My DS is 4 months old and breastfed, with maybe one bottle of formula a week at the moment. Come January though I need to substitute 1 or 2 feeds a day for formula. He currently feeds approximately 3 hourly, so based on that he'll be having:
7am - breast
10am - formula
1pm - breast
4pm - breast
7pm - breast
10.30pm - formula
My question is, will 4 breastfeeds a day be enough to maintain my supply? I would like ideally to continue breastfeeding for a year, so wouldn't like to compromise that.
Also, is it better to make the feeding routine the same every day, or would it be better to breastfeed at 10am on the days when I can?
I guess I could make the 10.30pm feed breast, but that would mean having to stay up for it (which I do at the moment) but by January I'd like to be able to go to bed early and let DP do that feed.