mixed feeding

I'm no expert but here is my 2c worth.

Not quite the same thing but we did one bottle/day of EBM (occasionally 2 if MIL was babysitting and I was out) from 8 weeks until this week (10 months). Worked really for us. I did deliberately get the Tomee Tipee Close to Nature bottles because it seemed more like a breast and that they have to sort of latch so I thought it might cause less confusion to my daughter, although I suspect she was one of those babies that it wasn't going to be a problem for anyway.

We didn't ever do formula top-ups but from what you're saying you've now got plenty of milk. If you want to go back to full BF'g then I'd say go for it. It would probably be easier the sooner you do it - before your supply starts to drop (you will stop producing excess and only produce what baby demands). I'm not sure what you're particular concerns are though - are you worried that you won't have milk at the right time or that she won't put on enough weight on the breast milk alone?

Yes you can go back to exclusively BFing! We used to give DD formula at night from 1month-3months (because family said it would help her sleep - it didn't lol). At 3months we went on holiday and I couldn't be bothered taking bottles/formula with us so didn't, and that was that. She was exclusively BF from then on

Might be to late, but From 7 weeks DD1 had a formula bottle before bed time but was breast fed the rest of the time. And yes...as suggested above, it led to early weaning. Apart form one breast feed first thing in the morning, she was on Formula from 5months. She then stopped the morning feed at about 7 months.

However, I can't help think that other factors led to early weaning too- Dramatic increase to exercise, low supply, stomach bug.

We have gone to a permanent mixed feed solution, breast feeds during the day, with two bottles at night one of formula at 10.00pm then DD is sleeping till 3.30am when I'm giving her EBM and she has slept till 7.00am the last 3 nights.

Tried making the 3.30am feeds exclusive breast but then it was taking 1 1/2 hours to settle her.

Shellgirl how many feeds is your son getting now?

I did mixed feeding (BF and EBM bottles) for my girls until they were 10 weeks as they were prem and got tired before they got full.

I also continued to give them a EBM bottle during the nightfeed as it was much quicker when DH could feed one and me the other.

Once they stopped waking at night, I switched the the EBM bottle to their last feed before bedtime - again so DH could feed one.

I was fortunate to have a good milk supply so I expressed after every feed until they were 3.5 months and froze a lot which kept us going until they were 5 months.
I also had an almost instant letdown which meant they didn't develop a preference for the bottle cos boobie was just as quick.