Dropping breastfeeds at 5 - 6 months

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I'm currently mix feeding my 5 month old DS. His typical day is as follows:

c. 7am - breastfeed
c. 9.30/10am - breastfeed
12 midday - 210 ml bottle
c. 2pm - breastfeed
c. 4.30pm - breastfeed
c. 6.30/45pm - breastfeed then bed
11pm - 210 ml bottle

(no night feeds)

My question is, would it be possible from around now to replace the daytime breastfeeds with bottles but still breastfeed at 7am and 7pm? Basically, I feel I would like to start bottle-feeding in the day, but don't want to quit breastfeeding completely and enjoy breastfeeding first thing and last thing at night. Would my supply cope with this at 5 months?

For what it's worth, DS has had a bottle last thing at night (c. 11pm) from around a week old, and we had to add in a second bottle when he was 8 weeks old because of poor weight gain. I've never felt I've had a brilliant supply, I had PPH and so we had to supplement from day 1 and my milk didn't come in until DS was 8 days old. I've only been engorged the week my milk came in and have never really had to use breastpads. However, since 8 weeks old DS has been gaining weight nicely on 2 bottles and breastfeeds - but would it mean the end of breastfeeding if I gave up breastfeeding in the day?

Thanks in advance!

I think this is achievable without losing your supply. I did this gradually. I introduced a second bottle mid morning around 6 months so DD was having:
7am BF, 11am FF, 3pm BF and then 6pm FF followed by BF to settle. A few weeks later I introduced formula at 3pm too and dropped the bedtime BF (trying to break the BF to sleep habit!). I carried on feeding just once in the morning for several months. I'd say do it gradually and make sure you express until your supply adjusts to avoid mastitis.

Thanks, ALittleFaith, good to know it's achievable!

You're welcome! :)

Gradual. Perfectly possible - breasts adapt to almost anything. We got to the stage where it was just morning and before bed, then just the morning feed for ages. Was lovely!

Yes its possible. I went back to work FT when DS was 6 months. I bfed morning, evening and night until he was 13 months. Then just evenings until he was 2.1.