how much should i be pumping at 7 mos?

[hildare]

hi.. anyone know off hand how much on average one should get from a pumping session for a 7 month old?
i am worried that dd isn't getting enough. or else she's just extremely hungry.
we're doing some solids and she's an eating machine. all night long.
i know you cannot really judge supply by what you pump, but what i produce doesn't seem to have increased any at all. and she's eating all night long and constantly hungry. any mamas know what's up with this? she's CRAZY frantically hungry. and thirsty, too.. if attacking cups of liquid is an indication of that.

[sunnygir1]

My ds is 8 months, and he is suddenly really in to eating food. He attacks cups too, but I'm not sure whether he's thirsty or whether he just thinks drinking water is really fun...which, I have to admit, it is.

He sleeps well at night, but nurses a lot day and night (when he wakes).

I have more and more trouble getting much milk when I pump the older he gets (this happened with dd too), but I am certain that he is getting milk because no matter how much he nurses, when he pulls off there is milk there.

If your baby is growing well, and you haven't had supply issues in the past, I'd just make sure that you are eating well, drinking a lot of water, and getting your rest. Then leave the rest up to nature; your body will respond to his constant nursing by upping your supply.

[akind1]

Is he maybe reverse cycling a bit? I am almost there - DS is 6.5 months. I have not increased my pumping output - I get between 12 and 14 oz usually, and he doesn't ever drink all of that while I am gone. But when I get home, I feel like he is constantly on the boob, until bedtime and then he sleeps well, and eats once at night, before going back to sleep. He isn't really taking the solids, just playing with them, and he thinks drinking water and sucking on ice are great fun.

so . . . I don't know. I think, like PP, if he is still gaining and seems otherwise happy, then he must be getting what he needs.

[hildare]

Originally Posted by akind1

Is he maybe reverse cycling a bit? I am almost there - DS is 6.5 months. I have not increased my pumping output - I get between 12 and 14 oz usually, and he doesn't ever drink all of that while I am gone. But when I get home, I feel like he is constantly on the boob

this exactly, without the good sleeping part and with the addition of loving the solid food. i am just going to assume that she's not going to eat more than she should of the solids, but her zest for them makes me wonder.