thinking (just thinking) about formula

I am not wanting to stop breastfeeding but I am looking at going back to work one day a week and havent expressed in ages because a)I'm too lazy and b) tom is taking both boobs in the morning and that was always my best time to express.

Has anyone tried giving formula occassionally but still using breast most of the time?

If so, where oh where do you begin?

I did the whole expressing and formula top up thing for a month. Cooper one day decided he preferred the bottle.. he basically forgot what the boob was, the fighting and stress got too much for the both of us so in the end I gave up.

We use Heinz Nuture Gold - the Karicare one didn't agree with him.

We have given our daughter the odd formula feed per day (normally last thing at night) since she was 7wks old and she has been fine with it. It made it possible for me to take her off the breast altogether while I worked at getting my supply down and then re-introducing breast afterward. I think the earlier you start, the easier they will take to having both which is why i started giving her a little formula so early (i too plan to do a few hours every other day after my maternity leave ends). You could express if you ever wanted to put baby back on the breast at that time of day in the future, but when we gave one formula feed at night i just decided not to express at all - it only took a couple of nights to settle down and now my boobs just don't produce for that feed so don't get engorged overnight (does mean though that we will always have to give formula for that feed, which is fine by me). Your choice really.

Good luck.

*edited - oh, and i also did the same as Kebakat and tried the sachets until i found the one which worked for us then starting buying it in the tin.*

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I did both and I was fortunate to have it work really well,she was mostly breastfed but would have one formula a day , ummmmm i cant remember what my reasons were, i think it was because I was crap at expressing and her dad and I werent together but he would still have her overnight so i wanted her to be able to take the bottle so he could feed her.
I found it really easy to wean her off my breast milk too when i decided to stop , she just went from one to the other no prob

I'd say try the saches first although not all formulas seem to have them. Good luck

So did you just stop expressing during the day 'the Stuarts'? How long did it take for your 'ladies' to settle down?

ewww, gross. Did you consider taking the drugs to stop it altogether? I think i would've taken them - 4mths is way too long, especially when you're working!!!

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