Joan, I am the IBCLC who wrote the response posted at Breastfeeding.com.  I
agree with everything that you said in your reply.  However, I answered the
question from a different perspective than you.  As an LC in private
practice, I see on a daily basis many women who are having problems with milk
supply.  It is a widespread belief that breastfeeding has to be "all or
nothing."  While I know there has been at least one study that shows
otherwise, I have always believed that any amount of breastmilk is
beneficial. Many mothers who are combining both formula and breastmilk have
the idea that the two cannot be combined in the same bottle. They have either
read or been told that mixing the two together will make the baby sick. Since
the milk supply is already low, most of the time this assumption leads to the
conclusion that exclusive formula feeding is better than mixing the two.
Unfortunately, there are millions of women who have weaned their babies to
formula because they never achieved a "full" supply.
Cher Sealy, RN, BSN, IBCLC
The Breastfeeding Encounter
Montgomery, AL

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