https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 11:49:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-you-supplement-if-you-dont-pump-enough-each-day#post-435737 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:59:53 +0000 mediagirl 435737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: we only do bottles at daycare and I nurse at home before bed. It's a good point about formula spoiling though... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-you-supplement-if-you-dont-pump-enough-each-day#post-435730 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:58:30 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 435730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm all for supplementing if needed....but if it were me I wouldn't mix the formula with the BM....my reasoning is: formula spoils much more quickly than BM....So, if it did, you'd have to dump the entire bottle and waste your BM. So, i'd keep the BM and formula separate,<br /> Say you had enough for the day....except you didn't have enough for his last feed:<br /> Then i'd do BM all day and do his last feed as entirely formula. It might help your LO sleep better too, since formula digests at a slower rate than BM, so you'd get a little longer to sleep;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-you-supplement-if-you-dont-pump-enough-each-day#post-435661 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:38:47 +0000 littlecasita1122 435661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started doing this at 4 months...he would get anywhere from 2oz to 6oz of formula in a bottle mixed with whatever milk I had pumped from the day before. Usually for his last bottle of the day, he gets a full bottle of just formula. He's never noticed a difference.</p> <p>For an example mixed bottle - I make a 4oz bottle of formula, then I add about 3oz of pumped milk. Everything is cold at this point, so it's warmed up together when he's ready to eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-you-supplement-if-you-dont-pump-enough-each-day#post-435298 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:56:24 +0000 runsyellowlites 435298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've done reverse cycling when P's daily intake is "short". I have another friend that has done this as well b/c her baby refused to take a bottle during the day for all but a few ounces. </p> <p>I also know lots of moms that supplement with formula but it's not for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-you-supplement-if-you-dont-pump-enough-each-day#post-435294 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:54:53 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 435294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did that from the beginning. I couldn't keep up w/ her cluster feedings so we always gave her a bottle of formula at bedtime. When I started to wean from breastfeeding, I would send her to daycare with one bottle of formula and the rest breastmilk. I would continue to drop a bottle about every 2 weeks.</p> <p>I didn't want to bother with mixing formula in breastmilk because I knew I would forget to get the water for the formula cold before adding the breastmilk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-you-supplement-if-you-dont-pump-enough-each-day#post-435275 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:49:22 +0000 Mrsbells 435275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do this everyday. I add 1oz or 2 oz of formula to her bottle of breastmilk. Each bottle contains a totaly of 6oz. She doesnt seem to mind. But if its a bottleof 100% formula she notices the difference and wont drink it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-you-supplement-if-you-dont-pump-enough-each-day#post-429753 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:45:00 +0000 mediagirl 429753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have considered supplementing some with formula since I'm not pumping enough for M's daily bottles at daycare. I'm considering just making a bottle of formula and then mixing it with the breastmilk in each bottle - about an ounce or two in each bottle.</p> <p>Have you done this? Does your baby notice the difference? </p>