I have always wanted to give Lil Shauna BM exclusively for 6 months. Thereafter, she should start taking solids and her demand for BM will decrease. However, she started feeding more than what I can supply. For a period of time (while on ML), I was stressed over providing enuff for her daily needs and to stock up for use after I return to work. After stressing myself unnecessary, trying different methods to increase BM but to no avail, I give up. I have decided that I will just try to provide whatever that I can and when there's insufficient supply, I will substitute with FM.
To my surprise, I was able to sustain Lil Shauna for 3 months! I told my mum to let her try FM before the last drop of BM runs out, just in case she rejects the FM. We wanted to put her on NAN, which was given to her in NUH, before my BM kicks in. We also heard that NAN tastes similar to BM. But we couldnt find NAN in small tin so we bought Similac instead. There are just so many choices in the market with all the different RHA, DA and duno-what-A-stuff. We will just trial & error until we found one that Lil Shauna likes.
She was given her 1st bottle of FM today. I have been worrying that she will reject FM but my worries prove to be unfounded. According to my mum, she was happily suckling at the bottle and managed to finish almost 120ml of it. Then, she happily drifted off to dreamland. :)
With that, we will probably consider substituting her night feeds with FM, which will leave her fuller. In that way, maybe she will stick to her 1 feed per night? Hehe.
Update:
My mum said that Lil Shauna puked out alot of the FM during the second attempt. Not sure if it is bcos of wind or she's not used to the FM. My mum said that she slept well after puking out all the FM from the 2nd attempt. Let's just hope that is it wind. Poor baby...
Mummy Lim
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