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8 months old, BF on demand - need a little reassurance

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Alibabaandthe40nappies · 25/03/2009 12:54

We are going along fine with the weaning, a mixture of mashed up whatever we're having and finger foods - there is less mashing involved all the time as DS is becoming quite a proficient chewer!

It's the feeding that I need a little reassurance on. I feel like my milk is really dropping off. I am still feeding on demand so it's changable from day to day how many feeds DS has, but a day would look roughly like this.

8amish - BF
9:30am - breakfast (we have only just introduced this, he has a very little cereal and fruit with milk)
12pm - BF
1pm - lunch, I offer water at this meal and then a BF at the end of the meal which he will sometimes have and sometimes not.
3-4pmish - BF
6:30 - v.small BF (sometime the 3-4 one is pushed later and we skip this one
7pm - dinner, again I offer water
8pm bedtime BF

11/12 - BF
4am-ish - BF

Writing it down that looks like tons, but I just feel that my supply is struggling. DS used to just have one breast at most feeds but now I swap him at nearly every feed and sometimes we come back again to the first.

I know that isn't a problem as such, but I am finding it harder and harder to get much when I express, 3oz is about all, and so it's hard to get a break because it would take me several days to express enough to cover an afternoon and evening.

I really don't want to introduce formula, plus that really will sabotage my supply.

Not sure what I'm expecting in reply - maybe just a little sympathy? I'm hoping that in another 2/3 months we might just be feeding morning and night with maybe one during the day - is that realistic?

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MamacitaGordita · 25/03/2009 13:28

Not experienced in this area and hopefully someone more knowledgable will come along but two things sprung to mind when I read your post- first don't rely on expressing as an indication of your supply as babies are a lot better than pumps. And the other thing was to suggest maybe your DS is getting more efficient and quick at feeding and removing milk...?

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 25/03/2009 13:42

Thanks for the reply. I know what you mean with the expressing, and it's not so much that I'm using it as an indicator of supply, just that it's annoying that I can't rattle off 6oz twice in a morning for a couple of days and know I've got enough to cover me for a night on the piss relaxing!

Infact I apologise because I've really posted about 2 seperate issues here and mixed them up altogether.

One is supply - and thank you for your point about speed feeding, I hadn't really thought about that. The other is losing the ability to express and therefore get a break.

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kayjayel · 25/03/2009 13:58

Hi alibaba,

I'm not sure about supply and stuff, but I have a 9 mth old DD and I was worrying about leaving her (different prob - won't drink milk from bottle or cup much), but I've tried it and she seems perfectly able to go 5-6 hrs without feeds in the day (has water and snacks/lunch). when she's with me she feeds much more frequently. She just seems to have an extra long feed when she's back with me. So in terms of getting a break, I would risk it and not feel you have to have lots expressed waiting for her.

Oh, and she 'feels' like she feeds less now as well, not sure if its an age thing? my DS dropped lots of milk feeds at 8-9 mths, with no real change in food intake.

good luck with nights out -

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