Hey - first time mum here to a one month old trying to figure out a sensible approach to mixed feeding.
For context DS was in hospital for most of the first month so during that time he was getting expressed milk and formula from a bottle with a bit of breastfeeding when I was able. He was on a pretty tight schedule of three hourly feeds of fixed amounts but moved to 'infant-led' feeding when he was well enough.
When home I tried breastfeeding, expressing and giving the odd bottle of formula as that is what he'd been having in the hospital.
But expressing along with breastfeeding seemed a bit mad so I've dropped the expressing over the last two days and I'm just breastfeeding but with one or two bottles of formula as well (at night and mid-day).
My issue is I'm not sure he is getting enough food (although I feed on demand and his nappies seem full enough) and I'm not sure if I'm timing things that well.
For variously reasons I don't think exclusively breastfeeding is right for me and I quite like that with formula his dad or someone else can give him the odd feed if I'm not about.
So my question is - if you mix-feed then what kind of schedule do you work to and why?
Thanks in advance!