support / advice needed -breast feeding a big baby (98 th centile)

[tiredfeet]

Ds was a big baby at birth (98 th centile) since then I have managed to exclusively breastfeed despite having a caesarean but I am struggling a bit now. It feels like he feeds so much that I just don't have any time to myself. From 7pm till 1 am or later most nights he feeds pretty much constantly. On top of that I am getting negative attirudes from medical professionals (health visitors, gp, nurses). They either express suprise I am managing or tell me I will probabaly have to wean early/ movr to mixed feeding... Is this the case? I planned to bf exclusively till six months before weaning but starting to doubt this plan now. And should I introduce a bottle at night?

Should have said, ds now 7 weeks. He's stayed on 98th since birth

Sounds like you are doing really well with the feeding. :)

My second baby was 10lbs and 1 oz at birth, regained his weight by day five and went off the scale. He was literally off the top of the red book chart by a few weeks old. I was told to cut down his milk and I explained as he was exclusively breastfed I couldn't do that.

He was a chubby round baby, with beautiful chubby thighs and a double chin. Plus I was also tandem nursing. i.e. Nursing his older sister at the same time.

It is so clever of nature to ensure that (unless we are unlucky enough to have medical problems and/or crap advice), our milk supply will naturally shrink and expand to fit our circumstances.

I am nursing three children at the moment and my young baby is growing just fine. Her siblings are not depriving her of the milk she needs to grow.

It definitely not necessary to mix feed or early wean a big baby, I have heard the same 'solution' put forward for 'small babies' too. Makes you wonder how the human race managed to keep going