EBF to Combi Feeding at 5/6 months
I’m looking to change to combi feeding from EBF and I don’t know where to start!
LO has shown slow weight gain at times which is the main reason for the change, so I need to make sure he’s taking in more overall from the change.
Anyone have any tips or stories of what worked for them please? 🙏
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Did you have any luck with this? I’m thinking of starting this too!
We are now giving 1 bottle of formula a day (120mls), we give after a breast feed in the middle of the day, just before his longest nap, and I haven’t needed to pump to maintain. Dad gives it when he can. He sometimes rejects the bottle but takes it 95% of the time. We just use ready to feed Kendamil as we can get 2 days out of 1 bottle of that, so it’s about 50p/day.
We have seen a slight uplift in his weight. It could also be starting to wean at the same time, but I doubt it as he hardly gets any in his mouth! 😂
We’re a bit stuck now as our little one feeds to sleep, so we really don’t want to affect his sleep or weight with him being on the small side. We are going to keep going with the 1 bottle a day until he eats more (hopefully 9 months) and re-evaluate. Hope this helps!
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