Top-up
Also called top-ups, topping up
A top-up is extra milk, expressed breast milk or formula, given alongside breastfeeds. It's a UK word, used by the NHS, midwives and parents.
How it's said
I've been triple feeding, and was told to introduce small formula top-ups.
I'm desperate to get off the top-ups altogether, but I just feel like my body isn't doing what it should...
Top-up feeds are when you give your baby some formula milk alongside your breast milk.
Who says it
In the US the same thing is supplementing.
Where it came from
The NHS calls them top up feeds and sends parents who worry their baby isn't getting enough milk to a midwife or health visitor. On forums, top-ups often come up with triple feeding: a breastfeed, then a top-up, then pumping.
Cutiko logs breastfeeds, bottles and pumping side by side, so top-ups are easy to keep count of. See the baby tracker