Nursing and formula question

TREDgirl

Hello MoMs! 

I am a FTM and am of course contemplating the BF vs formula situation. I would like to pump and then bottle feed breast milk and formula interchangeably.  Is this a common thing to do? I do not have any desire to tandem nurse and would rather pump than nurse in general. 

Am I crazy? Is this possible? Can I switch between breast milk and formula? Assuming they have no issues with either.  

Thanks in advance! 

yinyang124

Sure! Your body will adjust to whatever you decide to do. Although I'm happy to have nursed my boys until 6 months, I kind of wish I had done alternating nursing and formula from the beginning! We're having a tough time weaning right now.

Mayan2011

Instead of switching back and forth from BM to formula, I would suggest mixing it up so that each bottle has a bit of both.  This of course assumes that you don't have enough BM to just go with 100% BM.  I did the 'hybrid' method when offerin

Ruthie04

Mayan2011:

Instead of switching back and forth from BM to formula, I would suggest mixing it up so that each bottle has a bit of bo

rn8

Hi-

I do this.  I have 10 month old twins.  While I sort of wish I nursed directly, I realized after they were born that I didn't have it in me to tandem nurse and so I stuck to pumping.  It is more work, and it isn't as effecient

anakah

My twins switched between breastmilk and formula interchangeably without any issues.  I woudl not mix breastmilk in the formula though because breastmilk has a longer shelf life than formula.