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Do combi fed babies take less formula than exclusively bottle fed babies?

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meganm94 · 08/12/2019 09:46

I've recently started to combi feed my 3½ month old daughter. She has always had at least one bottle of expressed breast milk from birth so we have never had an issue with her taking the bottle itself. However, now we have started her on the formula she is only taking around 2oz whereas she would take 5oz of breast milk. We have tried aptamil, mamia and cow and gate formula and she seems to be the same on all of them so far.
Could it be that the formula is just filling her up as she is used to breast milk or is it that she just doesn't like formula milk at all?
I am just worried she's not getting enough as she has recently dropped a percentile. She does still go on the breast but I obviously don't know how much she is taking when breastfeeding her and she just always seems hungry, its like I can't fill her up. I definitely have a good supply as I can express a good 5oz from each boob. Just at a bit of a loss with her at the minute, feel like everything I'm trying is wrong ☹️ any advice would be appreciated x

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UnderHisEyeBall · 08/12/2019 21:39

She might just not like the formula compared to breastmilk.

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