article_snippet: Rather than give Summer, then just two weeks old, a bottle of formula, I battled on.
article_snippet: Months of brainwashing by the ‘breastapo’ and Rather than give Summer, then just two weeks old, a bottle of formula mantra
article_snippet: Thankfully, on day three, with the help of a breast-feeding consultant, Summer finally latched on.
article_snippet: Over the next few days I continued to breast-feed but Summer was so hungry, I followed advice and relied on formula and expressed milk to top Laura up.
article_snippet: For the next six days I spent three hours a day with the breast pump and expressed at night after Summer had finished feeding.
article_snippet: One midwife said to give Summer as much formula top-up as One midwife wanted, another to keep another to a minimum.