DF refusal.....help before this evening please!!!!

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ok.so today,she had 7oz BM at breakfast, then another oz BM in her cereal. then she had 6oz formula at lunch. then 6 oz at the afternoon feed. then a BF @ BT....is that enough!?!i'm so worried about her going 12 hours without milk,mostly coz the majority of her milk is currently BM.

[Lolly]

That's fine! She had 20oz before her bedtime feed so she has had plenty to get her needs met today! There is no reason to worry about her going 12 hours without milk - some totally breastfed babies sleep through before they hit 3 months! If she is refusing the DF and not waking up during the night demanding to be fed she is telling you that she is getting enough in the day!

Are you offering her water to drink with her solids? If not it's a good time to intorduce a sippy of water for her to practice with and it gets a bit more liquid into her - free flow ones are the best we found!

She is doing great!

Laura

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yes,she has little sips of water after her solid meals.she was never a super hungry baby tbh-when we started th DF @ 8 weeks,i wouldnt feed again till 7am,so we've had it VERY easy with her!!

[Erin M]

i keep waking worrying that she's gonna wake!!!!

Now you have to teach yourself to sleep through!  I had the same problem (as do a whole lot of other mommas).  Like Laura said, it sounds like you're doing great!

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i have to teach myself to sleep too apparantly!!!!i could not fall asleep last night!!!!wide awake waiting for her to wake up @ the usual DF time!!! applying Tracy's philosohpy though, i think i was OT & should have started my BT routine earlier!

[Erin M]

[Fiver]

i'm so worried about her going 12 hours without milk,mostly coz the majority of her milk is currently BM.

Breastmilk has more fat/calories per millilitre than formula, so there's no need to worry there

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oh,i didn't knwo that...thanks!x