https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 06:31:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-837955 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:50:50 +0000 78h2o 837955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kiddosc: Hmm... my supply is always worst on Monday... I wonder if that's why? But I'm sure I nurse LO more often when I'm home with her vs. the 3x I pump at work. Lately I have been pumping midmorning and after she goes to bed on the weekend... but maybe I will try to add another session.</p> <p>I'm a little dissapointed... I gave daycare 3 bottles of bm this morning and one bottle of formula. I put a note on it to try to hold off on the formula bottle. I left work a little early to try to get her before she needed a bottle... she had one bottle left, so I was thinking that was good, but then it turned out it was a bottle of breastmilk! I'm annoyed that they gave her the bottle of formula before breastmilk, but I'm guessing they didn't see my note (I'd written it on painter's tape and stuck it to the bottle). DH has taken her to daycare, otherwise I would have talked to them about it. Oh well! Nothing I can do now.</p> <p>I'm just going to try to give her breastmilk as much as possible, but I'll give her formula if I come up short. That's really the best I can do and I'm not going to stress about it. I am worried about using formula too much and worsening my supply, so my new goal is to try to only use the two free cans of sample formula I have and not buy formula. Maybe that will keep me from giving formula instead of pumping (my sister started doing this and her milk dried up earlier than she wanted,, so that's why I'm worried). </p> <p>I'd really like to drop the 11pm pumping session so that I can get a decent night's sleep, but I need to figure out how I can make up the difference (maybe I can try pumping one side and nursing on the other).</p> <p>Thanks again everyone for the advice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835834 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:01:53 +0000 kiddosc 835834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: I was one of those people who had a super responsive supply. The second he changed his eating habits my supply adjusted (pretty much always meaning decreased). I noticed early on that I needed to add pumping sessions during the day on weekends between feeds because he didn't eat as often as I would pump. If I didn't do this, my supply was low at the beginning of the work week and I would need to work to build it back up by Friday. This has the added bonus of giving you some extra milk from the weekend to work with during the week. It was nice once we weened though, only took me a week and a half to go from pumping 5x + nursing to just nursing before bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835706 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:33:20 +0000 MamaMoose 835706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: LORD help me if I pause in between giving her bites. The whining is out of control. I just want to say "child, have you ever even come CLOSE to be starved. CHILL OUT" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835685 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:30:16 +0000 DillonLion 835685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: Hehe yes to the flapping baby bird! C has started to get mad if I don't shovel the food in fast enough! And it is the same thing we've been giving her from the beginning (cereal) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835677 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:28:28 +0000 MamaMoose 835677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You have a lot of awesome advise here on the breastfeeding. I just want to chime in and say that every time I give M a new puree for the first time she eats very little and has to be coerced into opening her mouth. But then the second time I give her that same food (usually the next day) she recognizes the taste and goes crazy flapping her arms and opening her mouth like a hungry little baby bird. So don't be discouraged if J didn't take to purees right away! She'll get there, just keep offering without forcing it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835660 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:22:05 +0000 DillonLion 835660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Supplementing actually reduced my stress and allowed us to breastfeed as long as we have. I know you know that I struggle with the mechanics and emotional aspects a lot, but she is still drinking lots of breastmilk each day, and we've passed the 6 month mark. So I'm happy about that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835633 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:14:26 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 835633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, think about the stress you could save if you even did one bottle of formula a day. I would try with fewer ounces in the bottles, but I'd be worried that she needed more. Maybe she will compensate by eating more when you are around?</p> <p>I use 50/50 breastmilk and formula (primarily because of reflux - the formula just worked). It's nice because I'll be able to feed him for a full 4 months after I quit pumping because I have so much bm frozen. And he still gets the benefits of bm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835201 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:25:19 +0000 mrs. wagon 835201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: Seriously, everyone is so different. I was actually thinking LMW would want solids quickly because she would STARE at us while we were eating. Like, undressing us (or our food) with her eyes. Big, longing, sad eyes. Haha. Then we tried solids and NOPE! We even tried a bit of BLW techniques and NOPE. She was PISSED. </p> <p>And breastfeeding... neither of my kids liked it! It would be a really energy-expending task to nurse either of them. Their position and my boob position would have to be PERFECT or they'd pop off and fuss. What an isometric exercise. I think Wagon Jr. and I finally fell into a groove around month 5, where I could finally just put him up to my boob and he'd eat. He was still never a cuddler though. And 2 months later he weaned himself. Haha. LMW never liked it either, and she was a screamer, so I exclusively pumped and we were both so much happier ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835179 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:20:53 +0000 plantains 835179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, I don't thinkit is the end of the world if you need to send a couple of bottles of formula here and there. Being a WOHM and pumping endlessly to meet LO's needs is really hard. This is something that I don't think anyone who WAHM or SAHM can necessarily relate to. </p> <p>I was on maternity leave for 6.5 months and my supply was fantastic, but when I went back to work pumping enough to meet all her needs was hard because it varied from day to day and I think stressing about whether I could pump enough added an extra layer. We made it through though, and my LO is 11.5 months old now. It is hard for the daycare providers because they cannot comfort the baby as easily as we can so their natural assumption is that LO needs to eat more. I have found that no matter how much you try to educate them, the baby is likely to keep eating more with them than she will with you.</p> <p>My LO wasn't that keen on solids right away, and I was worried that I would never be able to come up with enough milk to keep her full but with consistency and persistence she figured out what she liked and now eats a lot of purees. She still isn't a fan of finger food though.</p> <p>All in all, this novel is just to say that I don't think exclusive breastfeeding is worth having so much stress that it affects your enjoyment of the first year of your child's life. A bottle of formula to make up the difference sometimes is okay. Congrats on making it to 6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835167 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:18:32 +0000 rachiecakes 835167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: it's so interesting to read the difference between two siblings!<br /> a lot of J's behavior I think it just his personality - and everyone is different, right?<br /> I held back on solids because I "wanted to make it 6 months" but he was literally pointing in his mouth, crying and telling me he wanted food. When I gave in around 5 months, he 'chewed' swallowed and went "mmm-mmmm!", he was soo ready and was trying to tell me for weeks, lol.<br /> Towards the end of our BFing relationship he was shaking his head and running away, laughing at me when I'd try to nurse him. I just had to laugh with him and say, "okay, buddy, I get you". </p> <p>I'm still jealous of those who have calm, cuddly, breastfeeding babes. And mamas who are just milk machines! Oh well, I guess I could wish for green eyes and being a few inches taller, too ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835154 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:13:10 +0000 rachiecakes 835154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: I did make it until 11 months. I was willing to breastfeed for as long as DS wanted but at 11 months he started refusing, I'd offer over and over, but it was clear he was done, so I was okay with it. Bittersweet.<br /> I pumped twice a day at work and went home at lunch to nurse, if I didn't pump enough during the day at work. I would pump extra at night and power-pump through the weekends to make up for it. I ended up getting a prescription for domperidone to help my supply. It really stinks to have to pump at work and stress and some days barely get anything because you're tired, stressed, etc. The weekends were great! (even if I hated the extra pumps at night) I think if I were a SAHM I could've EBF'd with great success. When we were together it felt so right.<br /> I felt like a terrible person and a failure for giving formula for the weeks where my stash wasn't quite enough. I cried about it, was depressed about it. That's where I look back and laugh at myself, it was sooo not worth the tears. It's not that big of a deal. :) But we put this pressure on ourselves because we do love our LOs so much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835151 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:12:57 +0000 mrs. wagon 835151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: you are a rockstar for making it to 6 months!!</p> <p>A few things:</p> <p>1) I started Wagon Jr. on solids (rice cereal, then purees) at 5 months. He took to them pretty quickly. I tried solids with LMW at 7 months. Yuck face and no swallowing whatsoever. She hated it. I put it away and tried again a few weeks later. Still nothing. One week later we tried again and she LOVED it. Some kids just aren't ready til later! All solids before age 1 are for fun and practice anyway! Plenty of nutrition comes from breastmilk and formula.</p> <p>2) I exclusively nursed with one pumped bottle a day until Wagon Jr. was 7 months. Then I was exclusively pumping and one day I just dried up. Went from pumping 8-12 oz per session to less than an ounce. Oops, I said. So we transitioned him to formula and he had one bottle from my frozen stash each day. He did just fine. I read in so many places that breastmilk is the best nutrition, but the most vital time is the first 3 months. So making it to 6 months is amazing. Your body did its job and formula exists for a reason!! Some moms can never make ANY milk at all so your body has done amazingly. It's so hard to have that perspective when you're exclusively breastfeeding, but at the time I dried up, my friend had just had a baby and never pumped more than an ounce so after 2 months of doing everything in the book to increase her supply, she just gave up and exclusively formula-fed. That made the transition a lot easier for me, to have that kind of perspective!</p> <p>Don't worry about pushing the solids just because she's 6 months now. Again, LMW didn't consistently eat solids until almost 8 months, and now at 10 months she eats 2-3 jars of baby food at each sitting. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835129 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:04:11 +0000 T.H.O.U. 835129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pumped a full year and sent between 12 and 16 ounces. 12 ounces was towards the end when she was getting a lot of solids. </p> <p>It is not the end of the world for a few ounces of formula here and there. I agree they are over feeding her.</p> <p>I'm sorry if I didn't see this above but are you still having them use the slowest flow nipple on the bottle? Also, are you making sure they are holding her kinda upright during feedings and not laying her back or even worse propping her up with a bottle? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835122 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:02:01 +0000 78h2o 835122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BlueWolverine: No, her sleep is all over the place there. Yesterday she didn't get good naps, which is probably why she ate so much. Usually she is ok with consuming 15 oz (I send 20 just to be safe)... yesterday was abnormal, but I was counting on DH being able to feed her the leftover bottle from daycare and intead he had to use the 4 oz I had pumped over the weekend for today... so today she only got 14 and that's probably not enough.</p> <p>@purrpletulips: I agree that they overfed her yesterday. Usually though she is eating 15, which I think is okay...I used to send bottles with fewer ounces but then they weren't giving them all to her and she wasn't gaining enough (for 3 weeks when I was doing that she was only getting 12oz and she only gained 3oz per week). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835107 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:56:40 +0000 78h2o 835107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: Thanks, yeah, I tried telling myself the same thing about the cavewoman! I really appreciate your perspective... it's helpful to know that looking back on it you regret the pressure to meet his needs without formula. So far I don't really regret it, but maybe I would if I continued this way.</p> <p>@tequiero21: Thanks, that's encouraging!</p> <p>@LaineysMom: I'm going to try that tonight.</p> <p>@brownie: usually she isn't satisfied by one side, but I could try Thanks. I have held my ground with daycare, for the most part, but it's hard because I'm not there to see if she really seems hungry or not. But I told them rice cereal in her bottle was out of the question and I wasn't starting solids (or formula) before 6 mo. Worrying about having enough milk IS really stressful, but I don't think it has a negative affect on my relationship with LO in any way... I really do savor every minute with her!!! :) I know what you mean about them growing up fast.</p> <p>@sarac: Thanks! I am amazed that we made it to 6 mo as well. It was very touch and go! </p> <p>@kiddosc: Wow, that's incredible that you made it to a year giving those supply issues. Your experience does so very similar. You are an inspiration! That's really helpful to know that it got easier for you after 6 months.</p> <p>I would LOVE to avoid formula, but at the same time, I don't want her to be hungry. She woke up this morning at 5am to nurse and refused to nurse again at 7 before I had to leave... I only had 14oz to send to daycare, so I sent that and an 8oz bottle of formula. Ugh - but I'm afraid she will be hungry since she ate so early. I was hoping I would be able to leave work early to pick her up, but a few clients got added to my schedule so I won't be able to get her until 5 at the earliest. I put a note on the formula bottle for them to try to hold off on giving it to her, but to give it if she truely seemed hungry... so we'll see what happens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835098 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:53:57 +0000 BlueWolverine 835098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow. If I had to pump 25 ounces every day, we'd have been supplementing a long time ago. I'm facing a deficit too - I pump about 12 oz in a day, including a before bed pump, and she was eating 16 oz. Then the day care teachers suggested swaddling her for naps and her day care sleep increased SO MUCH. Now, magically, she's only eating 3 4oz bottles while she's there instead of 4 because she's sleeping. Is your LO getting good naps at day care? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-835003 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:34:51 +0000 purrpletulips 835003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Daycare is overfeeding your LO. The amount drank yesterday should be the daily total. Maybe send more bottles but with fewer ounces in each. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-834797 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:36:27 +0000 sarac 834797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that pumping is REALLY hard, and that it can be really hard to maintain the supply you need when you're mostly pumping. You are doing amazingly well to have made it to 6 months exclusive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-834636 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:16:47 +0000 tequiero21 834636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We supplemented with formula from the beginning. I worked down to once a day for my twins. We bf until 13.5 mos. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-834630 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:25:08 +0000 brownie 834630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did formula but we did it because my son was failure to thrive from food intolerance. He just needed more calories. </p> <p>But we did nurse until 2 years old and I worked full time. One of the best things I did was pump one side while nursing the other first thing in the morning. I would get most of my ounces (up to 5) in just that one pump. Then to get him more fatty milk I nursed him on that side.</p> <p>I also agree that is a lot of ounces. But if it is a growth spurt take the opportunity this weekend for a nursing holiday. Stay in, get a movie and just nurse like she was a newborn all day long. One of those would refuel me both nursing and emotionally.</p> <p>Don't let daycare bully you into anything you don't want to do. They work for you (not that there is anything wrong with daycare workers and I love mine) but you are the mama and mama knows best.</p> <p>Lastly, I weaned my guy just a few months ago and now he is so big. Enjoy this time with your baby don't. Let all this stress take away from that. They are only that small for a very short time. And that is so much easier said than done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-834624 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:55:02 +0000 LaineysMom 834624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: maybe try oatmeal mixed with BM. My LO seems to like the familiarity of the flavor and always eats more oatmeal than veggies/fruits. We still offer veggies, fruit, and puréed meats daily, but her faves have always been meats and oatmeal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-834514 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:52:54 +0000 junebugmama 834514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: It sounds like they've stretched her stomach out :( Yes, they are over feeding her. It only takes 3 days to get a stomach back to a normal size. I would insist that they real it in. I wouldn't send more than 12oz at the MAX. Make it clear that's it. After a couple days, she will adjust. You shouldn't have to give formula because she truly doesn't need it. </p> <p>3.5 months for solids!!! That's terrible and crazy! I feel bad for someone who may trust them as child care advocates and not question that. *sigh* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-834496 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:44:09 +0000 rachiecakes 834496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: it was the hardest, most stressful time for me, if there was one thing I would go back and change it would be all the pressure I put on myself. I love, loved breastfeeding but pumping was terrible.<br /> you're doing awesome.<br /> You'll probably notice that your LO will get into these patterns and just when you think you've figured it out, they'll change it up on you all over again! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-834493 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:42:52 +0000 kiddosc 834493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: Every time I see a post from you about breastfeeding I feel like you're living my breastfeeding experience 6 months behind me. I just want to tell you that you are so close to it getting easier. She will start enjoying some solids soon and that will help you fill in some of the gaps.</p> <p> Send more bottles with less ounces and try some of the tips from Kellymom about feeding slower. I needed to pump 5 times a day to produce enough ounces and often needed to top up the bottles with what I pumped in the morning before work. He was also waking in the night at least 2 times until he magically started sleeping through the night at 11.5 months. We made it to a year, but I had to fight for it and it took a conscious decision to trust my own instincts and ignore the daycare ladies to an extent. I knew he was getting enough to eat, and if he wasn't he would make those ounces up while we were together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-834492 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:42:36 +0000 Mommy Finger 834492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: We started right before 6 months (like a week) with some sweet potato. I had my heart set on doing BLW and DS had other ideas. He is not a fan. However, he has taken to purees like a champ. I half make his food and half use the pouches. We now usually give him solids 2x a day. I send something with him at daycare and then we feed him dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-834488 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:38:13 +0000 78h2o 834488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugmama: I've gone back in forth with them about it in the past. They are always making me feel so guilty. Did you see on my peanut gallery post what they said the other day? I came to pick her up and they said, "J is getting chunky! Are you finally feeding her?!" (As in, is she finally getting solids?). Today they sent home a blank sheet for a new feeding plan... I'm sure they're just trying to be helpful because I said she could start solids after 6 mo, but I can't help feel like they're being pushy. They've been suggesting solids since she was 3.5 months. (ETA: they wanted rice cereal in her bottle).</p> <p>Does this seem like she's getting too much? she is teething and won't take a pacifier (ever), so they may have been overfeeding her because she was whiney today. Although she did seem hungry to me right before bed, so maybe she's just having a growth spurt...<br /> I nursed her at 3am and 7am<br /> dropped her off at 8am.<br /> her sheet from daycare says:<br /> bottle -all- 10:10<br /> bottle -all- 12:00<br /> bottle -all- 1:30<br /> bottle -all-3:20<br /> my husband picked her up at 4:30 and gave her 4oz (all I had left) at 6pm.<br /> I got home at 7 and nursed then and right before bed at 8. She did seem hungry/not satisfied, so I gave her 2 oz that I'd pumped during the day (I had pumped from 5-5:30pm, so I was worried that I wasn't full enough. She drank 1oz, then seemed full).<br /> My guess is that she will not wake up to nurse tonight. </p> <p>@MUI831: Thanks, I appreciate your input. What solids did you give your LO first? When did you start?</p> <p>@rachiecakes: yeah, it is pretty stressful and I am getting sick of all the extra pumping... pumping 3x at work is bad enough without 1-2 extra sessions at home after work. Plus 3-4 nursing sessions...BUT, I want to do what's best for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-834456 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:23:11 +0000 rachiecakes 834456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: also, don't stress that your body isn't doing what it was designed to do. if you were a cavewoman, baby would be strapped to you during the day and you would be nursing on demand 24/7. I never had luck with the pump getting half of what DS was BF during the weekends when I was with him at all hours. Women were not meant to be hooked up to machines during the day. Blame it on modern times - not yourself, you're doing a great job!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-834446 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:18:28 +0000 Mommy Finger 834446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't made it to a year yet and am only about 7 months in but I still give him formula from time to time. Actually, I usually top him off most nights with 2 ozs since he still tends to cluster feed at night (I know that part of it is comfort nursing since that is our time together) and I just can't satisfy him. I don't feel like this has hurt my supply at all. I pump 2x at work and right before bed and I probably get around 18 oz a day. He usually drinks somewhere between 12-16oz at daycare. He is eating solids now so he's drinking a little less. </p> <p>My thought process is that I would much rather just get my LO fed and not stress about what I am or am not able to produce for him. I feel like the stress of it all does more harm. At least for me it does. I also believe that if the majority of what they eat in a day is BM, they're getting all of the benefits.</p> <p>24 oz does seem like a lot to me too. I know there was a time when it seemed like daycare would just feed DS whenever he would be a little fussy instead of recognizing that he was just tired. We worked through that and now we're good.</p> <p>Either way, you're doing a great job!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-834445 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:17:55 +0000 rachiecakes 834445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: DS had days where he ate more from bottles where I was at work. This amount would change as he was teething, etc. I would try to powerpump through weekends to get a bit more in the stash and honestly, it was hell. I felt awful and stressed pumping all the time during those weeks. I wouldn't feel bad about sending some extra formula to make it through those 'more' days. Being a WOHM is hard enough as it is!<br /> DS is 17 months and he still has days where he eats everything in sight and then others, like today, where I feel like he hardly ate anything at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-breastfed-for-a-year-did-you-ever-give-formula#post-834433 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:08:13 +0000 junebugmama 834433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MarieJ: My son is a year, and up until recently still nursed every 2 hours. It's not really the time that's the issue, it's the amount. </p>