feeding baby

vonhva03

My Lo is 9 weeks old. Baby has grown nicely. I feed her using a mix of Breastfeeding, Bottle feeding and using formula (similac advance) and pumped milk. Anyone else do this? Just curious.

chantico23

That's exactly what I did up until last week. He would take over an hour to nurse, so I pumped and bottle fed at night and nurse during the day. I wasn't able to pump enough for him even though I pumped every 2 hours, so he got 2 bottles of formula a day. Now that he's stronger he only nurses 30-45 min so I've switched to nursing around the clock (still have to give one bottle of formula to top him off at night). It is so much easier!I hate pumping!

sarahmaria726

This is exactly what we do. Breastfeeding has been really difficult for me (painful due to tongue tie which has since been fixed and he's a slow nurser-- usually nurses a half hour+ on each side) so sometimes I just need to give my boobs a break so I pump...However usually when I pump I don't produce enough (he drinks 3.5-4oz) so I usually mix 1oz or 1.5oz with the pumped milk. Sometimes he just gets a formula bottle too... it really just depends. I would say he's getting 75-80% BM in one way or another - sometimes more - each day. It works really well for us and for him and he goes between breast and bottle no problem.