Desperately looking for advice, my daughter was exclusively breastfed for 6months after she turned 6month we started weaning (baby led) and introduced formula as I was exhausted with night feeds and due to go back to work, I can't get along with expressing so that was never an option best I could express was 3oz in half an hour just ridiculous tbh.
Issue I have is she will only ever take between 2 to 4oz of formula ... I still breastfeed her before bed and at 4am when she wakes... I then try and give her formula in morning and I'm lucky if she takes 2oz ... I give her aptamil porridge as it's full of vitamins hoping it somewhat makes up a little for the lack of morning milk .. she then has a nap and I try her again 3 or 4 hours later she might take 4oz if I'm lucky and then again tea time 3 to 4oz... I don't feel I can drop the bedtime feeds as I just feel she isint taking enough milk ... I'm at my wit's end now, shes used the mam bottles before when I expressed so she knows how to use them but she will literally suck it then mess with it then suck it mess with it then point blank either refuse or spit it out ... I've also tried the tommee Tippie bottles she won't even suck these ... I've changed the flow with both brands after HV advised ... Still nothing ... She has wet nappies and poops but I'm worried as my milk is drying up and she just doesn't seem interested in her milk she's currently just under the 50th centile and was below 25th at birth ... Will get her weighed on Tuesday but till then any advice would be amazing
Issue I have is she will only ever take between 2 to 4oz of formula ... I still breastfeed her before bed and at 4am when she wakes... I then try and give her formula in morning and I'm lucky if she takes 2oz ... I give her aptamil porridge as it's full of vitamins hoping it somewhat makes up a little for the lack of morning milk .. she then has a nap and I try her again 3 or 4 hours later she might take 4oz if I'm lucky and then again tea time 3 to 4oz... I don't feel I can drop the bedtime feeds as I just feel she isint taking enough milk ... I'm at my wit's end now, shes used the mam bottles before when I expressed so she knows how to use them but she will literally suck it then mess with it then suck it mess with it then point blank either refuse or spit it out ... I've also tried the tommee Tippie bottles she won't even suck these ... I've changed the flow with both brands after HV advised ... Still nothing ... She has wet nappies and poops but I'm worried as my milk is drying up and she just doesn't seem interested in her milk she's currently just under the 50th centile and was below 25th at birth ... Will get her weighed on Tuesday but till then any advice would be amazing