Combi feeding advice

Has anyone gone from EBF to combi feeding? Currently do one bottle of EBM per night and they one half formula half breast milk mixed in the day. The other times she still feeds on me. Ideally I want to feed all day via bottle and all night with breast. She’s 7 weeks and takes a bottle well, how long should I leave it before adding another bottle to her daily routine?

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Currently transitioning to formula feeding from EBF & my baby girl is 6 weeks old.
The way ive been doing is swapping out a breastfeed for a bottle every 7-10days. Im doing it slowly to allow my body to adjust.

I didn't really have a choice when we transitioned. My supply was just too low, so I'd give her the boob, then fix a bottle afterwards, but it's become more like supplementing the formula with breastmilk than the other way around. My goal is eventually getting back to EBF, or as close to it as possible.

Your baby will most likely be fine with an immediate swap to where you want to be with bottles, but your body will take some time. If you want to maintain supply, just make sure you're pumping regularly.

I do breast during the day and pumped milk via bottle at night, if we are out I also have a bottle ready for baby.

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