Help baby not satisfied with my milk supply and OH wants to give formula

[gateacre1]

Please can anyone help
we have just had 2 really tough days
my new baby is not satisfied with how much milk I am producing last night
feed on left boob 15 mins
nappy change
back on left boob 25 mins
bath
screaming would not settle for 30 mins
Right boob 30 mins
screaming would not settle
back on right boob
still screaming
20 mins later gave her the expressed milk from the morning she gulped down 5 oz
she is only 6weeks 3 days

I winded her and changed her and soothed her
it took 4 hours to settle her to sleep last night
I pumped this morning and only got 1.5 oz out of my Right boob and its quite sure think I have a milk blister on my nipple

my OH wants to give formula, but I think this will reduce my supply????

Hi everyone thanks again for the replies
we are still fully breastfeeding, the evening feeding madness has calmed down and dd2 is crying a lot less
Although it is still random
im trying my best to do a regular evening routine feed, bath, wind down then another feed if necessary
one night she went straight to sleep at 730 without any fuss then the next night took 3 hours to settle her to sleep

I guess she just has some days when she is hungrier and it is still early days
babies are such unpredictable little things!
I am going to find out if there are any breastfeeding support groups still going in my area!
It really helps to know that its completely normal
G x

gate think it is a good idea to find out about local support groups, try ABM, LLL, Baby Cafe and your local Surestart Centre. NCT run some good groups too, these are usually open to everyone so you should get the support and friendship you need and perhaps a balanced view too.

Incidently, when she takes 3 hours to settle, what do you do? Do you keep on feeding her?

This may or may not help (possibly not) but my 8 month old is still up with me until I go to bed! She like to snack all evening (and all night) and I've just got used to it now. They're only babies for a short while and I'm sure I'll be sad when she doesn't need me like that any more.

gate, at this age the taking-3-hours-to-settle is totally, totally normal. Wanting to feed and fuss all night is totally, totally normal. This mystic thing about babies having a bath, feed and bed at 7 is bunkum - or in fact pretty rarely "achieved" in the early months. DD is 5 months and it's only in the last few weeks she's gone to sleep for the night at half 6 - obviously still waking for feeds 3 or 4 times before morning though!

With my first I had the expectation that we'd have some sort of routine by 6-8 weeks but the bathing and faffing at night just caused stress. With the second I spent until 4 months of age camping on the sofa all evening feeding her, sometimes she cried and we had subtitled TV all night, sometimes she dozed, occasionally she'd conk right out. The key is not to have any expectations - a good night is a good night - it doesn't indicate that the next night will also be good. A bad night similarly doesn't mean everything's going wrong. They're just random at this stage and the easiest way to deal with random is to make no plans :)

Soon it will be easier, I promise - for now, you're doing brilliantly well :)