The day that I was dreading finally came- I had to supplement with formula. A few weeks ago (probably a month now) our daycare started asking for LO's bottles to be a little bigger- 3 1/2 to 4 oz. I knew that once he needed more per bottle, I'd struggle to pump enough for him to have 4 or 5 bottles. The first week or two I resisted- I couldn't accept the fact that we would need to supplement with some formula. I knew that the only option was to supplement with formula- it was impossible to pump enough and I was pretty close to being out of my frozen milk. I was surprised that it took me as long as it did to accept this option- I guess I thought I was failing, even though I wasn't. It took me two trips to the store to actually buy formula- I was pretty overwhelmed with the options the first time. There several brands and different formulas- all seem so similar, yet different. My husband was pretty set on using soy formula so I ended up going that route.
We usually need one bottle of formula per day and LO has not seemed to mind or notice. I guess the lesson learned is that I was worried about my own stuff related to breast feeding and was losing site of the fact that this was an okay choice to make. I also lost sight of the fact that we made it past 8 months exclusively breast feeding, which is a lot longer than many moms- especially working moms.
