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Situation 1:  
Even if it does affect your supply, you have to sleep.  Anyone who tells you that you have to wake up at night *while your baby is sleeping* in order to pump does not have your best interest at heart.

Situation 2:  I wouldn’t pump during the day if you are already feeding him every 2 hours.  You probably aren’t pumping much with such a tiny baby anyway.  It hardly seems worth it.

Situation 3: I held all of my kids a lot and put them in a swing, took them on walks, or put them in a bouncer to sleep.  You have to stop doing most of that by the time they are 4-5 months old because they start to roll over and pull themselves out of it.  None of my kids had trouble transitioning to their stationary crib after that.

Situation 4:  Routines are great.  You aren’t going to have much of a routine at 1 month old, though.  Most babies settle into a natural routine with two naps a day at around 4 months old.

Situation 5:  If you are going back to work or you want to be able to leave your baby in someone else’s care for more than a couple of hours, then you have to let them get used to a bottle. Not doing so is a recipe for disaster.

That being said, I think you are making life too difficult if you are both building a freezer stash AND supplementing.  Nurse your baby now or have someone else feed pumped milk from a bottle, and use more formula when you go back to work.

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Situation 1: I pump once after the first morning feed for about 10 minutes while he eats on the other side. I get 3-4 ounces. I also collect some in the Hakkas while I feed on the other side. I bag about 8oz a day from that.

I’ve only give a couple of bottles but it’s been great to be able to supplement with a bottle of pumped milk so I can get some sleep.

Situation 4: We are talking about making a bedtime routine. That’s pretty much it for the routine right now.[/quote]

You’re supplementing with pumped milk?  I would have someone give a bottle every day.

I did a bedtime routine with my first and not with my second.  (After that, the routines revolved around older kids.). All of my kids were great sleepers.  The routine didn’t matter.    [/quote]

It’s happened a couple of times where I was tired and DH gave a bottle of pumped milk so I could sleep longer. It’s not a regular occurrence but he has no problem taking a bottle so far.

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Make it a regular occurrence.  [/quote]

How regular? [/quote]

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