Maternity Leave: Similac

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Breastfed Baby Won't Drink Formula.

I have been feeding my 4 month old daughter breastmilk since she was born. I do both nursing and bottles since I am working. She is eating me out of house and home. I can't seem to make enough to keep her full. Although I do plan on continuing to pump and nurse her, I will need to supplement with formula. We have tried feeding her a bottle with all formula as well as one mixed with breastmilk, which she refuses both. The brand I am using is Enfamil. I have read that Similac is sweeter and creamier and will be trying that as well. ...

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Allergic to Formula?

I have been pumping and feeding my 5 month old breast milk up until now, but...

Breastfeeding & Work

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Breastfeeding, Can't Pump, Going Back to Work

My son will be just over 9 months when I go back to work next month. I exclusively breast fed until he was 6 months and then began introducing solids. He is great with the solids, but has trouble taking a bottle. Part of the problem is that I've never been able to pump sufficiently: in an hour, I get maybe one ounce out of both breasts. I don't know exactly what the problem is, whether the pump (it's a hand-me-down), or my milk production, or what. I think he will take a bottle if it has breast milk in it--it's when we've tried formula...