Plan on how to combi feed baby
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I was thinking the same, still want to spend some time with my daughter at bed time so was going to do one bottle of formula and pump to replace the feed to begin with. My daughter was a bottle refuser for the first 5 months and I just do not want the same situation with this baby so starting from day dot
I think the best thing to do is see how you go when the baby comes tbh. My daughter was 1 years old when her brother was born, there was never the need to combi feed for us (I know everyone’s different) I think instead, if I were you, I would think about ways to make feeds easier on you and your toddler if you would like to EBF. E.g get some toys that are specifically for your toddler to play with when you’re breastfeeding, read books with your toddler whilst baby is feeding, make up games you can engage in with your eldest whilst sitting and feeding; get them a doll to feed themselves. Remember baby won’t feed for ages forever, it’s just a temporary adjustment! ☺️
I am the same as Louise, my son refused a bottle until over 12months. I’m hoping to still do bedtime with my son and my husband will use a bottle of formula with the baby during this time. However most importantly I don’t want to get hung up on it, it became really stressful with our first when my plans for combi feeding didn’t work out. Life was much easier for once I stopped putting pressure on the situation
I a FTM and plan to introduce bottle feeding with expressed breast milk and do formula at 3 months. Almost all of my friends said how difficult it was to manage breastfeeding exclusively, and my husband really wants to bond with baby too, which I feel is so important. For me, as long as baby is eating - we’re winning !
My eldest is 5, so a bit more independent, but I am having an elective C-section this time. I EBF for about 8 months last time but it was absolutely exhausting, my son fed every hour during the day and every 2 hours at night. I haven't a definite plan in place this time round. I'm hoping to EBF for the first 6 weeks and then switch to combi feeding but we shall see how it goes. I didn't love breastfeeding last time, and I'm not sure how I'll find it whilst recovering from my C-section. My son can't wait to help feed baby though
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