back to exclusive b/f i think

[upsydaisy]

i exclusively fed lo til she was 4wks old then i combinded from wk 4 til wk 10 after that i decided to only f/f, well that was the plan, some days she fine with been f/f and occasional breast but lately all she wants is breast, espeacialy at nighttime, the last 3 nights have been a nightmare, she just crys and crys til i put her on the breast and i hate seeing her like that, the reason i was going to give up is because i have a 3yr old and lo would feed for ages, this morning i put her on the breast for 40mins, switching from side to side then she took a 7oz bottle,
if i keep putting her to the breast before every bottle should my milk supply incase over time? and she'll gradually take less formula
going to start having porrage for breakfast every morning as i've read on here that should help milk supply, wine at the weekends is over with
is this the right thing to do?, on the breast before everyfed, i dont want to go back to expressing,
anything else i could be doing?

 

[isil]

i went through a period with Alasdair where he only wanted to BF but I didn't want to exclusively BF so I did eventually get him back on the bottle. But I understand that you want to get her completely BF again. I think that you've got the right idea with BFing then giving her formula. You'll be able to reduce the formula you give her. I'd try and express about an hr after feeding her if you can aswell. I asked for advice from a HV about how to increase my supply and was told just not to give LO a bottle at all. But I felt like I had so little milk that I'd be starving him. As it happens, I'm happy just to feed him in the morning and at night now and do the rest formula.

Good luck! I'm sure you'll be able to do it x

 

[upsydaisy]

i think alot of it is to do with comfort, have noticed that even after a bottle she crys til i put her to the breast and if i need to put her to the breast to comfort her then i might as well fed her

 

[Mervs Mum]

I know its really hard to listen to them crying but when I went from topping up to BF only I just ditched the formula and had 2 days where I just kept putting her on over and over. I almost caved and topped up about 24hrs in as she seemed so hungry and I was exhausted from feeding. But hubby took her for me and gave me an hours rest, then off we went again. I have plenty of milk now - I did within 48hrs - and I'm now starting to pump too.

Stick with it if its what you want to do hun. It doesnt feel like it but it doesnt take long to turn it round. xx

 

[jenstar]

I had to give top-ups of formula from 5 wks as my wee man was still losing weight and I was advised not to give him his bottles straight after a breast feed because over time a baby will learn that he is getting his bottle then so he doesn't bother sucking properly on the breast as he knows he'll get fed anyway.

Don't really know how you can avoid this though especially when you are just starting out and have another child to look after too!

Skin to skin contact was the thing that helped me most. (Prob also the most impractical one for someone with another child to look after, sorry!)