I am freaking out about this!
SO- I am very thankful- but DS is now sleeping looooong stretches at night. Sometimes he gets up once to nurse- which of course, is fine with me we are not trying/planning to nightwean.....but even if he gets up once it might be 10 hours after he last nursed (I nurse him right before bed,, btw)! Sometimes he sleeps through the night and goes 7pm-630am or 7am without nursing! Again- I am not complaining, but I am worried about my supply because these are LONG stretches of time!!!
Is there anything I can do to make sure it keeps going? It's not like he nurses all day long either- probably only 4 decent nursing sessions and then sometimes 1 or 2 "snacks". He also has decreased his intake with the bottle when I am not home (he gets 6 bottles a week when I am at work). He used to drink 2 -4oz bottles, and now he really only drinks 2 -3oz bottles! He does get 3 solid meals a day of about 4oz each-- but I think that is pretty normal? PS- He will be 10 months old on 10/9.
I don't want to tank my supply so that he weans before he should- as I am willing to continue to BF until he is at least 2!
Also- I carry my pump with me faithfully anytime I am out and Evan will be fed a bottle so that I pump. However, on Wed. I will be at Madison Square Garden in NYC and will be away from my car from 5pm until about 11pm with no access to the pump. I will pump on the way into the city, and when I leave....but is one night going to mess things up with everything else going on? I would normally have pumped at least one time if I was away from him from 5-11pm
Sigh. Always something to worry about with my breasts I guess...lolol
SO- I am very thankful- but DS is now sleeping looooong stretches at night. Sometimes he gets up once to nurse- which of course, is fine with me we are not trying/planning to nightwean.....but even if he gets up once it might be 10 hours after he last nursed (I nurse him right before bed,, btw)! Sometimes he sleeps through the night and goes 7pm-630am or 7am without nursing! Again- I am not complaining, but I am worried about my supply because these are LONG stretches of time!!!
Is there anything I can do to make sure it keeps going? It's not like he nurses all day long either- probably only 4 decent nursing sessions and then sometimes 1 or 2 "snacks". He also has decreased his intake with the bottle when I am not home (he gets 6 bottles a week when I am at work). He used to drink 2 -4oz bottles, and now he really only drinks 2 -3oz bottles! He does get 3 solid meals a day of about 4oz each-- but I think that is pretty normal? PS- He will be 10 months old on 10/9.
I don't want to tank my supply so that he weans before he should- as I am willing to continue to BF until he is at least 2!
Also- I carry my pump with me faithfully anytime I am out and Evan will be fed a bottle so that I pump. However, on Wed. I will be at Madison Square Garden in NYC and will be away from my car from 5pm until about 11pm with no access to the pump. I will pump on the way into the city, and when I leave....but is one night going to mess things up with everything else going on? I would normally have pumped at least one time if I was away from him from 5-11pm
Sigh. Always something to worry about with my breasts I guess...lolol
