How to Introduce FF

[dacosta]

My LO is bf at the moment but I want to add a bit of ff every now and then and build it up before I go back to work. She's fine with bottles as we 've had her take ebm from bottles for the past few weeks - every three days or so - so she knows what to do with them. however, we tried her on ff last night and she took a few sips and cried then wouldn't take any more. she was tired and did go off to sleep after that so i may have caught it at a bad time.


does anyone have any tips on how to introduce ff?

i'm going to try her perhaps every other day with a ff and just keep trying but your advice would be appreciated.

 

[Vickie]

you might want to ask this in breast feeding as well? Might get more responses that way?

 

[Nickij]

Make sure that the milk is warm- as she is used to warm milk from your boob. Also try her at a time she is hungry but not starving.

Finally you could get a few of the pre made cartons of the different forumla makes- so you are no buying whole tubs - and try her on a few to see which one she likes the best.

 

[dacosta]

great advice, thanks

 

[indieknits]

I read somewhere that you can try giving a mixture of EBM and formula, gradually decreasing the amount of EBM and increasing the amount of formula. Maybe give that a go too?