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Question for mother's with formula fed babies

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Just curious when you made the switch from formula to milk and how you went about doing it.
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Re: Question for mother's with formula fed babies

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    Arielle27Arielle27 member

    We supplemented with a bit of formula in the beginning because I couldn't keep up with his needs the first month or so. Then, when I did catch up, we continued to give formula once at night (so I could have a chance to pump once a day, so DH could take part in the feeding process and so that he would be used to formula when we had to make the switch.

    At around 3-4 months, one side dried up, so I was feeding him every two hours day and night from just one side! Around 4.5 months I decided to start adding another bottle once a day. Each week I added another bottle. Then at 5.5 months, I got sick and dried up for a few days. We had to give only bottles. After that it was a challenge to get DS to nurse at all. By 6 months he was totally on formula.

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    acesupacesup member
    We just started so that she's be switched fully by one. Every other day we cut one oz of formula and replace it with milk in her bottle. She hasnt noticed.
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    MarSamWhitneyMarSamWhitney member
    I'm playing by the books, and I will switch at 12 months. If she will take it cold turkey, great, if not we will ease into it.


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