Formula in the evening for a breastfed baby?

[HannahB264]

I have a 2 week old. He is breastfed (breast and expressed as I get a little sore). For the first few days, he was mixed fed as my supply was still coming through, but he has been on breast milk only now my supply is in. I've read that formula can help a baby sleep longer as it can fill them up. Is this true? If so, would it be OK to give a bottle of formula before bed?

The ironic thing here is that the same people here proclaiming breastfeeding for reducing SIDS risk will proudly tell everyone how great co-sleeping is, despite that actually being statistically the single biggest SIDS risk factor. They'll also judge anyone for using a dummy, even though that also is a protective factor against SIDS.

BF/FF is a complex choice with many factors to consider. The wellbeing of the mother, baby and yes, even the father, are all considerations. Nobody should be judged for their choice.

But BF does reduce SIDS. Factually.

Correct. But so do many other behaviours which the hive mind here either ignores (for example no bed sharing) or dismisses as a problem (using dummies).

Reducing SIDS risk is multifactory. We know the single biggest difference is made by putting babies on their back to sleep in their own cot, which saw the numbers drastically reduce following the Back To Sleep campaign in the 90s. Other factors, including breastfeeding, can also reduce risk but that is the biggest one - and unfortunately it's, based on anecdotal evidence here, the one which many ignore