02/04/2021
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Your breastmilk content changes throughout the day & night providing baby with some signals about the world around them. While baby is in utero, there’s not a lot of cues about nighttime vs daytime—but it’s possible that our breastmilk helps teach them something about their new world.
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Some research looked at this “Chrononutrition” or nutrition for our biological clock. One study published in 2013 in the Journal Of Biomedicine, found that morning breastmilk contains higher levels of cortisol & adrenaline—the wakefulness cues our own bodies use.
Since infants don’t make their own melatonin initially, our breastmilk provides them with both melatonin (the sleepytime hormone) and tryptophan, the precursor (or maker) of serotonin ( a feel good brain chemical).
Nutrition also changes throughout the day, with magnesium, zinc & potassium highest in the mornings, iron peaking around noon, vitamin E in the evening.
It also seems that immune components are higher in the day than at night, with antibodies & white blood cells showing up higher in studies samples.
If you’re a pumping momma, label your breastmilk with the time of day (as well as the date for food safety), to try to hack these natural changes.
Otherwise, feed on demand, as your tiny baby asks for it.
Your little one will slowly learn sleep & wake cycles with a little help from you!
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