I breastfeed when im in the house or at my mums but when out and about I give my lo formula (only just started to do this as I'm struggling to express) the past few nights I have bf and she still so hungry she gets so fussy and really cries so I have started to give her a bottle of formula before bed but breastfeed first. Will this affect my supply? I don't go out much but when I do she does have 1 bottle of formula. Also she will have her last feed around 9-10pm and doesn't wake up till 4-5am and has breast milk. I'm trying my hardest with her but she is such a hungry baby and I don't want to give breastfeeding up but just feel like I'm not satisfying her

honestly, yes, giving formula can effect your supply - especially late night top ups, as night time is a crucial time for maintaining hormone levels. But more importantly your LO may be going through a growth spurt (there's one aound 6-8 weeks) which means constant feeding for a little while, to ramp up your supply.

Can you bf when your out and about? do you feel comfortable? It's really ideal if you can and saves faffing over bottles.

You are still quite early on in your BFing relationship so it is more than likely that regular bottles of formula will affect your supply. But it is also likely that you will be able to recover your supply at this time if you want to. The odd bottle here and there is not going to be so bad though.

When are you doing the feed before the 9-10pm one? Have you thought about offering an extra feed between them (if there is time). Is she fussing because she is hungry or because she is tired? Does she pull off herself or are you unlatching her?

When I am worried about my supply (I am uber paranoid about it) I settle in for a few feeds, where I will set myself up not to move for an hour or so, get LO comfy and let him stay on the breast for as long as he wants. He eats and faff's around for the hour-ish and a couple days later I can def tell there is more milk for him. Its great to spend that time unpressured with him.

I'm having a similar problem. LO won't go down for her initial stretch of sleep at night without a bottle of formula--she startles awake every time I try to put her down after breastfeeding and stays awake for hours, unless she's already been asleep (I breastfeed her when she wakes at intervals during the night). But I am worried about my supply for her for the rest of the day/night, since that's relatively big feed she's not getting from me any more.

I haven't got the confidence to bf in public but I don't go out that much so it's not that much of a big problem. I do breastfeed then give her formula after when she gets fussy. She gets fussy because she still hungry she screams and routes around I have tried to keep her on me for as long as possible but I don't think it's fair getting her stressed out over it. It's so hard bf trying to keep my supply up but also satisfying my lo

If she screams and routes after a breastfeed, put her back to the breast. Offer the second breast. If she still appears hungry offer the first breast again and keep on feeding until she settles.

Your body is very clever in recognising demand and then supplying the baby with what she has demanded. Generally your boobs will catch up with demand within 48hours. You are always making milk and when baby suckles they always get some, the flow is just slower. Suckling tells your body to have this much milk ready at this time of day so if you baby tries to get another 4oz from your breast within 48 hours another 4oz will be there. But it works the other way as well, so if you give 4oz of formula within 48 hours your body will make 4oz less breast milk at that time of day.

Breastfed babies feed very frequently, and when they are little they feed for long periods of time. It doesn't mean they are a hungry baby, its just perfectly normal. My DS is 9 weeks old and feeds at least 10 times in 24 hours for between 10 minutes and 45 minutes. In the evening he feeds, comes off for 15-30minutes and wants to go back on again. They do this cluster feeding to tank up before their biggest sleep of the day.

It sounds to me like every thing is normal and you are doing fine. Your baby doesn't need formula and is no different to any other breastfed baby of the same age.

it may seem like baby is getting nothing but they do clusterfeed & ear more than you think is physically possible.
my son eats for 3 hours straight every evening & has massive belly at end!
but then sleeps for 6/7 hours.

I know it's hard & we have all been there but it's normal for them too feed ALL the time in the first 8 weeks.
it's a matter of sucking it up & taking the lack of sleep & free time on the chin.
breastfeeding is hard to start with but once established is so easy!
ditch the formula hun & keep baby on boob & it will resolve itself.
nip in public & it does get less embarrassing I promise, I used to be do embarrassed but couldn't care less now as I know no one can see anything as think people flash more flesh than me on a club crawl Lmao.