Hi,

I just need some advise please. I'm returning to work in sadly in 2 weeks (boohoo) and need to sort out abit of a routine now with feeding my DS2 who will be 1 year old in 4 weeks. I currently bf with the occasional ff (mainly just once a week when i have some 'me' time 1 night a week). I never had this issue with DS1 cause he'd moved onto fully ff by the time i went back to work- but DS2 seems to still be keen on bf'ing- so will do my best to keep it up.

So I'll only be working 3 days a week at this stage- kinda 9-5 hours, Monday, Thursday & Friday's.

So how many feeds does he need during the day? I currently do a bf on wake up (about 7), then its been a little mixed over the last few weeks- sometimes he'll have one 11am'ish, then 2pm'ish, then maybe a top up 4pm'ish. Those 3 are usually upon wake ups- but most of the time 2 of those 3 would be super quick feeds- just little top ups really. Then he gets another feed before bed- 7pm'ish and lately we've cut back to 1 night feed.

So i was thinking of still doing feeds at wake up, bed time and during the night- and doing 1 formula around lunchtime...would that sound enough?

Also do you think i would then get away with still bf that day feed on non-work days...or will i dry up (don't have the time, patience and enough milk to express either)?

And last question...about a month or 2 after he turns 1 (in February) i will then give him cows milk for the day feed (don't think we'll have a problem as he gets little sips now and seems ok with it)- and continue to do bf morning, evening and night for as long as he wants to (though i may look at finishing up bf'ing at 18months if we get that far- but will cross that bridge if and when we get to it). So will those 3 bf's and a cows milk during the day suffice (loves his food- so also no issue there)?

Sorry if they are silly questions...just stressing about returning to work I think- though it will be nice to be with and talk to adults for 3 days a week! So gotta look on the bright side i guess.

Thanks in advance for you advice though.