Night time supplementing ?

Question

I know that formula fed babies allegedly don’t “sleep better”. But I’m wondering if any breast feeding mamas on here have tried feeding baby a bottle of formula at bedtime  and noticed longer stretches ?

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It’s not going to help you any. PLUS you will have to pump in any missed nursing session anyway. If you don’t your supply will decrease. You aren’t gaining anything but actually losing.

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No. My boy was born almost 11 lb and it took my body a week or so to start making enough to where he got actually milk drunk, which meant he clusterfed constantly in the beginning. The hospital convinced me to supplement the first few days and it just created stomach issues and gas. I just picked up a few pumping sessions and bottle fed him extra breast milk at night after he breastfed to get him full til my supply grew. 
Also, you really don’t want to try to make your baby sleep “longer stretches”. Believe me, I know it’s tempting, but then waking up when they need to throughout the night is actually a huge protection against SIDS. You don’t want to try to force them into a food coma because babies sleeping lightly, esp in the first two months, is a safety mechanism so they don’t get in too deep of a sleep and stop breathing

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For us, formula just caused digestive upset so it didn't work for us.

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I tried this when my daughter was waking every 43 mins and i didnt have the guts to sleep train her yet. It did not help, unfortunately

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My first was formula fed, my second is exclusively breastfeed. My frist started sleeping 8 hours straight starting at 3 weeks, my second is 8 months old and still wakes every 3 hours to feed. Just my experience.

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My breastfed baby and formula fed baby both sleep the same. It doesn’t make a difference.

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My 3rd baby was my best night sleeper and the longest breastfed baby i have had yet

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No. 
I recently used formula on my 5 month old due to me having surgery & needing to pump & dump for the first 24 hrs & he slept the same as when I EBF.

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If you want to try formula at bed time do it. Just make sure you are pumping so you do not lose any breast milk. Just freeze it and you'll be fine. I breast fed, pumped and used formula. It's all good.

Night time supplementing ?

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