One year old won't drink milk or nurse during the day

[handsandfeet]

He only will nurse to sleep at night and about 3 times in the night. Each time he nurses he doesn't stay on long enough to get more than a couple of ounces. Not only is this not enough milk, but my supply is drying up with his lack of nursing during the day. I'm currently trying to pump twice a day but this is getting harder and harder to do with his increasing mobility. I've tried every combo of milk for him to drink, warm and cold, sippy, bottle, and real cup, goats milk, formula, cow's milk, breast milk, etc. He will eat about 2 to 4 oz of yogurt in a day. What else can I try? I'm just afraid that I will completely dry up and then we'll be left with ZERO milk.

[Megan73]

This will sound nuts but it may work: hang around topless with him.
I'd keep up the pumping, too. You could also try "power pumping" - kellymom.com has a good explanation - during his nap.
Good luck, mama.

[prancie]

I would stop trying to give him any milk from a cup. And try the topless bit, but this is normal for 1 year olds to get excited about life and forget about the boob during the day! I think usually they get over it and want more milkies pretty soon. As long as you are nursing at night your milk won't dry up, though your supply will go down. When he is ready to nurse more again he will re-build your supply.

Check out the "Nursing beyond Infancy" forum, they deal with toddler nursing a lot. My ds never did the daytime strike thing, but it is very common.

[redvlagrl]

From about age 1 or so, DD has only really nursed twice a day, morning and night. My supple is fine, even though I'm pregnant. Could it be that you're just not able to pump as much or that your breasts don't feel as full?

BM works on supply and demand, so as long as your LO is nursing there should still be enough milk in there.