Hi there
My dd3 is nearly 5 mths and up until a week ago was exclusively breast fed. Recently, I had a nasty gastro illness and became very weak and dehydrated so decided to substitute her daytime feeds with a bottle as I am due to go back to work in a month anyway.
Surprisingly she didn't reject the bottle - she takes it fine but has never taken more than 3oz in one sitting. ( sometimes she takes only 1oz) I offer her a bottle every 3-4 hrs and it is made up of either formula or a mixture of breast milk and formula. Her total intake in the daytime ( approx 10 hrs) is about 5-6 oz.
I breastfeed her at 7pm, midnight, 3.30 and 6-7am. She has a large feed each time and sometimes even soils her nappy ( so she is woken up by me changing her) Overall however, her sleep is much better than when she was totally bf as she has a big feed and goes straight back to sleep ( my boobs felt very small overnight before with not much in them but now they are much fuller)
I don't mind feeding her twice overnight for now but would like to get her to only wake once or not at all when I go back to work. I'm also not ready to give up breast feeding yet as I fed my other two kids for so much longer as well as the obvious health benefits.
Do you think things will settle down if I just continue as I am? Or should I be more strict about how much breastfeeding I am doing? I actually like feeding her overnight but am getting more and more anxious about how tired I will feel when i go back to work. I can seem to remember my dd2 did something similar but she was also taking solids with water so had more calories in the day.
thanks for your help x
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amijee · 15/11/2010 14:59
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