Low milk at bedtime?

[tickleme63]

Hello all,

Am a little bit worried and wondered if anyone could offer me any advice.

DS is 6 months old on the 17th and he's EBF. I've always had plenty of milk, dealing with oversupply and OALD, which baby is able to handle well now.

However, the last 2 evenings - the last feed before bedtime - DS has latched on and fed from both sides, but it seems like as soon as the milk stops flowing as freely he gets fed up with waiting for more and cries. I switch him between breasts to see if he prefers one or the other, but he just screams.

We try and put him down at that point (once he's calm) and he used to put himself to sleep, but has been struggling with that as well the last 2 nights. But he kept crying, until DH gave him a bottle. He just seems very unsettled. I know he is likely overtired as his naps are awful, but he's been fine at bedtime up till now.

Is my milk on the out? :( I've noticed that it takes longer than it used to for my milk to let down recently. I've always fed on demand and he seems to feed fine during the day. He's been showing lots of teething signs for a good month or so now, maybe longer - could that be affecting things?

Can anyone offer some reassurance?

Why do you think it's dwindling?
If you keep on feeding, you will keep on making it.
Have confidence in yourself.
He might be grumbly or impatient but that is a separate matter and if he needs more, he will suck more, thereby making more.

it could be pain of teething. my 6 mnths old is the same except always needed a feed to settle and would then slept through. recently nothing will calm her i put her on and she only lasts a minute before screaming.
i'm going to try some teething gels to see if it helps but havejust starred to wean her so don't know if this might be why. my inlaws have been convinced she was teething at 2 months old but they also think i should ff to settle her. hope you have some better responses as i'm a first timer so not too sure myself xx.

6 months is classic growth spurt time, just feed feed feed

Something v similar has happened to me the last couple nights - my son is almost 19 weeks. Last night he was pulling away, arching his back and crying after not very long (he has always been a quick feeder though) which he has never done before. Swapping from side to side made no difference. He was very unsettled. I then offered him a bottle of formula and he took 7oz! I am worried now also my milk is low in the evenings... I now feed him about every 3.5 hrs (7ish, half 10ish, 2ish) until early evening when I feed him at abut 16:45/17:00 and then bedtime at about 18:45. I then express for a dream feed which my husband gives him at 11ish (usually get about 4-5oz and he usually takes about 5/6 so if not enough expressed milk left from previous day I top it up with formula) and he has recently started going through from that feed until 7am.

I expressed after that feed last night and got 2 oz. Am going to keep doing that to try and increase supply... Am also taking fenugreek but not sure it has having any impact. Am worried about weight too as he was born on 50th centile and since 8/9 weeks has slowly trended towards 25th. He doesn't fuss in the day and easily goes 3.5hrs between feeds. He goes down well at night and has good sleeps in the day, usually going down without any fuss. Don't think he was overtired as when he's tired he usually just falls asleep on the boob.