So I’ve been having (breastmilk) supply issues since I went back to work at 3 months PP. My supply would constantly go up and down and I started supplementing with my frozen (breast)milk. Around the time my baby was 7 or 8 months I decided to try giving her formula (because I ran out of frozen milk). Well of course she hated it and would not drink it. Like she would smack the bottle out our hands and have a fit 😭. I even tried tricking her and putting it in her sippy cup and she made a face as if it was the most disgusting thing she’s ever tasted (which may have been true 🤔). So somehow we were just making it work with what I was able to produce. Anywho a few weeks ago my supply took a big dip. Like I was only able to pump 4 ounces for the whole day at work (basically a 12 hour period of time). Which of course was stressing me out. Well a couple weeks ago I was off for a few days so I decided to finally try mixing breastmilk and formula to see if she would drink it. I never tried before because my supply was so low I didn’t want to waste the breastmilk if she still didn’t like it. But low and behold it worked and she drank it! I was so excited I found the trick 😆! Well I was off this whole week so I eventually got my baby to drink the formula by itself without any breastmilk! Now I’m working on getting her off of my boob at night. Tonight is the first night and I’m just hoping it gets easier! We gave her a bottle so she wasn’t hungry but she’s just so used to getting my boob to go back to sleep. I can tell this is going to be a sleepless process but I’m hoping it doesn’t take too long. I just have to make sure I don’t give in 😩.

Now I would have much rather breastfed/pumped until she turned 1 but I’m so happy I’ve made it to 9 months. My mom only made it to 6 weeks with both me and my brother. Also none of my friends made it far with breastfeeding either. So I definitely feel like I’ve accomplished something. I’ve tried teas, cookies, bars, milk, oats, nuts, granola, you name it to keep my supply up. But I’m so done with stressing about it which I’m sure wasn’t helping. I’m still gonna try to breastfeed her in the mornings and maybe at night before bedtime. But I’m so glad to get rid of the stress now that she’s on formula!

Thanks for reading my random rambling if you made it this far 🤗. Here’s a picture of my little baby 🥰.