supplementing with formula?

Question

Please help!
I have been exclusively breastfeeding my now 10 month old since day 1. I returned to work when she was 6weeks old and it has been one long and tough road. She's great at breastfeeding. I'm not that great at pumping. My body just doesn't respond! I've been able to keep up day by day, but I'm out of breastmilk for her for while I'm working! I used to get 2-3 bottles per day (4oz each bottle) I'm not even getting 1 bottle per day now. So I need to start supplementing, which breaks my heart! I'm so close to 1 year but I can't keep up. I have enough milk for tomorrow, then that's it. And it's only because I was sick Monday and called off work.

I want to give her the best, but I have no knowledge about formula and it honestly scares me. It's so full of junk, I don't want her to develop stomach issues either. Please help me out. I need advice asap!

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I loved breastfeeding but ended up quitting at 4 months. Too Many reasons to explain m, and they aren't necessary! Anyway, I tried several formulas and ended up liking earths best sensitive the most. You can get it at whole foods but publix is 4 dollars cheaper. She has thrived on it. Only had one cold and all around very happy. Took a few weeks for stomach to adjust but now, all easy!!! Hope the supplementing goes smooth for you.

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My LO is exclusively breastfed but when I went back to work I had to start supplementing with one bottle a day of formula because I couldn't pump enough at work. I tried like 5 formulas and she wouldn't take any of them so I ended up trying Kabrita and my LO loves it. It's a goats milk formula that breastfed babies seem to do well accepting. I think because it tastes more like fresh milk and has a sweetness to it that is more like breastmilk and unlike the chemical taste of formula.

It has all of the nutrients of regular formula and it never caused any stomach issues with my LO. She drinks it ice cold - like a milk shake, that's how well she responds to it.

If you are interested in trying it, go to Kabrita's website and request a trial sample. It's is an expensive formula but if you only use it to supplement a few bottles here or there, you won't need as much.

Also, if my stash is running low, my husband will give our LO a bottle of formula and I can pump for that feeding and use it towards daycare bottles.

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I will say it took my son a little over a month to take a full bottle of ONLY formula. He was so used to the taste of breast milk I think he was thrown off. I had to mix my breast milk with the formula for him to get used to it. Good luck

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Formula isn't so bad :) like you, I can't produce much when pumping so I barely ever leave the house. But when I do, I let her drink formula. Though it can be a slippery slope and she might end up wanting formula exclusively, it's nice to have that feeding option.

supplementing with formula?

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