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Hi mamas anyone starting formula soon or has started? My LO is 5 months in the 8th and I feel breast milk doesn’t sustain her . However its also conflicting cause she gets distracted and doesn’t feed for long but then nurses like 4 times at night. Its making consider giving formula before 6 months. Anyone in the same boat or have any advice.

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It’s normal for babies to be distracted feeding around this age and feed through the night x

Hey, I would just be interested to know if the night wakings are the only reason you think the milk isn't sustaining her? I only say this because the night wakings are just very normal for most babies, especially at this age and by this point your milk is regulated to your baby 🙂 I hope you find the answer and just do whatever works for you 💗 Xx

I am exactly the same !!!!! Going to the breastfeeding pro Thursday to talk about it and see the options and how she can advise me . Send me a message and i can keep you updated to what she said if you want xx

Same he’s doing 3-4 feeds a night at least sometimes 5 with a snack early evening. I really want to cut it down to just one feed. His day time feed is awful he won’t feed unless is in the dark drowsy.

My little boy was doing 2 night feeds for a while and when he hit 3.5 months he added in an extra one again, he's just dropped it this week (he's now 20 weeks). So it could be this 4 month developmental phase that is making your baby feed more overnight and it might change again soon. Mine is also super distracted during the day so I try and feed him during naps so he's getting a longer feed.

I combi feed and it works well for me. Happy to answer questions :)

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