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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any updates, OP. I’m currently going through this right now and leaning towards exclusively pumping. [/quote]

My kid stopped latching at 6 months except first thing in morning so I had to exclusively pump 6 x a day to make enough (well i'd make one extra bottle most days and now have a nice freezer stash given that i weaned at 12 months and can keep giving 4 oz a day).. my supply was very sensitive, if i pumped less my supply would drop...

but your logic isn't making sense OP- if you're supplementing with formula you are telling your body to make less milk- it's very normal to nurse more than every 2-3 hours in the beginning- it's called cluster feeding.  if you don't want to have to supplement then nurse or pump more... but also totally fine to just give formula as much as you prefer and pump as little as you want[/quote]

OP here. I’m not telling myself to make less milk by supplementing. As noted in a previous reply, I only feed him formula for two feedings in the evening after I nurse. My supply is low and he really likes a fuller feed before going to bed since he goes every 3 hours between eating during the night. I’m not skipping a feeding time give formula. He nurses first and then I give him formula at those two feedings. [/quote]

The other poster is misinformed. Supplementing on top of regular feedings will not decrease your milk supply. [/quote]

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