I'm just looking for some advice really, I've posted on here many times before re: my breastfeeding rollercoaster and was hoping you could come to my aid once again! Babba is 15 weeks and from week 6 was being fed expressed bm in bottle with formaul top ups. The 5 x daily expressing was getting right on my tits (excuse the expression) and HV advised to cut oput middle man and bf then offer top ups which I have been doing for a week or so. He feeds from booby for roughly half an hour and then seems fine, a bit grizzly sometimes but think he has sore gums (dribble, red cheeks etc) but if I offer him a top up he takes it, sometimes only 30ml, sometimes 100ml. Also he is doing more poos (often at every feed) and being sick after the bf more.
So my questions are these
How can I phase out the top ups? Or should I even?
Is he being sick and getting hiccyups after bf because he's full?
Do you have any success stories to inspire me?
I've got v little confidence in my bfeeding due to a difficult start and what i think may have been low supply.
Thank you xxx
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funnylittlekaty · 30/08/2011 12:41
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