Formula against my wishes

[Efsmum1]

Does anyone have any advice on how to handle this situation. My ex partner and I split when my baby was less than a week old. Now she's 6 weeks old and he's demanding he has her (on his own) for a full day. She's only ever been breastfed (which I'm very proud of) and has not been away from me for more than 2 hours. I've told him this isn't possible until she's older but now he's threatening that if I don't express (I don't have anywhere near enough milk to express for one feed never mind a full day) he will give her formula. Please help???

That's why compromise is a good place to start. You can not tell from the small amount of information here what is actually going on and a lot of presumptions are being made. If he's been given all the facts about feeding then maybe he can understand better. If they split within a weeks how is he to know about it all if this is their first child, they've been apart so he won't see the daily implications of feeding. He wants contact so that means he is trying to be a good father, why label him so quickly without actually knowing what is going on. No maintenance? Again what conversations have actually taken place about this? We can't know, he may be seeking legal advice, he may have offered and they can't agree. Jumping in with two feet is not fair to either of them and isn't helpful advice to give to a new mum who is in this situation.

I couldn't express more than a few mls at a time, it would have been impossible to express enough for a whole day. Plus DD wouldn't take a bottle anyway.

Not paying maintenance. Wanting to disrupt breastfeeding just so he can have his own way. Does not seem like he has his childs best interests at heart here. Red flags everywhere imo.