Pumping To Bottle Feed At Night

In a nutshell paced bottle feeding is an attempt to mimic the tempo and feel of breastfeeding while you bottle feed.

Pumping to bottle feed at night. At night i also did diaper changes at this point in case my baby fell asleep while eating then i quickly hooked myself up to pump and finished the feeding. The american academy of pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for six months with the addition of complementary foods continuting up to a year or longer as desired by mother and infant. There are some important basics to remember when pumping breast milk to bottle feed that could make the process work better for mom baby and caregiver. Exclusive pumping and bottle feeding.

Minimize the likelihood of your baby wanting you to give her a bottle instead of your breast during the day by letting her believe you only provide milk while others only provide formula suggests kidshealth. Use a bottle warmer to warm the milk with everything ready to go. Newborns typically nurse 8 12 times within a 24 hour period. Exclusive pumping is also called eping and breast milk feeding.

Pumping while putting baby to sleep. Exclusively pumping baby isn t nursing if your baby is having latching issues and you re solely pumping and bottle feeding i e exclusively pumping then you should be trying to match what a normal nursing baby would do at the breast. She gives the baby the first bottle of fresh milk for the first feed and at that time takes the other bottle out of the cooler allowing it to warm up before the baby s second feeding of the night 2. At the next feeding around 5 00 am get up and nurse that was six hours of uninterrupted sleep.

It is when you pump at regular times throughout the day to give your child your breast milk as their sole source of food and nutrition. Overall the average bf baby takes in between 19 and 30 oz or 570 900 ml per day 24 hrs but the amount taken per bottle may vary somewhat from feeding to feeding just as it does at the breast depending on baby s need at the time. If mom will be returning to work breast pumping and bottle feeding is the only option as she will be away from baby for extended times each day. Find someone else to feed the baby the bottles of formula at night if possible.

Breast fed infants tend to take longer up to a year of age. Your child may get your milk through a bottle a tube or another alternative feeding method. Then once the bottle was ready i fed him one ounce or so to take the edge off.