Newbie to FF

[hayles86]

Hi, so im formula feeding, well kinda. Im still bf at night and first morning feed. My DD has choose to start weaning. She bits me very hard :crying: But will scream for a feed. So i just give her a formula feed. So what im asking is what kinda formula to use and how can i get her to start sleeping through as shes still waking 3 times a night. For those mums that bf then went to ff. Is it normal not be be engorged with milk after not feeding all day?. Mine feel empty. Maybe thats why she doesnt want me any more?.
Anyway any advice would be great.
Haylee

[Rell]

Firstly I swaped to FF when my kids were 6 weeks old and 2 weeks old and I was exactly the same, I was not engorged at all which my Dr thinks was part of the problems I had BF.
What formuls you use it up to you and your baby, Try one and if she is happy on it then stick to that. try not to swap unnecesarly as this can upset babies.
Now to sleeping through, sorry I have no answers there. I think babies will do it when they are ready, my DS did not sleep through until 9mths.

Good luck feel free to ask any more questions

[Leez]

I was never engorged either - not when my milk came in or when I stopped.

If she seems to be doing ok on the formula you've got her on now, then there's probably no reason to change it. I use the Heinze Nurture No.2 formula (DD is 9 months) and have had no problems with it, if you're looking for a brand.

I think as far as your DD waking up through the night goes, that's to be expected because that's the time of the day that she's being BF, and breastmilk sits lighter in babies stomach than formula, which is a lot heavier and takes longer to digest, so a baby that's ff around night time would tend to sleep for longer periods.

I'm wondering how you would go if you tried to bf her during the day, and give her the ff at night, she might sleep through that way? It would probably take a few days though for your body to make the switch in times so there would be a bit of grief involved in that idea.

Sorry that's probably not much help, and I don't have any advice re the biting, as I stopped prior to DD getting teeth. Hope it gets sorted out soon for you.