hello, i have a 5.5 mo son who seems to prefer breastmilk from the bottle. with my first son (now almost 4) i never pumped and i he ate several times a night for months and months and i had tons of milk.
this time around my husband is giving our son a bottle of pumped milk (4-6 oz) around 11pm each night and i nurse at the second wake up around 3am... my husband does the 1st feed about 4 nights a week
plus 2 days a week i am out and the sitter gives him pumped milk...
i love that this time around i am not over tired and losing my mind from exhaustion but i hate that my milk supply is low. every week by thursday/friday i barely have milk for him to drink at bedtime. i wish he would suck longer to get my supply up but instead he gives up if the milk isn't flowing freely
plus, he seems to prefer the ease of drinking from a bottle. i don't want to stop BFing but it is sooooo stressful this time. (my first son weaned at 2 yrs & 10 months)
i pump every morning right after his morning feed (before nap) and i pump every night after he goes to bed after his bedtime feed (and on the nights my husband does a feed i also pump before i go to sleep - usually 9.30 pm) and on the days i am out i try to pump every 3 hrs...
what is wrong? i'm pumping and taking goat's rue.... any suggestions?
this time around my husband is giving our son a bottle of pumped milk (4-6 oz) around 11pm each night and i nurse at the second wake up around 3am... my husband does the 1st feed about 4 nights a week
plus 2 days a week i am out and the sitter gives him pumped milk...
i love that this time around i am not over tired and losing my mind from exhaustion but i hate that my milk supply is low. every week by thursday/friday i barely have milk for him to drink at bedtime. i wish he would suck longer to get my supply up but instead he gives up if the milk isn't flowing freely
plus, he seems to prefer the ease of drinking from a bottle. i don't want to stop BFing but it is sooooo stressful this time. (my first son weaned at 2 yrs & 10 months)
i pump every morning right after his morning feed (before nap) and i pump every night after he goes to bed after his bedtime feed (and on the nights my husband does a feed i also pump before i go to sleep - usually 9.30 pm) and on the days i am out i try to pump every 3 hrs...
what is wrong? i'm pumping and taking goat's rue.... any suggestions?
