Night combo feeding

I feel a little guilty asking but, does anyone combo feed at night to help their baby sleep longer/better? My EBF baby is 8 weeks old and is still waking up every 2-3 hours at night to eat & I just need more sleep. I don’t want to rush her to sleep longer too fast but if adding a little formula to her breast milk at night will help her and me sleep better- it might be something I want to try. I honestly haven’t thought of combo feeding before now so I don’t know much about it. Anyone have experience with this?

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Following since I have the same question. My baby is going to be 8 weeks on Sunday. I too need more sleep 😩

omg it’s so nice to have someone in the same boat. I hope we find a solution!

Hi! Yess!! I do 1:1 ratio. Also try to establish a set routine, my baby was the same (14wks now) and at 8wks I started her on a strict routine: at 8:00pm bath, massage, pjs, bottle and cuddles all while in a dimmed light room with white noise, now she sleeps from 9pm-5am on a bad night she might wake up at 1 but thats rare. It gets better mommy, hang in there. Now sometimes I miss the newborn sleepless nights.

yes mama! Thank you for sharing. If you don’t mind I have a few questions 🫶🏻
Do you only combo feed at night? Do you think it helps with her sleeping or do you think it is more of the routine that helps? Also, did you notice any changes with her digestion, etc after combo feeding?

Personally I didn’t see any changes to my baby’s sleep when we introduced a bedtime bottle. I think the evidence is that babies on average sleep 20 mins longer after a bottle than after a breastfeed. For me the hassle doesn’t seem worth it!

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