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Is my supply dwindling?

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delilah89 · 26/11/2013 10:56

DD is 13 months and still bf. She has (finally) gone to eating 3 meals a day though she doesn't have a very regular schedule of naps. Usually awake from 5am Shock to 6.30pm when she goes to bed with 1, 2 or 0 naps.

Anyway she is still a bf fiend and in the last weeks has been like a little baby, feeding all the time, wanting to fall asleep on the boob, feed all through the night (which is a drag as she's in her own room without a spare bed) etc. I literally have to do that newborn thing of waiting til she's asleep on the boob then tiptoe her over to her cot before she's aware of it. It's a bloody nightmare and tipping me (and DH) over the edge in an already busy life.

DH said we must be more forceful with getting her on cow's milk as he reckons I don't have enough milk for her any more (hence constant feeding). I can't tell about this - is it likely? It's certainly true that when she was little I had more milk (bigger boobs) and she was much smaller so was having a higher ratio.

She doesn't hate cow's but sees it as a game and not real nourishment. Might have a few swigs then enjoy sprinkling rest on the floor. She's certainly never been comforted by it or made to feel sleepy by it.

She had her jabs a week ago, and I suppose it's possible she's upped the milk in response to that.

Any advice or comments are welcome. My parenting style is probably 50% attachment parenty -- but this is really too far now.

xx

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TheRaniOfYawn · 26/11/2013 11:03

I found that after around a year, once DD was eating lots of solids, the frantic feeding peeps were about something other than just food. They would usually happen of she wad in discomfort from teething, or fighting off an illness or about to make a developmental leap. At this time of year its quite likely that she's after an immune boost.

delilah89 · 26/11/2013 11:11

Ah that's reassuring so she did continue with them? Did you feed yours in the night or did that dwindle off naturally? Really have had no success with night weaning but want it to ease off at least long enough that I know I could go to the cinema without her waking up and missing her milk.

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