urgent question - help!

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It's my first day back at work and i normally bf on demand which works out normally as every 3 or 4 hours. today my mum gave him a bottle at 12pm and dh still hasn't given him a second bottle (4.20pm our time) cos he said ds isn't asking for it. Should we wait for him to ask or just give? He never normally goes more than 4 hours between feeds when bf/ing. he's 5 months.

HELP!!

A lot of babies will hold out for the real thing, and make up their milk intake when they are with you. DS certainly dropped EBM feeds before he would go without a booby feed at the same time.

first of all, try to calm down. He will ask for it when he wants it.

Secondly, they often take more from a bottle than they do from you, so he is probably just full.

And, if your mum gave him formula, this has a different consistency to bm, so it has probably filled him up a bit more.

And you said he goes 3 - 4 hours, it's only been four and a half hours, it's not too long.

Try not to worry, he will be fine.

lol - am feeling very hectic today, hence the rushed sound of my post. thanks for the info..

first day back at work is ALWAYS going to be stressful.