Advice for my friend please!

[Bucharest]

She asked me, but it was so long ago that dd was that little I can't remember! Her ds is 14 mths old and has gone down to 2 feeds a day, morning and night. She is worried that she doesn't feel any let-down in the evening, and that may mean her supply is dwindling too much to be able to continue much further and that ds won't be getting any milk in the evening.

I said afaik, that if no milk was coming out, then her nipples would be blimmin sore so she would in all probability know there was none coming. She wants to continue bf to the point of self-weaning, and is wondering whether to start expressing during the day (and chucking it away or freezing it) in order to increase supply. I said I thought that prob wasn't necessary as her ds doesn't want any milk during the day, but am not sure have advised her correctly!

TIA for any tips.

Can she just offer more feeds during the day? or if she works, a feed as soon as she gets home, and another feed later in the evening?

Only just remembered I asked this thanks for replying Belgo....She doesn't work, and I suggested she just offer more, but her son doesn't want it. He is already a v good eater, so she thinks he might just be self-weaning...She only bf her other son for a few months I think as he had awful reflux so I think she really wanted to go full-term/self-weaning with this one but imagined it would be longer.

I definitely didn't feel let-down at all by this stage. Like you say if nothing was coming out it'd be sore. Keep doing what she's doing, I'd say.

I'm sure I didn't have the same let down feeling once we were down to just one or two feeds a day. But dd self-weaned at 11 months.

I didn't feel a letdown when dd was this age. If he is still happy to nurse she should just carry on IMO.

By this age her supply should be absolutely fine. I went to two feeds per day at about a year, and carried on until DS2 was 3.5, no problem. Often mums can't feel the let down, as their babies get older.

Her son would be whingy about the lack of milk, as well.

If she needs more reassurance, she could try listening for him swallowing? Or noticing his suck pattern - the long deep hard sucks mean he is getting milk, while gentle butterfly sucks are often just comfort, iyswim. (not that there's anything wrong with comfort!)