Tried giving LO extra milk last night before bed bc I feel like my supply is low from illness. He gobbled it up but had his worst night ever - wide awake and hard to put back down after eating and then up more than ever. The milk was pumped in the morning... I know it has pick me up qualities then. So could it be that I should only give morning milk in the morning?? Or is it just a coincidence??
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I think it's a coincidence. I only pump in the morning and have never had a problem.
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Probably a coincidence. Perhaps he was having some tummy issues from being more full that usual and trying to sleep?
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I think it's just coincidence! Maybe more gassy from the extra milk?
I hope you get some sleep today/night mama!
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I also think it's a coincidence. LO always gets morning milk at night.
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@purrpletulips: I thought about that but he wasn't gassy and actually wanted to eat an extra time
DH sent me this article http://www.news-medical.net/news/20091003/Breast-milk-should-not-be-stored-and-fed-later.aspx but it looks like y'all aren't having the same experiences and "real life" mamas are more accurate than studies
I guess I'll just chalk it up to coincidence and soldier on!
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I've heard about that study too and did worry about it for my lo who was in the NICU, but the nurses said it's not that big of deal. And he sleeps well. It is possible that your baby is more sensitive than others?
It kind of makes me angry for the researcher to say this:
"It is a mistake for the mother to express the milk at a certain time and then store it and feed it to the baby at a different time"
I think it's ideal to feed the baby with milk produced right then, but so many people are unable to do that.
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I think it is a coincidence.
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Most of my pumping is done in the morning and most of the milk given to my LO is in the evening right now. It has never been an issue.
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Morning milk & evening milk both have compositions that help wake up (morning) &/or relax (evening) so it definitely could, especially if bebe is used to getting am/pm milk at their coinciding times.
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i can't say that article rings true for me, because we have a few times given L a bottle at night and he was konked out after! and i always pump in the morning. i have a stash building that is primarily "morning" milk.
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