AM & PM milk

2 months postpartum and i am just finding out that people separate their pumped am & pm milk.... i read on google that pm milk contains melatonin which i also did not know... should i be separating my pumped milk by am & pm?? i'm a ftm so please give me some insight on this and if it actually makes a difference weather i separated them or not. TYYY 🫶🏼

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I haven’t with either of my children - I dont know if you need to tbh. My friend exclusively pumps & she pumps throughout the day into the same bottle
Until they are full & then transfers to bags & into freezer & baby doesnt seem bothered :)

Night milk is meant to make them sleepy.

I never did. It didn't seem to make a difference. I'm sure there is a slight difference in the amount of melatonin but I don't think it makes a huge difference. I don't think giving am milk at night is likely to wake you baby up like they've had a coffee. And I don't think giving pm milk in the day time is going to knock your baby out.

I'm sure it's there physiologically for good reason, but I don't think it's the be all and end all

Unless you’re exclusively pumping then I wouldn’t bother.
There will be a difference as daytime milk contains more serotonin and nighttime contains melatonin but if it’s extra work that you don’t have time for then don’t worry about it!

I started out separating it out with my first but then tried giving him whatever one and honestly I didn’t notice a difference in him waking up at night with the day milk or being extra sleepy during the day with the night milk. With my second I’m not worrying about separating any of it.

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