So I had been pumping as my DD never latched and got to a point where I was able to pump just enough for her. I was so proud of myself and felt so accomplished.
Until about a month ago when I took her to meet my partners family who are from another country. I only had time to pump twice a day until the last few days where there was no time at all. Where I would normally pump between 300mls in the morning today I got less than 30ml.
While we were there we took DD to the doctor about rashes she would get and the dr said it’s due to an allergy, they gave her an IV and her skin cleared up. Since then I’ve been trying to avoid eggs (family history on his side) but I keep forgetting to check ingredients and accidentally eating egg in one form or another (dried egg whites for example). Her rashes are coming back 😔
I was planning to try and up my supply again but with the allergy in mind I’m seriously considering switching to formula feeding but here’s where I’m confused.
DD would normally take 120ml bottles of expressed milk/formula if I didn’t have enough for her. I bought comfort formula as she seems constipated at the moment. I was looking to make up a test bottle as I had read some reviews claiming it was slimy and wouldn’t come out of the teat when the instructions confused me. I don’t know how much I’m supposed to make up. Do I follow the age, the weight or how much she takes? She’s 4mo but weighs 7kg (she’s not chunky but she’s long). I assume I should follow instructions based on her age but I don’t see her drinking all 180mls but it says 120mls is what a 2mo should be having.
im sorry the post is so long, i appreciate any advice you have
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Confused switching to formula. Please help
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gxt · 01/06/2023 22:23
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