Reply to Formula for night feedings only?

Forum Index » Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers

Reply to "Formula for night feedings only?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I started giving DS 1-2 bottles of formula per day at about 2.5 months. My supply would really dip in the evenings and I knew he was very hungry. It didn't matter how much fenugreek tea I drank/lactation cookies I ate. Enough was enough already.  Seriously, it made a huge difference in terms of sleep. DS went from sleeping 2-3 hour shifts to 4-5 hour ones. I felt a little guilty at first but I let that go pretty quickly. I know some say that it's not the formula that does it, but in our case, I can't think of any other factor that could have added an extra 2 hours to my baby's sleep shift. It literally happened the evening we started giving him one bottle. In the end, OP, it's not a contest to see who can EBF without sneaking in a bottle of formula. That stuff is on the market and successful for a reason. Do what's best for your whole family. Good rest is just as important as breastmilk. A lot of us were giving cans of formula as babies and we still went to college/landed jobs/got married/bore children/don't hate our moms. In terms of feeling engorged in the morning, I have felt that way but I just start pumping as soon as I get up and voila, I have two 4 once bottles to give baby whenever we need to give him a bottle. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics