I have a nearly nine month baby who has been exclusively bf. However, due to recurrent full blown mastitis in my right breast I am having to wean off that side and just feed from the left. My baby has always been small and is slightly underweight (has been checked out by dr and all is ok). He hasn't taken to solids very well and since the right breast has gone into retirement he has actually started losing weight despite me giving him extra feeds. Yesterday I started giving him 100ml of forumla a day (as advised by dr) on top of bf and solids. Just wondering, for those who have given forumla to bf babies to help weight gain has it actually helped? And when is the best time to give the baby the extra milk?
Am feeling a bit about the whole thing.
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BF baby having formula feed to help weight gain - does it work?
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ferfer · 29/09/2009 00:20
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