Will it affect my milk supply if....

[soppythegiraffe]

I introduce a bottle of formula in the evening and pump instead? Baby is 8 weeks and EBF so far but will scream all evening which results in him being on the boob constantly. This works about 50% of the time. Sometimes he'll just scream all evening whilst on me.

Health visitor's not been very helpful but started spitting feathers when I mention trying a bottle of formula. Doctor thinks it's just one of those things and that gripe water/infacol probably won't work.

It's like he's hungry because he seems extremely frustrated but then I know he's also suffering with lots of gas. This has been going on for weeks now.

It's absolutely relentless and it's so painful. He spits a dummy out and only wants to be on me all evening which as much as I enjoy the snuggles I'd love just get a shower without panicking when I hear him cry.

Will formula even help? I know it's thicker so I'm hopeful it might settle him?

Any advice will be much appreciated.

You could give it a try and see? One, single bottle won't affect your supply at all, it might just make you engorged. I gave my dd a bottle of f as the last feed of the day (10-10.30 for the first 6 months then 7.30 from then on)and just bf her for the rest of the time. She still wanted to be held all evening but I suppose she might have settled had we given her the f at 7 ish. I suspect she was just a baby who needed to be held a lot.

You could try it and see if it helps.

This is totally anecdotal, but have you tried putting him to bed?

I thought my DS had colic at about 8 weeks because every evening he would start getting fractious and crying. Turned out he was really tired, and he started sleeping from about 6.30 - 11, when he'd want his next feed.

But either way, it certainly won't hurt to try a bottle, and it would give you a break from what sounds like an intense end to the day.