Question about giving formula to EBF baby?

JulySpark05

The reason I ask is because I finally got DD2 to take a bottle the other night (I gave her breast milk in the bottle) and DH and I are going away with her this weekend but I need to give her a bottle so MIL can feed her while we are out that evening.

I do have some frozen breastmilk and would prefer to give her breastmilk but we will be on the road and stopping at a few spots before we get to our final destination and I'm scared the milk would go bad.. We will probably leave around 10am, get there by supper time and MIL would probably be feeding her around 8pm. I also think travelling with ready made formula would be so much easier.

So my question is, if you give the occasional bottle of formula to your previously EBF baby, did it affect them in being really gassy or give them an upset stomach? Also, how many oz do you give if you give formula or breastmilk? TIA!

JWSchwarz

I gave DS formula before we went on vacation for the same reason. I wasn't going to have any frozen with me and wanted to be able to go out with DS while my mom watched him at the hotel. I was SOO stressed about it and made this huge deal about it. . .he drank it without a problem and didn't bothered by it. He might have spit up more afterwards. We bought the Gerber good start gentle I think. 

But, your LO might reject it. You might want to try it once before you rely on it for her meal!  

bullybutt

Just put the frozen in a cooler.

JulySpark05

Thanks for the replies ladies, I will keep that in mind if I do decide to give her formula = ) I might try bringing a cooler and just using breastmilk. We'll see!