Pumping and bottles, calmly

General parent support only — not a diagnosis or treatment plan. For medical worries, contact your midwife, health visitor, GP, NHS 111, or emergency services.

Skim: log for hand-offs · amounts are optional · partners need “what’s ready,” not perfection

Log what the next person needs

Time, roughly how much, and milk type is usually enough. Skip fields that slow you down when the bottle is already warming.

Pumping isn’t a productivity contest

Sessions vary by time of day, stress, and how recently baby fed. Use the log to remember when you last pumped — not to grade yourself.

Share the fridge reality

If a partner handles nights, a clear last bottle and what’s left labelled in the fridge beats a long chat at shift change.

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