I have a few questions about milk/pumping help...?

The first issue you need to get solved with your baby is his latching. If he's latching once in a while then he can latch all the time. Your baby is getting used to the formula and it's making it easier for him to eat. It sounds like you are doing everything right as far as the latch so just keep at it. What does he do when he's not latching properly? I myself have nursed my 3 boys with very large sized . I am a plus size mom and I found it so difficult to nurse with my breats but I managed it. With my last boy I struggled to get his mouth on my nipple but we did it. I had to stop for medical reasons and switched him to formula. I think you need to wean him off the formula in order for him to try to get his food from you. Having a bottle given to him is so easy and he's perfering that instead of working for it. It's like say a tiger in the jungle was thrown his food all the time from the locals. He's not going to want to hunt anymore. He's going to become lazy and wait for his food. Now that's what developing with your son. Also, when are you pumping? Right after a feed, before a feed? How many times a day does he nurse? A pump can never get the same amount of milk out as does a baby. The sucking action is just not the same as a baby's mouth. One other thing to look at with your baby, make sure he's not tongue tied. My first boy was tongue tied but he had no problem nursing though. My dr said that if a baby is tongue tied they may not get a good latch. Just google it and you will see what I am talking about. But I beleive if you concentrate on the latching and stop the formula you will have no problem. It's going to take work though from you and not going to be easy. Once you get more nursing sessions in your milk is going to come in well. Don't go by the pump amount okay.