Twiggy,
On the contrary, I find that latching on is more time consuming. I switched to 100% expressing cos' my boy is too attached to my breasts and wants to suckle every now and then that I dunno whether if he's hungry or suckle for comfort. Previously all my time is reserved to latch him and I can't do anything, I feel very tiring, so decided to try on pumping out the milk for him instead. This way, not only I can monitor the quantity he's drinking, I can also have the time to do other things. At night, I feed him with FM when there's no more EBM in the fridge.
Everyday I will express 4 times, starting from 7am and ends at 11pm, each time can yield about 100-170ml. Each session will take me less than 30mins. I still bond with the baby when I feed him by bottle, although the bond is still closer if we direct latch on lah.
RE: Warmer,
I intend to get a separate warmer too cos' find that the 3-in-1 Pigeon sterilizer (with warmer function) is very mafan if I want to switch from sterilizer to warmer, kinda regret buying it. Will go shopping once confinement is over! Yeah!