Bottle suggestions? How to skip a night pump?

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So this post has multiple questions...
I have been exclusively pumping since I left the hospital. My daughter is a slow eater, mostly because she falls asleep during almost every feed... 
When she was only eating 1 or 1.5 oz it was bearable, but the doctor recommended we bump it up to 2 oz (she is 2 weeks old) because she only gained .5 oz last week. She is tiny 5lbs 9 oz so she doesn't have any weight that we can afford to lose😬
Problem is that it takes forever, especially at night. It just took me an hour to feed her 2 oz. I change her before, make sure she doesn't have a blanket on, use a damp washcloth, nothing keeps her awake!!! Also she appears like she's sucking and swallowing and then she will just spit it all out! 
So after I've just fed her for an hour, then I have to pump! It's insane and it's making me want to quit. I have been up now for an hour and a half just for a feeding and pumping session. At this rate I'm never going to sleep!!!
So my questions are, does anyone have bottle suggestions for slow eaters or weak suckers/swallowers? 
Also, can I skip nighttime pumps? How can I start to so my boobs don't overfill and get infected? I can't continue to feed for an hour and pump for 20 ply minutes after... I'm so overwhelmed!!!

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I should add we are using tommee tippee with the ultra slow flow nipples

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Have you tried pumping whilst you're feeding? I realised I was up almost 2 hours at a time by the time I'd done everything so started putting my son in the feeding cushion on the bed, feeding him with one hand and holding my pump with the other. He was a slow feeder as well and it meant I could pump before he was even finished his bottle. It also actually helped him go back to sleep better as he wasn't wanting to be held all of the time.

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my daughter does the same thing with tommee tippee bottles and she's almost 6 months. in her early wks she did best wth kiinde twist bottles and it made my life so much easier for pumping and only having to wash nipples and not entire bottles. every week will get better. all of us EPers have been where you are right now and know exactly how hard it is. I fell asleep pumping so many times when I still had to pump at night. and I would go through the night even when I shouldn't have. If you have a great supply I'd try to catch up on sleep for a night or two at least. you WILL leak all over the bed and wake up soaked. one morning I was so out of it I thought I peed the bed (I was soaked down to my hips 😨) but you will have to pump first thing in the morning and pump as late at night as you can. if it causes a big drop in supply (or you notice any symptoms of clogged ducts or mastitis), you'll have to pick back up pumping through the night. as for feeding her at night, do you turn the lights on? My daughter was extremely sleepy as a newborn too (but mostly due to jaundice has your daughter been checked for that? I couldn't actually tell how yellow she was at the time so don't blame yourself if you've missed the signs) do a cool washcloth as you have been, feed by a light so she's not as cozy and comfortable.. actually I had to feed my daughter by holding the back of her neck instead of cradling her in my arms in the beginning just so she wouldn't immediately pass out. keep tickling her ears or neck or chin or cheeks. and if you can, have someone take over if only for one night. I was so sleep deprived in the very beginning tgat I actually started to hallucinate. my husband took over for just one night and I felt way more equipped to handle my mommy duties after that. And just try to remember that this will all be a distant memory before you know it. 💕

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Maybe you need a nipple with a faster flow. I had to use a Dr. Browns size 2 from almost the beginning because my daughter has a weak suck due to a cleft palate. We started with size 1 and she was taking too long and not gaining weight so the doctor told us to switch. If they take too long to eat they burn too much energy and it sort of negates the feeding.

I'm also an exclusive pumper. Now at 20 weeks I'm down to four 30min pump sessions a day. I do 6am, 12pm, 6pm, 10pm so I don't have to get up in the night. I slowly worked down from 8 to 6 to 5 pumps to get here. I was told that no matter how many times you pump a day make sure your minutes total to 120 and you should be fine. I don't even really leak in the night anymore. I'm making about 36oz a day.

Hope this helps!

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When I pumped i did every 3 hours ie 3/6/9/12/3/6/9, I changed it to pump final at 9pm then again at 3am. I pumped a bit longer at 9pm to really empty them and then longer at 3am. They will be super full and you may leak through clothes but the extra sleep was needed. Maybe try a different bottle brand, we use avent, our guy hated the tommee tippee they always seemed too fast

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