Low milk supply in the evenings?

[mumofthreeboysS]

I feed my 4 wk old at around 5 and 6pm every night- I end up feeding him on and off between 6 and 7 to settle him but he seems so fractious, unhappy after feeding so I put him to the boob, he sucks a bit, gets sleepy, comes off, gets fractious and it starts again! Could my milk supply be low this time of night or is it just typical evening fussiness/colic? I'm now warming up a bottle of expressed milk as I toys this as I'm convinced I don't have enough milk in me to satisfy him right now...

Anyone have any advice? Or similar problem?

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Sounds like very normal evening fussiness and cluster feeding. He'll grow out of it, I promise!

This type of feeding in the evening is perfectly normal. Evening cluster feeding is OK and not a reflection on your milk supply. It doesn't last long they grow out of it and is an important part of the supply and demand of bf.
All 3 of mine have done it in the early weeks and it's a great excuse to get comfy and watch TV.

Thanks for the replies- that's reassuring that it's normal! My boobs feel really deflated tho, not like they do in the morning- it really feels like there's nothing in them tho I have read that they never really empty and keep producing. The constant feeding is tough as my boobs are still a bit sore (still learning to get a good latch and he had tongue tie so he doesn't always open his mouth wide enough)

I'll persevere and just hope that it doesn't last much longer!

Aww I remember that feeling well. Yes you are never empty your boobs do always produce milk. In fact in a matter of a few weeks you will lose the full feeling completely once your baby and your boobs get feeding totally established. You may even start to notice a recognisable time gap between feeds.
It feels like forever at the time but honestly it is a short time really.
And you will feel shattered and possibly a bit grumpy with it all just around the time your baby looks at you and gives you that first gummy smile too.

The more baby feeds the more you will make, they never empty, there is always milk there but at the end of a feed it is the extra fatty milk which baby will have to work a bit harder to get out.

Give it a couple of days, keep feeding on demand and your supply will increase to demand. This is how a good supply is built up.

Many breastfeeders will start giving formula top ups at this point believing they don't have enough milk which is not the case (98% of the time) this destroys the supply demand relationship.

I remember that too, but it does go away. You could try expressing in the morning and then offering that as well as the breast in the evening, and see whether it makes a difference. There's also other things you can try for colic if it comes to that, but hopefully it won't. All the best and congrats

Normal! Believe in the boob!
Just let baby cluster feed & it will all sort itself out in a few weeks.

DS would bluster feed from 5-9pm ish at this age. Was bonkers at the time but it doesn't last long. I tuft mind as he was filling himself up for a but of a longer sleep.