Adding formula to night routine
Hi mums! My little boy is 9 weeks old and is EBF and I pump once/ twice a day to he is used to a bottle as well.
His sleep is so bad still waking up every 2/3 hrs (I know this is normal, but I’m sooooo tired 🥱)
I’m thinking of adding a bottle of formula to give to him in the evening. Any tips for starting this? Should I mix a few ounces in with breast milk? I’m not even sure how much to give him! Any advice greatly appreciated ❤️
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Has he had any formula before? If not, it might be worth to try it first to see if he likes that particular formula. We have been giving her a bottle every night as that's what she has been used to since birth, and I bf the rest of the day. I do mix formula with my expressed breast milk and we give 150ml. She has the bottle at about 7+ and usually sleeps till at least midnight to 1+. And she will have another feed 3 hour or so after. Since I'm giving her formula, I tend to still nurse her for a short while after the bottle, and then do another pump at about 10pm. This seems to work for us so far.
*Edit to say my baby is 23 weeks old
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