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Is this enough milk for 7.5 month old

6 replies

Divingheadfirst · 05/05/2017 21:42

She is breastfed and refuses a bottle.

Is this enough BFs -
1 between 7pm-7am (sometimes 2)
1 at 11am
1 at 7pm

That's all she's had the last two days. It used to be way more (5 during the day,1/2 at night) but she's no longer feeding for comfort and she doesn't want to fall asleep feeding either.

She gets angry if I try to force it. If she doesn't get angry, She'll literally suck for a minute or two then pull off, sit up and come back for another couple of sucks then repeat this until I eventually just put it away. Meanwhile I have milk spraying everywhere. Its really strange as last week she would have taken a proper feed.

She seems so disinterested the last two days and come bedtime my boobs are ready to burst.

Is she just cutting down and does this seem like enough for a 7.5 month old?

She has 3 meals and 2 puddings (yoghurt and fruit) a day and loves food.

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EveryoneTalkAboutPopMusic · 07/05/2017 18:00

How's she been today Diving?

Jupitertomars · 07/05/2017 20:00

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Divingheadfirst · 07/05/2017 20:03

She is still refusing to BF except for on these 3 occasions.

I tried her with a bottle of formula and to my surprise she took it. I think she enjoyed being able to sit up and look around.

She only took 3oz but ive continued to offer the bottle each day a couple of times a day and shes taken between 1-3oz each time and averaging 5oz of formula and 3 BFs now so im a bit happier about that.

Im happy to stop BF if thats what shes happy to do but ive not tried her with a bottle during the night so not sure if she would accept it then yet.

Also I offered the bottle at bedtime and she took 2oz then refused and started to get angry like she does when I offer her breastmilk.

Once she refused I offered her boob and she happily took a proper feed. So not sure why shes doing it.

Feels like I wont be able to stop BF anyway as 1-3oz especially before bed doesnt seem enough and thats all she seems to want.

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EveryoneTalkAboutPopMusic · 07/05/2017 20:20

If it was me, I'd cut down on the solids. I know you say she loves them, but she is having a huge amount. The NHS recommend moving to 3 meals between 8 and 9 months. Could you just stop Pudding?

Jupitertomars · 07/05/2017 21:15

Really, do you think its too much?

By meals I mean half a weetabix which she eats a 1/4 of. Then homemade puree for lunch and dinner which I freeze in a weaning tub (2-3 tablespoons of puree) so not like a full pouch or baby jar.

Then the pudding is half a small yoghurt or 1/2 an apple pureed.

Her weight has been always on the 75th centile and still is.

purplecoathanger · 07/05/2017 21:21

Is she having water to drink from a cup? I definitely wouldn't bother with bottles at all at this stage.

She will regulate her own food intake. If she's having enough to eat from solids then she will reduce her breastmilk intake.

Is she having plenty of dairy? She can get her daily requirements from her food rather than milk, if that's the way she's going. As others have said, she's a bit young yet for three meals a day. Try offering her milk before food and see how that goes. Certainly if you reduce food her milk intake will increase.

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