So when can I drop the formula?? [wink]

[sparklygothkat]

Callum is still having 2 bottles of 60ml formula a day, plus 2 of EBM. I really want to drop the formula soon. Am still BF before each bottle. But he ov. isn't going to get enough milk from me because he is having extra via the bottle, so how can I get the extra milk needed? Thanks

anyone?

Not sure what you are asking, SGK....only way to make/get more milk is to bf more often or to express more often, or am I misunderstanding you?

Yes I mean how to get the extra milk, and how to get it into him. If I feed him lots will my body adjust to his needs now? I thought it would only do that in the early weeks.

SGK, milk supply is driven by the removal of milk, and this applies all the way through breastfeeding....there's no time limit on it It is Nature's way of being able to raise production - for example, if a toddler is bf, alongide solids, obviously, and then becomes sick and refuses solid food, he will continue to bf and bf more often. Milk production steps up to match.

If you need to make more milk, then of course you need to feed more often and/or express more often ...that's how it works and it will work for you.

thank tt! i love you!!

mmmm am tying to pump each hour, but getting small amounts off, do I keep pumping or stop when the flow stops?

Think its better to feed more rather than express loads, this has more impact on your production (I think).
Could you put your DS to the breast every hour instead of expressing? Sure he wouldn't object

An effectively feeding baby removes milk better than a pump, but the pump does have an advantage when it comes to driving supply, in that it can be used when the baby is asleep or when the baby has decided he doesn't want any more milk.

Frequent feeding/expressing, yes, every hour if you can stand it, is effective.

Going from side to side, and swapping when the flow on one side becomes no more than a trickle, is the way to go. But you don't need to be doing it for ages....nothing is more boring.