https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 23:54:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-with-formula-2#post-784508 Wed, 15 May 2013 21:25:29 +0000 sera_87 784508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do from the tap or a bottle of formula; since I don't pump there's nothing to mix. We go through a small can every 2-3 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-with-formula-2#post-784466 Wed, 15 May 2013 20:58:41 +0000 DillonLion 784466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My let down is really slow. I pump for 30 mins 3x a day at work. It makes up half her intake at daycare.</p> <p>If I don't pump enough at work, I add in one more pumping session before I go to bed.</p> <p>She gets both breastmilk and then formula at every feeding (except for first thing in the am when my breasts are really full)</p> <p>i never mix the two in the same bottle in case she doesn't finish it all. That means none of my breastmilk ever gets wasted.</p> <p>Formula lasts a long time in our house since daycare provides it as part of their care. So we are only using our own formula 1x a day and on weekends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-with-formula-2#post-784424 Wed, 15 May 2013 20:39:34 +0000 beachbee 784424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pump at work and leave bottles of BM for when I'm at work. If I don't have enough to fill her bottle with BM I will add formula to the same bottle. She's been supplemented since the beginning due to small size and slow gain, and she's never had a problem drinking mixed bottles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-with-formula-2#post-784250 Wed, 15 May 2013 19:15:01 +0000 kml636 784250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pump at work 3x (don't want my supply to go down) even though I don't make enough milk for LO at daycare so I just leave some formula for her there and after she's done with her BM bottles for the day she gets formula. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supplementing-with-formula-2#post-784194 Wed, 15 May 2013 18:46:32 +0000 lomom 784194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now LO is on fortified breast milk (so we mix 1 tsp per 4 oz of breast milk to add extra calories since he was a preemie). So I'm not opposed to supplementing with formula... I'm actually strongly considering it for when I go back to work when LO is 3 months old. It takes me 25-30 minutes to pump enough for his next feeding and I think I would need to do 3 pump sessions at work to meet his demand so it's looking like supplementing might be the best route. I still want him to have some breast milk but I don't think I can realistically devote an hour and a half (plus washing pump parts) during the work day to pumping, even if I worked while pumping. </p> <p>How do you supplement? Is one bottle all formula and another all breast milk? Or do you mix them so that each bottle is half and half?</p> <p>How quickly do you go through formula? </p>