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holy moly, STTN since 6 weeks?!?!? oh me oh my!!

The first thought when I looked at your schedule was, why are you nursing her 45 min after she has had a bottle? If I were you I'd skip the nursing since that takes the most time.

DS was STTN between 5-6 weeks old. At the time, he drank 8oz bottles (4x a day) on a very set schedule. He's now 7 months and still on the same schedule....

He starts his bedtime routine at 6:15pm...in bed and asleep by 7pm. He gets up anywhere between 7-730am. We don't wake him at night, and never did, at our docs recommendation. However, I will say, our son is a big dude and since he eats so much at once, can handle the whole 12 hours overnight just fine. He has his morning bottle at 8am.

If she can go without it, I'd skip the morning bottle.

Here's our schedule:

5:30 p.m. - nurse
7:30 - Xander's in bed, hopefully ASLEEP
9:00 - wake to nurse, back to bed by 9:30
SLEEP
5:00 a.m. - wake up - get ready for work
5:30 - wake up Xander to nurse, back to bed around 6:00
6:00 - pump for 30 minutes - I usually get 2-3 ounces
7:00 - Hubs gets Xander up and takes him to daycare

After Xander's first morning nursing session, he can usually go 4 hours before he eats again, so he doesn't get his first bottle at daycare until 9:00. Then he eats at 9:00, 12:00, and 3:00, 5oz bottles (though I suspect he doesn't need that much).

I think you could probably SKIP that first morning bottle, BUT your baby probably won't be able to get as much total if he's nursing after you pump. BUT keep in mind that babies are better at getting the milk out than a pump, so you'll be able to get more out TOTAL if your pump first, nurse after, but most of the milk be from your pump, so your baby might not be able to go as long before she's hungry again if your skip the bottle.

I would maybe just do the nursing session after pumping, but then send some extra milk with her to daycare in case she gets hungry earlier than normal.

I would totally skip the pump/bottle and just nurse her. If it works out you might be able to pump one side and nurse the other - this is what I do in the am.

I would totally skip the morning pump and just nurse her in the morning/no bottle.