Tips on night time feeds (bottle edition!)🍼🍼

Hey ladies! In need of some advice please 🥹My baby is currently combination fed and at night I breastfeed her if she wakes, however I have noticed that she wakes every 2-3 hours hungry.. clearly the breast milk isn’t satisfying her🤦🏾‍♀️

I want to try and bottle feed her (formula) at night (when she wakes) what’s the best way to do this without disturbing her sleep? Any advice or tips welcome! X

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I’ve got a feeding station right next to me so when he starts stirring I immediately make the bottle. I bring up a flask of boiling water, pre-measured formula, clean bottle and Nuby rapid cool. So in about 2 minutes the bottle is in his mouth and he can go back to sleep after x

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How old is baby? Breastfeeding every 2-3 hours is normal for babies, it doesn’t mean they need a bottle 😊

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thank you that’s really helpful

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she’s three months but I’m struggling with the lack of sleep😩😩

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I know the feeling… we’re at 8 months and baby still wakes regularly at night 😴
Hope you have some success with the bottles!
Remember that breastfeeding at night helps to maintain your milk supply so try to breastfeed at least once overnight if you can

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