Nighttime breastfeeding only?

[writteninkursive]

So my baby is currently 4 months old. He breastfeeds 50% of the time, and eats formula the other 50% of the time. I am starting a new quarter at school in early January, and we are spending the holidays far from home at my DF's family's house (where he has three younger teenage brothers who are weirded out by breastfeeding). I'm not comfortable pumping at their home while we're staying, and my son seems to prefer a bottle at this point, unless it's nighttime and he's going to sleep, when he loves my boobies.

I don't want to stop breastfeeding by any means. Just during the day. I want to keep breastfeeding him at nighttime. Is that possible, or will my milk all go away if I try it? Anybody have experience with this?

[writteninkursive]

Anybody?

[jessica_s]

Your pumping now during the day right? And you don't feel comfortable doing that where your staying.
How long are you staying? If it's just a couple of days or so you'll most likely be able to maintain or just have a small and easily recoverable hit.
If it's longer like a week or so then yeah, you'll see a difference. If you are pumping now during the day and then all of a sudden not then most likely you'd experience some engorgement during the day. I'd pump to at least prevent plugged ducts/mastitis. You do not want a breast infection for the holidays!!

If you are only nursing at night you will not have a full supply, at 4 months you still have to be nursing full time for that. That's not to say that you shouldn't nurse, because ANY nursing is better than none. You might evaluate what your goals are, often part-time weaning from the breast leads to early weaning. If you know where you want to be you can more easily set your self up to get there.

[Megan73]

You would be risking early weaning - all because your future BILs are "weirded out" by breastfeeding? I think a four-month-old baby's needs are a tad more important than some teenagers' comfort, frankly.

[boobs4milk]

Originally Posted by Megan73

You would be risking early weaning - all because your future BILs are "weirded out" by breastfeeding? I think a four-month-old baby's needs are a tad more important than some teenagers' comfort, frankly.

[LilMomma83]

It can be done...just make sure you are comfortable with the risk involved. Supply decreases a lot faster and easier than it increases.

[Mrsboyko]

I think taking a few minutes break from the family would be to both your and the baby's advantage. In reality, there is no way to get away with not either BF'ing or pumping over the holodays, no matter waht your long term goal is. Your body produces milk constantly. I know if for some reason DS sleeps more at night, I am engorged all day at work till I pump. Sometimes I have to pump 2x instead of my normal 1 on those days (I only dropped to 1x in the last 2 months) or I will end up drowning DS when he does BF. It is just messy and annoying all around. May as well just BF the baby......