Breast feeding to formula
Hi all,
My lo is 4 weeks and I’ve been exclusively breast feeding but it’s got to the point where I’m thinking of switching to formula. I’m thinking to start with one bottle a night and gradually increase so he gets used to it. Is that the best thing to do?
Also how much are your 4 week olds drinking of formula and how often?
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Hi. My lo is just over two weeks old and I give her one bottle formula per night to help take the weight off breastfeeding and it also means my partner can feed her and I can get some sleep
Breastfeeding feels so demanding sometimes and I've decided to give formula too for a bit of a break for me and so my partner can do some feeds. We started on 1 bottle at night and now she has another midday. It's working well at the minute having two bottles and breast the other feeds, now I'm wondering whether combi feeding may be the way but we'll see how we do. She's 2½ weeks and has around 3-4oz each bottle
We are doing combi feeding as well, we were doing 1 day and 1 night bottle but the past few days we have done a few more as Ive felt a bit trapped to be honest and unable to spend time with my toddler. Mine is 4.5 weeks and the HV told me to not do more than 4oz as he is mostly breastfed so he usually gets 3-4oz
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