Breast milk and formula

Need honest opinion, so my son just turn 7 months yesterday,when he turned six i had already planned on my mind that am going to transition him into formula,mind you,he has been breastfeeding exclusively from my breast no bottles, nothing😄. So fingers crossed i bought aptimil formula and used the lansinoh bottle he immediately took it the bottle, the relief… i felt like i have been starving this boy.
So i choose to give him formula during the day,and breastfeeding during night. when he sleeps its much easy for both of us. As much i felt bad for him. It made my work easier, my worry is am i doing the right thing? Coz my breast milk suddenly reduced🥹.
Yesterday night he didn’t breastfeed at all during the night.

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You're doing great don't worry.

I’ve been doing exactly this (bottle feed during day and boob at night) since my boy was 6 weeks old as my milk supply just couldn’t fill him up and he was underweight. He’s now the size of an 8 month old at 4 months so it was definitely the right call. You’re not doing anything wrong but understand how you might feel that way as I definitely felt guilty about not solely breastfeeding at first ❤️ and your boy might not feed at night as he might be fuller from the day feeds. So long as he’s not losing weight then it’s nothing to worry about 🥰

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