 minutes later just pop it in a bottle or freezer bag.