3 months - cow duties

baby n is drinking 5.5oz of milk per feed (5 feeds) nowadays, excluding whatever he drinks when he latches on if he wakes up at night. thanks to him sleeping through the night most of the time, i have managed to increase the amount of breastmilk n gets for his feeds. we now use about 4oz of formula per day and i usually am able to accumulate enough for 1-2 bags of 5oz breastmilk per week that i freeze so that n will have a steady supply even if we go off for a holiday without him and also to provide some buffer for when i start work.
still relying on domperidone (6 tabs per day, down from the 8 tabs full dose) to keep the supply going. having a huge bowl of no-cook oats everyday has probably helped with the supply as well. no-cook oats are great! it's easy to prepare - all i do is to fill a bowl with rolled oats, chia seeds and soy milk and leave it overnight in the fridge and i will have a cold bowl of oats to eat the next day. having this on a hot day is especially welcome.
when we are out and i can't pump, and since my boobs don't make 5-6oz of milk per 3 hour session, i usually pump just before we leave home in the morning, feed n using a bottle of mixed milk for the 11am feed, and then have n latch on for the 2pm feed. we usually get home by the 5pm feed so that i have a chance to pump/latch on again. really would have loved to just have n latch on for each feed every time we are out so that i can save on bringing out bottles of milk in the cooler bag and also hot water to heat up the milk ... but it could mean n eating more often since he won't get his fill and that would take time away from whatever we are doing since i am still not comfortable nursing in public and would need to head back to the car or find a nursing room.
maybe it's because i am more chill this time round in general, including using formula as necessary, and because n us generally more laid back and less impatient at the breast compared to h, breastfeeding hasn't been as stressful this second time. at times, it is even enjoyable latching n! wonder when n will decide that the bottle is better than my boobs ... h was quite clear about her bottle preference quite early on - she used to bite me and then look at me like it was a joke when I tried to latch her for the first feed of the day - so i never enjoyed the flexibility of latching and using the bottle for very long with h.