I breast fed for a short amount of time, but Nathan was having problems because he wasn't getting a balanced amount of fore-milk and hind-milk. I was also having infection after infection. I switched to pumping exclusively which solved Nathan's problems, but didn't really help with my infections. I pumped every time he had a bottle. Once he was sleeping through the night I still got up to pump. When he was around 3 months old my milk supply decreased drastically and I was giving him breast milk only about half the time and formula the other half. I tried teas and supplements but I couldn't get my supply back up and by the time Nathan was 4 months old he was on formula only. Though I wish greatly that he was still on breast milk, Nathan is doing great on formula. He's 6 months old, 16 pounds, healthy and very active! He's eating some solid foods now (he's had cereal, sweet potato, and 1 day of green beans). He's eating his new foods really well. I don't know if being on both breast milk and formula helped keep him from "getting set in his ways", but it certainly didn't hurt any.
I don't think it will hurt Hannah any to have a little formula. If you give her a bottle of formula at night instead of breast feeding you should try to pump after you put her to bed. Your supply will decrease if you bottle feed and don't pump.
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