https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 01:49:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2662254 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 00:18:15 +0000 gingerbebe 2662254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SLR: I found nothing boosts my breastmilk production more than long-simmered beef soups, like braised oxtail or pho or basically any kind of sticky bone broth with fatty beef in it. Something about the fat, iron, collagen, and gelatin makes my breastmilk kick in within a day or two. Super helpful, since it hits the spot when I'm sick anyway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2662014 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 12:33:36 +0000 SLR 2662014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pollywog: I can't do fenugreek! Wish I could but it hurts my stomach. I will be eating oats for breakfast all week though. And luckily I still have a bag of lactation cookies in the freezer!</p> <p>@MrsSRS: I hadn't heard avocado before. Will give that a try!</p> <p>Scraping by so far with by giving her two 5 oz bottles (vs her usual 15oz a day) while she is in daycare and filling her up with solids. I think we'll get by but picked up a pack of the little RTF bottles to send just in case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2661801 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 00:38:03 +0000 BabyTsMom 2661801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mixed it with breastmilk and quickly moved to all formula. We used Similac Total Comfort and he did great with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2661799 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 00:27:44 +0000 gingerbebe 2661799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gerber Gentle RTF went over well with DS1. DS2 is not picky. Both like their formula warm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2661746 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:05:35 +0000 Pollywog 2661746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First of all, I'm so sorry. I know how stressful this is. Second, get a bottle of fenugreek and some oatmeal (rolled oats). Take 3 pills 3 times a day and eat two bowls of oatmeal. Pump every 2 hours and nurse as much as possible when you're home. Your supply will be back up in 2-3 days. I went from 6 ounces to 13 in 2 days. </p> <p>As far as supplementing, my kid can't have formula, but I was told not to mix formula and breastmilk because then you'll have to toss the breastmilk in an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2661745 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:02:45 +0000 MrsSRS 2661745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>FWIW what helped my supply bounce back after viruses was, specifically, gatorade and avocado. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2661683 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 16:23:36 +0000 daniellemybelle 2661683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO always preferred the RTF formula versus powdered though we were able to get her onto powdered with the Dr. Brown's pitcher that mixes it up with fewer clumps and bubbles than a shaken up bottle.</p> <p>Temperature was never an issue for her but she took bottles &amp; formula from her first week.</p> <p>I hope your supply bounces back soon! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2661607 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 14:38:43 +0000 Bernieboo 2661607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We combo feed (less formula now bc of her milk allergy), so she started getting formula a few days old. I've heard that the ready to feed stuff is more palatable and that's what we started with because that's what the hospital had (RTF Similac sensitive) We then moved to the powder at a week or two. We usually keep it room temp to help her differentiate from nursing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2661537 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 12:55:31 +0000 SLR 2661537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! I'll probably run out and get some of the Similac for Supplementation just in case I need to try that. I've pumped three times so far today and have gotten only 6oz. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2661492 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 12:08:36 +0000 snowjewelz 2661492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to supplement when DD WAS 6 months; I never mixed and just cold turkey started some formula bottles (I did not want to waste what little precious bm I had left), and she took it fine! We were on Gerber gentle ease... I would have wanted to do Similac, but I didn't want to change what was working! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2661477 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 12:00:19 +0000 littlejoy 2661477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started with Similac for supplementation (very, very early), and mixed it with breastmilk every time. After a month, we switched to an organic formula, and would give it to her straight. </p> <p>I hope you're able to get your supply back up - I know how stressful that is. But just know that she will be ok on the formula too. It wouldn't hurt to add a powdered probiotic after the illness and formula. Klaire Labs makes an amazing infant probiotic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2661435 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 11:12:01 +0000 Mrs D 2661435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @T.H.O.U.: ...she'll take it eventually.</p> <p>I never did the 50/50 always just straight to formula and my girls took it fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2661408 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 10:22:58 +0000 hellobeeboston 2661408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we mixed 50/50 with Earths Best/BM and he eventually took it.... my first just took the formula right away without any mixing... agree with THOU, if she's hungry enough she'll eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2661396 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 10:01:51 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2661396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so sorry. I think its one of those things though if she's hungry enough she will take it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2661361 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:02:53 +0000 DesertDreams88 2661361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried one or two bottles where it was mixed 50-50, and he did great. So we tried 100% formula and he did well with that too. It helped to have it really warmed up, even more than we warm up breast milk.</p> <p>Another idea sometimes I have had issues if I let frozen milk thaw in the fridge overnight, like it is supposed to, but LO drinks it more readily if I thaw it in a bath of warm water quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2661354 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 08:41:13 +0000 FaithFertility 2661354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Similac for supplememtaion was the formula.my DD around thatbage took no issue! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-help#post-2661353 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 08:40:00 +0000 SLR 2661353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My EBF 8 month old had a stomach virus on Friday night and then I got it yesterday. It has killed my supply! I had to dip into my milk for daycare this week and barely had enough for her bottles today. </p> <p>I tried giving her frozen milk last night and she wouldn't take it (the lipase thing, I presume). So, I made up a bottle of a sample can of formula that I had here. She gagged and refused that as well.</p> <p>I know my supply should pick back up one I get back to eating and drinking normally, but any tips on how to manage in the short-term?</p> <p>I asked daycare to only give 2 bottles today (if possible) and fill her up with solids to give me at least one bottle for tomorrow. I have a feeling that I'm not going to get enough for her though.</p> <p>Has anyone had luck going cold turkey with supplementing (vs. mixing w/ breastmilk and increasing)? Any suggested formulas that may taste most like breastmilk? </p>