27th May 2011 21:44
Hi girls,
Hoping some of you have some advice for me! DD2 is almost 8 mts, though she was 5 weeks early. I have BF only up to recently, although I have been giving her EBM in a bottle since she was quite young and takes it no problem. Anyway, I am now back at work and being a sales rep I am on the road all the time, so expressing is not the easiest thing to do! Its not easy to find somewhere quiet to park up and express covered up with an extra big cardigan to make sure noone passing can tell what im doing!

Anyway for the past few weeks I have being trying to wean her off BFing and started off substituting 1oz of EBM with formula for a few days, then going up to 2oz formula and so on. I usually make up 8oz bottles because while BFing, it is impossible to say how much she is taking. She will take 4oz of each mixed fine but if I try to reduce the EBM to 3oz and 5oz formula she will not take it, well, she will only take 2-3oz just to take the hunger off i think. I dont know what to do

My supply is really being affected too and I am usally only getting 3 oz after nearly an hour of pumping

Has anyone else been through this or have any advice to offer? Should I try a different formula? She's on Aptimal 1 now. Really dont know what to do. I tried one day only offering formula and she only took about 10oz all day (she is eating 3 solid meals a day) and ended up topping her off on the breast after her bedtime bottle and she took a good feed as she must have been hungry. Should I only offer the formula for a few days and hope that she will increase the amount she takes?? At my wits end and dont know what to do, hoping to try get it sorted out soon so I dont have to pump in the car for much longer