Lo was born at 25 weeks and was in NICU for 5 months. I've been pumping that whole time and have had no supply issues which is really lucky for a preemie mom. Lo started getting breastmilk very slowly so I have a TON of frozen milk...gallons.

3 weeks ago we switched to formula because lo wasn't eating enough. The formula really seems to help since be has reflux (we use Enfamil AR). I was okay with formula because I always thought I'd go back to breastmilk.

Two days ago I mixed 1/3 breastmilk with formula. Lo went from 1 poop a day to 5! And seemed really uncomfortable and ate less :(.

I really want him to get some fresh milk to keep him from getting sick as much as possible, but I don't know if its gonna work. I could also try thickening my milk with rice cereal, but am afraid to experiment when we are on something that is working.

Also, I'm going back to work in 6 weeks.

I'm currently pumping 4x a day, but it's really frustrating spending all of that time,l not knowing if it will ever be eaten.

I could 1) quit altogether and use frozen milk if I get to a point where he can eat it.

2) drop to 1 pump a day so I have a little milk for lo (I kind of like this option but don't know how to do it...what supply will look like).

3) keep doing what I'm doing.

How that you've read my novel, what do you think?