A little sad
With my first I exclusively pumped and my supply dipped just around the time she was turning 5 months old. Started to supplement with formula and eventually fully switched her over, she's now 2yo and thriving. Now my 2nd baby is just over 3 months old and despite trying to exclusively breastfeed/pump when given the chance, my supply has dipped again. Called the WIC office this morning and had them add formula to my food package. My freezer stash consists of six 5oz bags when I used to have over 200oz about a month ago. I know there's nothing wrong with how a baby is fed, as long as they are. I really just wanted to exclusively breastfeed longer this time around considering this is my last baby. With all that being said, I gave him two bottles today where both had 2oz of formula & between 2-2.5oz of my milk combined. He didn't even notice the difference which is something I was worried about because he had never had formula before, just my milk up until this point. With my 1st, she at least had some of those premade liquid formula bottles until my milk supply had come in. I guess I just needed to voice my situation and get some reassurance that I'm doing the right thing and have some support from other mom's.. My children's father has been supportive of my decision but he doesn't understand the mental/physical tole that something like this causes. Like I know that it's okay but I can't help to beat myself up over it a tiny bit.