Introducing formula

I hear ya. You can try to mix the expressed milk with an equal amount of formula. I would nurse, pump, go to sleep, let my partner do the bottle and settle the baby, then nurse again on the next wake up. I'd try to pump after the first morning feed. Good luck finding the balance.

I had a situation where I was on a job out of town when my baby was 5months and my husband had to move with me in an air bnb and watch her while I worked…I tried to pump so much and I couldn’t pump what she needed for the day(she was able to pull what she needed) but I couldn’t get it from pumping…we added a formula bottle every now and then to supplement because I couldn’t keep up. I got so nervous!!! My husband brought her to me if he could. But some days I was gone and she needed to eat…. Here’s what I did to help keep my supply so we didn’t loose it while I worked… Cont…

Continued… I would latch her any time I could even just for a little bit if she just nursed or even to nap just so there was stimulation so that my breast continued to know that the baby needs milk. I also would pump a few SHORT pump sessions (I invested in a wearable pump so that I could pump while walking around or on the go) but I would do a full session and then maybe another short pump session if I felt like I needed to increase my supply. Add a few short sessions but be sure if you decide to stop to wean off. Ex: if you pump 3 x a day and you want to stop then you pump 2x for a few days then 1x a few days and then you can stop its when you pump and bunch then stop your body will freak out and produce not know the baby doesn’t need it. Your body is responding to the demand so to keep up supply keep stimulating with either pump or baby. But to keep from being engorged stay balanced and replace a pump session with feedings. It is a balance and every body is different so…

I currently only pump once a day for the evening feed, I have an over supply but I just hate pumping every day

You are already doing great…as you listen to your body and baby trust your instincts. We are 10mo of breastfeeding and adding in the bottle of formula didn’t hurt us. You can make it up in small ways through the day to make sure your body stays in that same supply and demand “overall”

when you introduce the formula bottle can pump a little but not a ‘full feed’ over time your body will regulate to keep up with the supply. We combi fed and had no issue in doing so and it didn’t affect my supply once we got into a ‘pattern’

Remember, you don’t need any more than 4 ounces for it to be full feed of breastmilk. Breastmilk digest a lot quicker than formula which is probably why he’s waking quicker. Not that he is not had enough furthermore you need to make sure that if you are giving him formula that you’re pumping when that bottle of formula is being given so that your body still makes that milk. From my experience not through formula feeding but through introducing a bottle we introduced a bottle. I’d say one a day and then stopped because I went straight back to breast and stopped pumping because the pumping was damaging my mental health but now baby girl is going to nursery she does accept a bottle and I do think that this is because I introduced it but then took it away to help my supply in my mental health.

But if I am giving formula to stop pumping which is what I was doing already, how do I manage it? Yesterday I still pumped in the morning as always but not as much, and at night my husband gave half breastnilk and half formula. appareny baby took a while to take the formula. He only woke up once over night so I’d actually be okay to carry on breastfeeding if that trends stays like that as I had enough sleep

You need to pump every time baby has a bottle so maintain your supply. If baby is going longer stretches your milk will adjust to their new needs.