I'm winding myself into a frantic mess.
DS2, who is just 9 months is going through a phase of refusing the breast in the day - especially if I go out anywhere. If there's even a slight distraction (and sometimes if there isn't) he will refuse to latch, arch his back, scream and we get nowhere.
He will feed first thing in the morning, maybe once more mid morning and then refuse until bedtime at 7. He is then up twice in the night feeding - probably because his milk intake in the day is so little.
He's doing well with BLW and eats for England. It makes no difference if I try to feed before/after a meal - I don't think it's a lack of hunger issue (he's still having a massive feed at bedtime which is often quite close to teatime) - I think it's a distraction issue and he'd rather be off looking at/doing his own thing. He's just started commando crawling and it seems to have coincided.
With DS1 I went back to work around this point, so I was only feeding twice a day. I got really bad mastitis and he went on a nursing strike. We never recovered and that was the end of feeding for us. I really don't want to stop with DS2, and I don't feel like it's the end - but I'm scared of mastitis again, and I'm worried what this lack of feeding will do to my supply.
So where can I go from here? How am I best to ride it out? Should I keep offering and just not pushing it, or should I try harder? Reading kellymom seems to suggest I shouldn't merely go with his signalling he wants to feed as that generally does cause early weaning. And he rarely asks anyway (except in the night)
Expressing isn't really an option. I can't get a decent amount with a pump, and hand expressing will be a nightmare with DS1 starting school next week and DS2 being generally more demanding. I'm really confused!