when to give bottle?!

[fabulousmama]

hi guys

i have introduced a bottle to my ebf baby. i only give her a bottle of formula twice a day. i started giving it at night but then HV said not to do that as breastfeeding is best at night for my supply.

any advice on what the best time of day is to give a bottle? i was thinking evening time around 5 and then one before bed as supply is lowest then? X

I only give one bottle a day and I do it around 6pm, at the start of the bedtime routine. DS then sometimes has a short breastfeed right before he goes to sleep at 7pm but I think this is more for comfort than anything.

If I was going to give another I think I'd be tempted to introduce it before his afternoon nap, so maybe 30 minutes before. I'm not doing this yet though because my DS is 5 months and soon enough I'll be adding in solids alongside his milk. How old is your DS?

I've always heard that the hours between midnight and 4am are the most important for building and maintaining breast milk supply, so you should try and get at least one breastfeed in between those hours. Neither of my breastfed babies has ever had any trouble with making sure we fit that one in🙄

Just reread and realise you have a daughter not a son, sorry!