My daughter will be 3 months tomorrow. I introduced formula a week after she turned 2 months. But now that I've been…

@kainesmommy, I have the Ameda pump, it doesn't pump everything as I can still hand express but it takes too long and she's up to feed again. I pump after every feeding. Usually when I feed her I still can get 1/4 of an oz from each breast from the pump, that also let's me know she doesn't empty me out.

what kind of pump do you have? could it just be that your supply is low right now? & well you could give her what you pump & then give her the rest in formula to full her up or you could pump more often how often do you pump?

@kainesmommy, I don't pump enough for a feeding, at least my pump doesn't empty me out. Another thing is my mom hears her crying and makes her a bottle of formula. She doesn't ask, she didn't breastfeed me or my brother, so I guess she doesn't get how much it means to me to breastfeed, she was exclusively breastfed until after a week she turned 2 months old, her doctor said she didn't gain enough for his liking, but she didn't lose any.

have you tried the breastflow bottles? that might work for her. all you can do is just keep trying don't give up! once she starts crying give her a little bit of the bottle then try again. & just keep doing that till she gets it but when you give her a bottle give her breast milk instead of formula

@shadowolfstar, she just prefers the bottle in general. I introduced bottles to her at 6 weeks old and it was my milk that I pumped. She doesn't care which one she's getting as long as it's from a bottle. She'll probably only nurse early in the morning, and then the next two feeding she's taking in less, leaving me still full.

@kainesmommy, she tried that one but it was too hard of a nipple that when she did get some out, it would spill out. Some mommies have told me to keep on trying to nurse her and try every 5-15 minutes, she'll latch on when she's hungry enough... But that's where I can't completely do since she does cry hysterically.

& maybe trying getting a bottle like the Medela calma which is supposed to be just like the breast the baby regulates how much milk they get

& in order for your milk not to dry up just keep pumping & keep trying to get her to latch if not exclusively pumping works just as good! what counts is that she's getting your milk!

it's probably because she has to work a lot harder when she nurses out of a bottle it doesn't take much for her to get milk

Sometimes that's just how it goes. I know how hard that can feel. My milk dried up due to low thyroid at four weeks and I had dumb docs trying to tell me I was doing "this or that" wrong. Ended up finding out but it was too late. I cried and cried but my husband just said " just take the time that you would breast feed him and use it as face to face time. I'd sit with my legs bent and him laying on them as I reclined in the couch. Just talking and no distractions. It made me feel better about the whole thing. Maybe you will too! If she's happier doing formula then that is okay!