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Infant feeding

Get advice and support with infant feeding from other users here.

Urgent - need advice and support from extended bfeeders, please.

14 replies

Malaleche · 22/09/2007 16:02

DD2 turned 1 this week and is still on 4 bfeeds in 24 hrs plus 3 meals and snacks. I wanted to bf till she was 18 mo but she has a cough and bfeeding has become a nightmare, she chokes and splutters and it goes everywhere, then she gives up. She's also going through very painful and prolonged teething, they´re all coming out in the ´wrong´ order, all over the place. I haven't had a full nights sleep in a year and am now facing the possibility that my milk will dry up as she simply isn´t taking enough. I feel very sad. Have never expressed or pumped, how long will it take milk to dry up if things go on like this? What can i do?

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kiskidee · 22/09/2007 16:08

you aren't in any danger of your milk drying up. just keep offering her feeds when she asks. it will provide comfort and the milk she is getting is still be providing nutrition and boosting her immune system to help her recover sooner..

Tatties · 22/09/2007 16:13

I can understand you feeling sad at the prospect of it ending like this, but I would imagine your milk supply would be well established enough by now to cope with a short break/reduced feeding for a while. I have found LLL really great support as I have continued to bfeed ds - do you know if there is a group near you?

Malaleche · 22/09/2007 16:17

THANKS, will reply later as said baby is now awake

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moondog · 22/09/2007 18:44

You'll be fine.
Mine fed for 2 1/2 years on 2 feeds a day after the age of about 12 months.

beansprout · 22/09/2007 18:48

Don't worry, your milk supply will adjust, but not dry up. Ds has 0-2 feeds a day (he is 2.11). I can't get any milk out any more but he assures me it's there!

Malaleche · 22/09/2007 20:38

Oh thank you everyone for your kind words. Ended up expressing down the sink this evening to relieve engorgement while DD1 (4yo) was in the bath, then realised it needn´t go to waste so gave her some in a cup! She pronounced it 'nice' and wanted more, then DP arrived and wanted to try some too !
Feel more comfortable now and hopefully DD1 will not lose interest and her cough will clear up soon. Thanks again all...

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lemonaid · 22/09/2007 20:57

You can (well, I could, and so could the people who advised me when I enquired about it online) cope with a short break at this age without your supply drying up. Just express to relieve engorgement (as you've been doing).

artichokes · 22/09/2007 21:00

No need to worry about drying up. DD is one and I have just got back from 5 days away (no expressing), there is still loads of milk there.

theUrbanDryad · 22/09/2007 21:45

i'm not an extended myself (ds only 8months) but my friend's dd self-weaned at 2, and 3 weeks later there is still milk there, so i would've thought at this point - when your supply is so well-established - it should be fine!

fihi · 22/09/2007 21:54

milk stays for AGES. hang in there!

Malaleche · 22/09/2007 22:03

Thanks all!
hmm, maybe at 1 yo it doesnt yet count as extended bfeeding but i wanted to be sure of a sympathetic audience, that no-one would pop up to say that at 1 yo what did it matter if my supply dried up, she doesnt need it anyway, or something...

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theUrbanDryad · 22/09/2007 22:04

malaleche - someone told me the other day that i was counted as an extended bf-er! (it was my hv or gp i think) madness!

pastilla · 22/09/2007 22:14

don't worry

i had to stop for a week when ds2 was 14 months and it made no difference, we just started back up again no probs - he hadn't even forgotten what to do, which i was also worried about

ImpyChica · 23/09/2007 19:15

Hi Malaleche (me encanta tu nombre ;-) - I bf my DS, who's 15 months, just in the mornings. We've gradually cut down through the months to once a day which suits me best (he'd be happier feeding all the time but that's another story!). Your boobies will adapt as demand ebbs and flows - don't worry you're doing a great job!

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