My little guy just turned 5 months old on Sunday (hooray!). He has been exclusively breastfed except for 2 experimental runs with rice cereal. I work outside the home 35 hours a week, and typically pump 2-3 times a day, usually coming home with 2-5 extra ounces that he doesn't need for daycare the next day. He usually take 12 ounces at daycare.
Last week, we all got a spring bug, which I feared would knock my supply down. However, things seemed normal all week, including me hand expressing a few ounces a day since Liam wasn't eating as much. When I came back to work yesterday, I was only able to pump 10 ounces total from 3 pumping sessions - today even less.
Liam has been nursing non-stop when we are together. We co-sleep, and he's been eating all night long.
I've heard of the 6 month slump - has it just come a month early for me? What can I do to remedy the situation?
I take B12 every day and am going back to oatmeal for breakfast every day. I have some Mother's Milk tea - should I up my consumption of that? I also drink water pretty much continuously when I'm awake.
My LLL group meets next Thursday, but I'm hoping the MDC community can help me in the meantime.
TIA.
Last week, we all got a spring bug, which I feared would knock my supply down. However, things seemed normal all week, including me hand expressing a few ounces a day since Liam wasn't eating as much. When I came back to work yesterday, I was only able to pump 10 ounces total from 3 pumping sessions - today even less.
Liam has been nursing non-stop when we are together. We co-sleep, and he's been eating all night long.I've heard of the 6 month slump - has it just come a month early for me? What can I do to remedy the situation?
I take B12 every day and am going back to oatmeal for breakfast every day. I have some Mother's Milk tea - should I up my consumption of that? I also drink water pretty much continuously when I'm awake.
My LLL group meets next Thursday, but I'm hoping the MDC community can help me in the meantime.
TIA.
