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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can either find a way to produce more (are you drinking enough water and eating well?  Could you add another pump in somewhere even if it is after work?) or decide to supplement with formula.  Either is totally fine.  To clarify, since you've gotten some bad advice here, nanny should never "top off" a bottle of breast milk with formula or prepare any kind of blend of the two, because if baby doesn't finish it you are wasting breast milk and because the storage rules for breastmilk and formula are different.  Instead, have nanny serve baby breastmilk and if baby still seems hungry, nanny can offer an extra 2 oz of formula.[/quote]

A " top off" of formula is exactly what you described to do if baby is still hungry. Thanks for the " good" advice caption obvious. [/quote]

Good advice is both accurate (which your post was) and clearly communicated (which yours was not).  No need to get snippy because someone clarified.  I work primarily with new parents and I know many would interpret the phrase "top it off" as topping the bottle off by adding formula to meet X amount vs. topping the baby off by offering a second bottle.[/quote]

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