Baby HATES formula

[Pobblebonk]

Hi! How are you?

My breast milk supply has decreased :thumbsdown: and while I'm trying to increase my supply again, I may have to supplement feeds for my 4 month old baby with formula - however, he HATES the formula and refuses it and whatever he has he spews it back up again.

Has anyone else had a baby that hates formula? What have you done?

[cheezelkat]

I can't offer advice about the formula, but to increase your supply have you tried doing a nursing day where you and bub just relax together topess? When bub touches your breast, it will give extra stimulation for more milk to be made.

Try taking fenugreek capsules as well. Are you seeing a lactation consultant about your low supply?

[TwoBlue]

have you tried another brand formula? they all taste a bit different...

[Rhoxie]

Hey Miss Alitz

Chezel katz - is spot on with her advice. Clear your schedule for the next week (although it should only take 3-4 days) and have a feeding fest. Feed more often than usual and let bub comfort suck as much as possible while keeping your fluids up.

I've usually had couch or bed days and just curled up with bub and a book or movie or sprawled on the floor near bub.

Formula will start you on a down hill spiral decreasing your supply more and more until bub is fully formula fed.

Breastfeeding is a supply and demand system. To increase supply bub needs to demand it ie. be put to the breast to feed. if your supply is low from either stress, low fluids or bub's having a growth spurt and he needs more then you need to feed more frequently and for longer periods to build up the supply.

Best of luck & I hope your suppy picks up again soon.

[fionaC]

Hi there both of mine refused formula. My first I breast fed till she was 18 months (I even had to express for breakfast ceral as she would not eat unless it was breast milk) and the second I breast fed till 22 months. I did find that the breast milk would dwindle at times. What I would do then is make a drink which I called Jungle Juice it was a mixture of 1lt of fruit juice, 1 sachet of rehydrait, 1lt of water, 4 table spoons of weleda blackthorn berry. It used to really lift me up and I always found that my milk supply would increase the other thing I used to do was drink half a pint of guniness stout it really worked. All the best .