When DD lost weight we had to start topping her up with formula.

What I did was always offer her breast first, when ever she demanded then after a burp I would then offer a top up, it was usually about 60ml after each feed during the day, and the in the evening it was 120ml, as my milk was a lot less in the evening.

That we she still stiumlated the breast to encourage more milk supply and got all the BM she could get and the F was purely a filler/top up, sometimes she would only take 20ml other times the whole lot. It was very sporadic.

By the time she was 5 1/2 months she actually learnt to suck properly so it was painfree for me, and she also started to not need the F top ups. We dropped the top ups started with the morning feeds, and eventually the evening feeds, as my supply was better earlier in the day.

We eventually got rid of the tops up by about 6 1/2 months (I think!).

It is a bit of work with the bottles as well, but I found this worked the best for me and would continue to encourage the milk supply.

Wishing you the very best and I hope you can make the combo work for you.

Take care
xxoo