Top ups
Hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone else has been instructed to do formula top-ups for their little ones.
We had to do this because our LG lost quite a bit of weight early on. She’s now 5 weeks old, has surpassed her birth weight, and has been discharged—all is good.
We would like to gradually reduce the formula, but we’re not really sure of the best approach.
Is anyone else in the same situation or does anyone have any advice?
Thank you so much!
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@Poonam , the same was instructed to me. How did you do it? To reduce I mean, quantity in the bottle or number of bottles?
I did the number of bottles, so she was on 5 top ups a day to begin with and reduced this down. I guess you could also do quantity but I found I was able to settle her for some feeds and not others. Generally evening top up was a must and was the last to be dropped.
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I was instructed the same and slowly reduced the number of tops up per day slowly over a few weeks while my breast milk supply increased to fulfill this need