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9 month old - am I feeding her enough? (bfing)

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MrsLatcher · 02/11/2011 20:25

Hi. Just a quick question, wanted some reassurance. My dd is 9 months and is ebf. Until recently she was having 3 bfs a day (morning, pm, evening) and then one or two in the night. Past few days I had to really push the pm one as she didn't seem interested at all and was pulling away so now have dropped it. Am just a bit worried that one in morning and one in evening is not enough for the day. What do people think?
A quick scan of other threads suggests to me that most babies of this age still feeding 3 times a day. All thoughts welcomed.
ps I don't get her weighed so don't know if she is right weight or not but she looks fine!

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pootlebug · 03/11/2011 00:10

I'm assuming she eats a reasonable amount of solids? If she looks fine, chances are she is fine! I would offer a sippy cup with water at mealtimes but a bf at other times if she seems thirsty.

Also, if she has one or two in the night, she is still having 3-4 breastfeeds per day. If you're offering another feed and she's not interested, it sounds like she doesn't need it.

podmumlet · 03/11/2011 10:55

Thanks for posting this questions MrsLatcher - ujust marking this as I am also interested in the responses.

MigGril · 03/11/2011 13:03

Are you offering snak's during the day then between meals? I believe that is should be milk feed's between solid meals untill around 10months.

There is a possiblity she's waking during the night for milk as not having it during the day. But baby's of this age can be very distracted during the day so hard to get to feed.

MigGril · 03/11/2011 13:04

I'll just point out that I think it's completly normal for baby's to want milk during the night at this age.

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