He was bf 4 times a day on my days off work but I was getting sick of coming home from work to him crying and screaming because he hadn't bf all day so I dropped 1 feed about a week ago.
It was all going well at first and by Thursday he was greeting me with smiles and giggles when I came through the door because he wasn't desperate for milk anymore. But the last 3 nights he's been waking up at 2am and screaming until he's bf. I never feed him to sleep but he self settles soon after I've fed him. He does seem to be taking quite a lot of milk in but I haven't noticed any drop in how much solids he's eating and he's drinking cows milk and having plenty of dairy in his food.
All the other bf mums I've spoken to are that I'm still feeding this much because their babies all cut down to 1-2 feeds by this age so I can't understand why he's not able to go down to 3 feeds too? Dh thought maybe growth spurt, but he just had a massive growth spurt about 4-5 weeks ago. Maybe teething?
I really can't keep bf this often any more. I'm on my own with him in the evening usually exhausted and feeling sick if I've been working and it's hell then coming home to a hungry, screaming baby.
Would love any advice please.
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1 year old bf help
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Trinpy · 14/04/2015 20:20
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