#supplementing formula

[themomsandthecity]

This dad shares how combination feeding has been a huge blessing to his family

by BabyCenter Guest Blogger posted in Parenting By Brent Reed Shortly after my son was born, we discovered my wife had a low milk supply. Combine that with the baby's latching difficulties and we soon had to start supplementing feedings with formula. While that wasn't our initial plan, we quickly realized that being able to use... Read... Want to get the full story? Click on the headline above. And thanks for reading the BabyCenter Blog. http://bit.ly/2yh4UTM

[lifethroughivf]

Mommy guilt

I cut my pumping back from 8x a day to 6x a day. I just couldn't do it anymore and feed Derek and get anything done. Derek is eating so much I was already supplementing one feeding with formula, now I'm doing 2 feedings. I only am getting 2 oz less from pumping 2 times less. I'm a low supplier to begin with, but everyone says its cause of what I went through during my pregnancy. I know breast is best, but I was driving myself insane. I thought I was going to stop completely at 3 months, but I think I can keep up this 6x a day until I go back to work. Or he sleeps through the night and I can cut out the 4am pump. This little dude can eat! He's eating 3.5 - 4 oz every 3-4 hours. I know that's normal for a 2 month old, but he's not even supposed to be born yet. 39 weeks today. Last Friday he was 8 lbs 11 oz, I'm excited to see what he is today. Today is his 2 month vaccinations. I think I'm in for a rough day.