Stopping BF coronavirus help

[HoldTightandPretenditsaPlan]

My LO is 7amd a half months old. She was EBF until 5 months, but to save my sanity we combination fed from then til now. She's been on solid food too from 5 and a half months (I don't need opinions on that please). A few weeks ago, I decided it would be a good time for me to move away from BF and to continue with the formula - she was only having the boob during the night and was waking for comfort a lot of the time... I lost count at 22 wake ups one night. Anyway... For 2 days doe, she's not BF and she's been fine. My issue is with everyone panic buying and the length of this pandemic undetermined, am I silly to stop now when there could be a shortage of formula? Should I express and freeze some? Or should I carry on with the plan and stop buying into all the hype about us running out of essentials?
I kept myself awake last night pondering, I even had dreams about the supermarkets running out of formula (Les Denis was in Tesco too)

I would be happy to feed for the extra antibodies (especially if you have the virus and have recovered) but feeding if you get ill is obviously very hard. Though maybe no worse than making up a bottle if you're alone.

What was Les Denis stocking up on?

If i were you, I'd buy enough formula for 3 weeks or so, pump and freeze a bit where you can to keep your supply in, and try not to stress too much. Your baby will be fine.

If I were you I would carry on. I wouldn't want the stress of shopping if there's a lockdown. If you carry on you know you're also supplying her with antibodies.

Please be aware that if she’s waking for comfort then stopping breastfeeding won’t necessarily stop the waking, it could just make it harder for you to settle her back down. There’s lots of reasons she could be waking up for comfort and formula feeding won’t always change this.

I'd keep feeding for a couple of months longer, just at bedtime and first thing in morning, then if formula runs out your supply will soon increase again.

Les was gathering all people called Les. He then put them in a room together and said there were "too many lezzies in there"... It was a long night!

Thanks @ClaraLane, do you have experience of this? Any help or advice would be amazing... I'm pretty sure I'm an actual zombie now. Why would she wake up for comfort?

Definitely keep feeding - best protection comes from the antibodies in your milk.

@HoldTightAndPretenditsaPlan She could wake for all sorts of reasons - too hot, too cold, sleeping in an uncomfortable position, teething pain, had a funny dream, upset tummy, headache, needs to fart, heard a strange noise. Basically anything that’s ever woken you up can wake a baby. I BF my daughter and she self-weaned at 17 months. We tried nightweaning several times but it was far more stressful for me trying to get her back to sleep without BFing her than it was to just pop her on the boob and get her back off that way.

I’m not saying what you’re doing is wrong at all but just be prepared that stopping BFing won’t necessarily stop the night waking and you’ve then got the added burden of having to prepare bottles if you can’t settle her in other ways.

I'd keep breastfeeding. I'm so glad I bf my 5mo or I'd be worrying about getting formula too.