Hi. I have recently managed to get my 5.5 month old breastfeeding after a very difficult start. Prior to this he was bottle fed expressed breastmilk, plus approx. one bottle of formula a day. Since he first latched around 6 weeks ago we have gradually progressed from occasional comfort feeding to exclusive breastfeeding, phasing out each bottle feed over 2-3 days. He had his last bottle top-up 5 days ago.
During this time I was carefully monitoring his nappies and behaviour but I still can't help feeling anxious about whether he's getting enough. His feeds seem to be quite short (usually about 5-6 mins or less), and I sometimes have to use compressions to keep him going before he either falls asleep (he uses the breast as his prop to fall asleep at night and most naps - I know, 'rod' and all that ) or takes hhimself off. My main concern is that although he's producing around 5-6 wet nappies a day, they don't seem to be as saturated as when he bottle fed (we use cloth so it's quite easy to tell) - is this normal? He would feed around 7 times a day when bottle fed, taking about 5-6 oz each time. He now bf's about every 2 hours in the day, and at the moment about every 3 hours at night. He has had one dirty nappy in the last 5 days, although that wasn't unusual for him when on ebm. Otherwise he seems happy enough in himself, I'm just worried about his urine output compared to when he was bottle fed.
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Just switched from bottle to breast and worried about baby getting enough
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SniffyBee · 29/06/2016 18:46
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