Question for those who give fortified BM.

ToledoDeux

How long did you/will you continue to do so?  DD has more than caught up on weight/height charts, but our ped recommends fortifying any BM bottles she gets until 1 year.  I trust her, and she's very pro-BFing, but I was just curious who else has received the same advice.

ahava2005

We did.

 Even if they are caught up, they can still be vulnerable and need the extra cals.  We were told to stick with it until a year. 

mommamorris

it doesn't really apply to me- because we haven't done it since prolacta in the nicu...

but they said she could be off of it now if i had been doing it.. she's 8mo, 5mo adjusted. they said at 6mo they need the nutrients from food (which i don't necessarily agree with either.) but that if i'm feeding her baby food etc. she'll get what she needs. (in addition to the bm)

Mrs.tlcS

my pediatrician said to expect to be on it for at least 6-9 months.

cjb62803

We weren't really given a time, just told for quite a while. When he went for his well visit at 7 months, he told us keep giving him the extra calories, so I expect we'll also be doing it for a year. I do breastfeed one session a day, the first feeding of the day and our pedi is great with that. Ocassionally I will even nurse one time in the evening as well, but not on a regular basis. The pedi is ok with that as well.

borc0080

I asked at DD's 6-month appt and her ped said we could stop.  I think at one of our early visits they said 6-9 months.

Ali05

We were told we could stop at 4 months. He was gaining weight and his bloodwork was fine. We do however still have to give him an iron supplement. Now I normally just mix it with his bottle or food.

TriciaJoy

my doctor just wanted to see steady weight gain, she didn't care how it happened. He had a TON of trouble with formulas, so he was on straight breastmilk for the first few months he was home and gaining well- she didn't care.

Then he stopped eating and we had to fortify to make the most of what he would eat.