How to mix feed- HELP

[Kate3150]

I have been BF my 2 week old but I’m finding it overwhelming and for my mental health need to mix feed.
Ive tried reading up online the best way to do it but lots of conflicting info.
I don’t want to mess up my supply, so wondered which time of day it would be best to give the formula?
TIA 🥰

i mix fed my eldest. And I only started giving formula at night.
But that was so she would sleep better.
Pick one that fits into your routine?

We started with a bottle of formula at “bedtime” at around 2 - 3 weeks old for DC1, obviously bedtime for that age isn’t really a thing but it was usually the first feed when we went up to bed, I didn’t pump as baby was feeding so often it was fine… aka they’d be up 90 minutes later on the breast.

I think I started to pump at around about 8 weeks, which for us when they were feeding a little bit more consistently (about every 3 hours) as then it felt like I was missing a feed if I didn’t pump.

Once I was pumping what felt like enough for a feed DH would then give that in a bottle for one of the nights feed - it was great, he’d do a “bedtime” bottle of formula, I’d take a shower, or a bath then pump, and then like I said when I was pumping a good amount Id get enough for a full feed over night, obviously that took a few weeks to get into a rhythm of.

You do naturally find your rhythm with these things & you’ll inevitably get the “that’s too soon” “AHHH nipple confusion” or “just persist it’s get better” crowd, but I do think adding that bottle in saved my sanity and enabled me to continuing BF.

We did exactly the same with DC2