Cluster feeding on formula?

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I am looking at switching over to formula for various reasons. My baby cluster feeds through the day, Im not sure if this is because I have messed up my milk supply by mix feeding or if this is just how she is. If this is how she is and I start completely formula feeding how do thet cluster feed? Or do they naturally stop this when on bottles?

Thanks

I switched to formula with DD1 as I was tearing my hair out over cluster feeding (I didn't use MN in those days ). It made not one jot of difference to her feeding or sleeping patterns, and I had to wash bottles and fork our for formula.

DD2 is 3weeks, and cluster feeding like a demon, but I am trying to be a bit more Zen about it.

The cluster feeding isn't the reason I want to stop breastfeeding. As I want to stop anyway I wondered if no more cluster feeding would be a happy by product of formula?!

Anyone else?

When I switched to ff, my dd's feeds slowly spaced out to 3-4hour intervals, nothing like the cluster feeding I experienced when BF, although she does 'tank up' at night having 2 approx 5oz feeds within a couple of hours of eachother. But in general feeding intervals are now very predictable.

That's what I was presuming would happen addicted especially as I get the feeling my baby is actually still hungry in the day, with formula surely this would fill her up?

Out of interest how long does cluster feeding last? I am feeding my baby on and off ALL day. Not fun anymore. She feeds and falls asleep, as soon as I take her off she wants more! I have been really struggling with breastfeeding and I feel that this is the last straw!

I think that generally formula fills babies up for longer as it takes longer to digest than breastmilk, my dd now has a good 3 hours without hunger signs etc after a feed, whereas during BF it was very frequent and unpredictable. Although I know for some BF babies as they get older they feed less frequently and it doesn't take as long.

x posted! How old is your lo? I think my dd stopped cluster feeding as much at about 10-12 weeks but she had only ever cluster fed in the evenings anyway. I think it's different for all babies and also increases again during growth spurts! I kept having bad periods of time like the one you described but then it would pass and BF would be more manageable again. May be a growth spurt?

how old is your baby? I think ds stopped clusterfeeding around 6 weeks, which is also when he started having a longer sleep in the middle of the day - I think he was often cluster feeding cos he was tired rather than hungry but only feeding would comfort him. I'm expecting it to start again next growth spurt (groan)

She'll be 5 weeks on monday.

I know you've probably heard it all before but it does get much much easier to BF after about 6-8 weeks. You're doing very well to get this far and during the first 6 weeks I had frequent lapses where I'd be tempted to go over to FF but I just took one day at a time and put it off until finally things were easier. In fact the first 6 weeks are a complete blur through constant feeding I can hardly remember it now.