My ten week old ds not getting enough milk from bf

[gio71]

I have been bf ds from start and had no problems,he has put on at least 200g a week, has been satisfied after feeds, good latch etc.Have fed on demand (which has been regularly) so no reason for milk supply to dry up but this last week he has either been guzzling loads more than before or I have stopped producing as much milk. He has been crying after feeds, blatantly still hungry. The last few days I have started to give him formula as a top up a couple of times a day which he has polished off in no time and has started to seem satisfied again. I want to continue to bf although I dont have any issues re using some formula if neccessary but was wondering if anyone else has had this apoparent change in milk supply and if anyone has any advice as dont want milk supply to further diminish! To avoid this am still continuing to bf on demand, making sure formula is only a top up.

agree with holly. its probably a growth spurt. they all seem to do this from time to time, its totally normal and nothing wrong with your milk supply. Your milk is just prefect - just what YOUR baby needs. Cant be reproduced by the best scientists in the world. Your baby, however, is a ganet!!! . As Holly says just feed him. I knwo its exhausting but its juts a phase (honestly)!

If I were you I would stop weighing him too - unless he has soem health problems and the dr has told you too. If he is thriving and producing normal nappies etc he is fine. Just stresses you out.

Go put your feet up on teh sofa and feed that greedy baby. Get your family to clean the house and wait on you hand and foot

I think it is just a growth spurt-the thing is though I am feeding all the time.I'm quite happy to sit and watch telly and let him guzzle ( )but he is drinking me dry. After he has fed he starts thrashing about in frustration when he gets nothing else out (have checked and they are dry when he gets like this!). So am feeding him all the time, am resorting to formula as last resort to fill him up afterwards. Think just have v greedy child (not unlike his Mum )

When he starts to get frustrated you could try switching breasts - your body will be producing milk really quickly, so some should have accumulated in the other breast while you were feeding on the first side. I used to do this every 5 minutes for an hour or more sometimes during growth spurts. Top-ups of formula will work in the short term in that your baby will feel full up but it is telling your body that it doesn't need to produce as much milk as he needs and might cause problems with supply later on. I know it can be a pain, but if you go with it, it should resolve quickly. I found sleeping in the same bed at night helped as the baby could feed as much as he wanted while I just slept and my supply seemed to adjust more quickly this way too.

Just to add breasts are never empty just sometimes less full. What you can get out yourself is no indication of how much is there.

Just feed as others have advised, no need for formula. Babies will drink formula after a breastfeed, it's something different like dessert when you're full! It doesnt mean they are not getting sufficient breastmilk.

Just keep feeding him. It really is amazing what your body can produce - if I expressed from one breast whilst feeding from the other, I could easily get 5 or 6oz out in about 5 minutes. Gives you an idea of what your body is doing with all the right stimulation. I'm sure you've been told this already, but if you feed more, your body will produce more, whereas if you start giving him formula, your body won't catch up and you'll keep having to give him formula.

If it's any consolation, I think everyone has growth spurt days when all you do is sit on the sofa and feed every hour or so.

Agree with the others. Also you may be more stressed than normal or not giving yourself enough chance to rest and drinik because of Xmas. Will you have the chance to haVE A babymoon between now and the NY? Rest, drink, feed - while spomeome welse does everything else. Even just one day will show a difference, two days even better.

But you must stiop the formula for this to work.

If yoiu want to giev your body a helping hand, yoiu can take fenugreek capsules to help boost supply. You vcan get them at healthshops. Ignore the bottle's dosage instructions and take 3/day, increasing every day until you smell of maple syrup. For me that's 6/day.