Please help!
My ds is 10wks old and breastfed. I will be going back to work when he is 6mths two twelve hour shifts a week and my dh will look after ds and dd. I really think I should get ds used to a bottle in preparation. I started giving him a bottle of ebm every evening when he was about 3wks old and it went well for a few weeks, but then I found that I couldn't express off enough for his needs (I could get about 3oz, and he was needing 4-5oz) so I stopped. I've tried expressing after feeds, and couldn't get anything, ds uses both breasts at a feed so can't express the one he doesn't use. Even expressing just before he's due a feed and then giving him that still only gets off 3oz. I don't really want him to have formula. I also could use my dh doing a feed in the evening as ds still wakes 3 hourly all night. I'm exhausted. Is this normal? Also, ds only feeds for around 10mins at a time usually. Is this normal? I bottlefed dd from 6wks, so this is a new experience for me!!
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CheekyGirl · 06/03/2005 10:16
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