Moving from boob to bottle

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I currently breastfeed but think my milk is drying up and wonder if this is a good time to move to bottles as I intended to at some point anyway.
The only things holding me back are how do people feed when out and about?! The advice online seems a tad ridiculous and confusing- booking the kettle and hour in advance/ rapid cooling/travel warmers/formula dispensers.... I'm so confused! Surely it can't be that complicated! Sorry- FTM here so a bit clueless!

If they are over a year then you don't need bottles or sterilising which makes it tons easier. If under a year then if it is just for out and about then getting them used to cold/room temp milk and carrying cartons seems to be a good solution - not sure what you do about sterilising though - I had a friend who swore her dishwasher did a good enough job - but that was an older baby.

How old is your LO? Have you cut down dramatically on bf so your supply has dwindled - there is lots of advice around on increasing supply if that's the only issue, obviously if you want to stop and move on that's different (and entirely your choice - this is an emotive subject round here!)?

How old? And why do you think your supply is dwindling?

Hello, sorry for not replying- I didn't get notified of the responses. LO is only 2 months old. He seems to fuss (and even cry) during feeding which makes me think there's not enough which means I then make him a small bottle but I know supplementing with formula will decrease the supply.. and so the cycle continues!
I find he's not in great sleeping habits by being breast fed and will only sleep if fed to sleep and even then he's more of a 'snack and snooze' kinda guy rather than 'eat,play, sleep'. If he was bottle fed he might be more likely to take a dummy as uses me for comfort a lot. I don't mind either of there at the moment and know it's probably quite normal but I know it'll need to change at some point in the future.
I'd like to be able to give him a full feed in one sitting (currently not possible with my supply) so I can put him drowsy but awake but it's hard enough getting him to sleep at all for any length of time with such a low supply

Thank you for replying- I really appreciate your views and feel a little lost/overwhelmed. I don't want the decision to move to bottles to be one I take lightly without considering everything first

I combine fed from 4 months - is that an option?

Out and about used pre made bottles

He's supposed to use your boobs for comfort and there isn't actually anything wrong with feeding to sleep plus little babies are supposed to wake frequently to reduce risk of SIDS plus they have TINY stomachs and breast milk is digested very easily so yes, they feed often. It does NOT mean supply is dwindling

And the idea of 'sleep habits' is rubbish at that age as is drowsy but awake. Sorry, you need to read on the 4th trimester and adjust your expectations

Thank you! I'll look into combination feeding and 4th trimester. Both points very helpful :)