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Breastfeeding a baby and an older child

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DaisyFranceLynch · 29/07/2016 06:48

I'm currently breastfeeding on demand a 15 month old who shows no signs of wanting to stop. We're down to two/ three times a day but this is because I'm working full time - at weekends it is more frequent.

I am wondering what would happen if I had another baby, if he was still feeding at that point.

I read somewhere that your milk adapts as your child grows, so a toddler will get different nutrients to a newborn. But if you're feeding a toddler and a newborn at the same time, what happens to the milk then? Do your breasts somehow produce two different kinds? Or does the supply just go back to newborn milk again?

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tiktok · 29/07/2016 11:20

You produce colostrum for the baby, which then becomes mature milk in the same way. Babies' needs predominate.

DaisyFranceLynch · 29/07/2016 11:38

Thanks very much tiktok - that makes sense.

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