Hello! I have a 3 week old. I want to start introducing a bottle once a day at around 10pm as with my oldest son I found this helped him sleep longer and also it's nice for his dad to do it and then I can go to bed earlier. I've been collecting let down each time I feed (using a breast shell on the other breast) as I mean a lot, and have found I'm collecting up to 2oz per feed without having to express. Over the past 3 weeks I've managed to collect more than 100oz and generally put a 6oz bag in the freezer each day. I'd like to use this milk at the 10pm bottle feed... but as it's just let down is it nutritionally filling enough? I've read a lot about foremilk and hindmilk (aware of the debate they it's a myth but not as simple as that- the milk does change throughout a feed) and don't want to give my son any more problems (eg lactise overload) - he already has reflux...
Many thanks!
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Breastfeeding question- let down
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surreygirl1987 · 03/08/2020 07:09
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