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Tunny904 - 314 days ago.
How long has she only been taking 13 oz? If it's only been for a little while, she may be teething, when some babies teeth, they don't want to eat...but if it continues I'd call her doc just to be sure everything is okay b/c I think she should be taking between 25-28 oz a day...(someone can correct me if I'm wrong, I EBF, so not real sure on the oz she is taking in). Just keep offering her throughout the day and I'm sure she'll get back on her normal eating schedule!

felicia_lopes@yahoo.com - 314 days ago.
Yesterday I kept a log of how much my baby is eating, and I found that she is only taking in about 13 oz in a 24 hr period. Is there anyway to increase that, I do offer her the bottle alot throughout the day and the breast but she does not want either. Anybody else having this problem?Are there any ways to increase her intake? My daughter is 6 months old

Tunny904 - 314 days ago.
felicia: just make sure when she is taking a bottle that you are pumping. Your body produces milk based on the needs of the baby. So if she takes a bottle and you are not pumping, then your body will start to think that she does not need that milk and will stop producing as much. hope it helps!

Luv2Bamama - 315 days ago.
For you veteran BFers; how long does it take once you are done pumping/nursing to “dry up”? My daughter is almost 14 months, I had been exclusively pumping since she was about 5 months old. I omitted my last pumping session on Saturday, but if I squeeze, I still get drops of milk…I’m looking forward to baby #2 (whenever that is) so I can have the nursing relationship again, and hopefully future baby will want to nurse longer than my first! I always wanted to be one of those moms who nursed for 2-3 years, but apparently baby girl had a different idea!

babymichael(Danielle) - 315 days ago.
Mummy and Dominique: I found that for our family it was easiest to pump. I went back to work at 4 weeks, and my daughter would never latch well. So for us, it works. I couldn't imagine being at her beck and call all the time!

felicia_lopes@yahoo.com - 315 days ago.
I have been EBF my daughter now for 6 months and she has finally started taking a bottle, which makes me very happy as I get to actually get a break. I am noticing that ever since I have put her on the bottle that I am not expressing as much milk as before. Is there a reason that my milk supply seems lower?? Or does the milk supply drop throughout the week, I dont know I am just afraid that my milk supply is going to stay low... help please!!

mamadear04 - 315 days ago.
Woohooo my 18month old girl Elia has now gone 10 days without b/f..She has been ebf the whole time never would even take a bottle...She was so attached to nursing I thought she would never stop...She did!! All on her own..She stoped asking for it..She started going 1 or two days without it, then wanting it like 20 times a day , then she would go a nother 2 or 3 days ,then wanting again like crazy and I would just give it to her..Finaly she has not asked for it for 10 days...I guess I can say she is done...If she ask for it anytime soon now , even though I dont think she will i will not give it to her..How easy she weined her self....I'm so happy!!!

Tunny904 - 315 days ago.
I'm the same as dominique...my LO is currently 11 months old and plan on going for a time to be determined LOL! I thought I would stop at one year, but I think I'll go through the summer until I go back to work when I won't nurse or pump throughout the day, just nurse in morning/bedtime. But yes, BM or formula should be your LO's #1 source of nutrition til 1. Solids are mainly to introduce them to food and get them used to using a spoon, etc.

dominique23 - 316 days ago.
snoofy79- Im planning on going to a year of ebf, maybe 2, im going to try just have enough pumped and saved so she doesnt have to have cows milk for a while. Once your baby is eating solids you still have to give them either breast milk or formula, that should still be their main source of nutrition until they are 1 , then after they are 1 you can continue to give them breast milk, or you can switch to cows milk. My baby wont take a bottle, at all, so i am planing on going to a sippy cup and breast as well , prob try the sippy cup when shes 6 or 7 months. So id say you can start to try give her a bottle she might be fine with it? you can start pumping and freezing , or just switch to formula or do both, mix them together so she gets use to it.

snoofy79 - 316 days ago.
Hey everyone I havent been on here for a while, I just have a question...how long is everyone planning to breastfeed, ive been exclusively feeding my daughter since she was born (she is 21 weeks now) I will be starting to feed her solids when she is 6 months but was thinking of still giving her feeds but not sure how long to do it for, once she is on 3 meals a day should i give her a feed a night still?She has never had a bottle so dont know what to do?

dominique23 - 316 days ago.
mtotowangu - try using the same boob for 2 feeds may not be getting emptied all the way. or you could pump lil before hand to get to the hind milk faster. and sometimes its not always the case that they r getting too much formilk, if it is continuously green then id say prob if not try not to worry to much about it, if hes gaining and his tummy isnt upset.

mtotowangu - 317 days ago.
Hi ladies. I EBF (my LO won't take the bottle AT ALL) and recently, my LO's poo has been greenish on and off. I found out that this is because my LO is getting only foremilk and not enough hindmilk. My BF style is to feed from one boob only at each feed, then go to the other boob at the next feed. My DS use to feed for about 20-40 minutes, but lately he only feeds for 10-20 minutes. He pushes out the boob or pulls out and won't open his mouth for more, so I assume he's done. How can I make sure he's getting more hind milk? He's 9 weeks and has gained 5lbs since birth, so he's gaining weight ok I think... Please advice. Thanks

Mummy22 - 317 days ago.
alright, so i got some motilium or domperidone stuff cause i'd still like to bf lol. so i'm trying it over the next couple of weeks... in my circumstances i've read it should improve my supply but maybe not as much as it would for others. also, i've had one tablet and i'm soooo ready to pass out :(

Mummy22 - 317 days ago.
spot on domonique... can't work out how you can pump for so long! wish i could! :P

dominique23 - 317 days ago.
babymichael(Danielle)- kudos! it amazes me people that exclusively pump....I HATE PUMPING! sooo its amazing that you can keep it up for soooo long thats awesome!

babymichael(Danielle) - 317 days ago.
Thanks Mummy- like i was saying, not a whole bottle, but just an ounce or two. I think she is used to getting breast milk in a bottle to go to sleep, and I think she is relying on that.

Mummy22 - 317 days ago.
Danielle - I think now 7 months water 1oz would be fine! I think if you can get her to drink water that has got to be a good thing - I always have trouble getting my lo to drink water! If your lo was younger, it might be a different answer from me, but maybe not!

babymichael(Danielle) - 317 days ago.
I am celebrating the fact that my daughter has been getting only breast milk for 7 months now. I am struggling with whether I should just use the supply we have left or continue to pump (I exclusively pump). Any one have an input on giving water to babies (small amounts?) It seems at night that she wants something to drink to get to sleep, but I know she isn't necessarily hungry. I often put 1oz in a bottle for her, but I was wondering if I could give her 1 oz of water instead... thoughts?

Mummy22 - 318 days ago.
domonique - yeh, i've heard pcos is a common problme for rh neg women too... i don't have that problem that i know of thankfully! just the supply issue.... my supply increased alot on the fenugreek, but for like one day :( well a bit more than that. but anyways, i can't stay on it and today? nothing there again :( if i could take high doses of fenugreek and milk thistle all the time, we'd be right, but the fenugreek makes me feel ill :S i hate the smell and taste and it makes me nauseous! also i don't think it agrees with baby either - he is always so fussy after my milke, yet he's fine on formula... i'm sure it's the fenugreek making him have an upset tummy. also, when i feed him, either bf or expressed bm, i'm sure he's getting mostly foremilk which is rubbish bless him. sorry girls, i've given up on the breastfeeding.................... i think. i hate that i prepared and worked so hard for it and i've failed :( i keep thinking it's still early days, but i need to be sensible. i can see there is dwindling milk supply and i can't survive without galactogogues that i can't stand :(

mama2LT - 318 days ago.
i breastfed my son exclusivley for about a month and a half and had to switch to gerber gentle plus formula to pick up his weight because my milk wasnt coming in as much as it should..(this brand of formula bc he would throw up soooo much w/ every other formula) i cried the 1st time i had to give him formula just cause i felt like i wasnt doing my job as a mama, but he at about half and half now, i would pump, but i do love actually feeding him off the breast just because of the bond and being close to him. I recently started manually expressing my milk and i actually like doing it this way better instead of pumping because it less time consuming especially at work, and my milk supply has increased sooo much, in about 10 minutes i can manually get out about 6 ounces of milk, 3 ozs from each breast, 5 minutes on each, which i think is amazing. i think im going to try to go back to mostly breast feeding to exclusivley breast feeding now that hes well over the weight hes supposed to be and now that my milk supply is better. btw im so happy to see so many women breastfeeding, i dont know any women personally who have ever breast fed their babies, me, and 2 of my cousins had babies recently and im the only one who breastfeeds, so kudos to all you ladies who are at least trying to breastfeed :)

dominique23 - 318 days ago.
So i just realized, I have made it 4 months breast feeding, and 3 months with no bottles. Im very proud of myself! When i first had alexis, i was so overwhelmed didnt think i would make it, but i pushed on! Im gonna keep going as long as i can, maybe a year...maybe 2? we shall see.

jenlynnp - 319 days ago.
esther804- just because your baby is only eating for 10-15 mins doens't mean it ins't getting enough :) I was really worried when my son was only eating for 5mins at a time so I was making him eat every hour. now he is five months old and he still only nurses for 5 mins. but he eats every two hours and sleeps through the night. good luck :)

dominique23 - 319 days ago.
Mummy22 - im rh negative never had trouble, i mean i had issue with her latching..but never with my supply, and i have pcos too, i guess some women with pcos have low supply or dont ever get milk.

Mummy22 - 319 days ago.
lub2bamama, yeh i know... thankyou! i just really wanted it to work and work well this time :( i thought my supply was increasing, but hrmm... it did this last time too, just at a later date - i had tried prescription meds though before the fenugreek and milk thistle. this time round the herbs don't appear to have done much. starting to wonder if supply 'came in' yesterday and is on its way out today!? also, i've come across connections about rh negative women having trouble feeding our babies... it's complicated, but basically the theory is that because we see the pos baby as a foreign entity that we just don't produce (some women don't lactate at all!!!). IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE HAVING TROUBLE FEEDING BUBS THAT IS RH NEGATIVE?

Mummy22 - 319 days ago.
argh, fed up! this morning? my boobs are totally empty and bubs got cranky with them, :( i'm going to the docs today so might enquire about prescription meds to increase supply. last time i did that though, omg, it totally wiped me out - on top of the glandular fever, i didn't think it was possible to be more wiped out than i was!