Lidia - I'm also jealous of that stash of yours!!! WOW. I wish I had that much, then there would definitely be no mixing BM with formula for Holly.... I also get a decrease in my milk output when I get my period back, but I have found both time, it isn't temporary for me
. With Hunter I got mine back only about 8 weeks after he was born and by 12 weeks I had a huge dip and couldn't get my milk back up. The same again this time, but it only came back about 2 months ago, which has also coincided with the dip in my milk
. I also read on the Kelly Mom website that a drop in output around 9 months is perfectly normal and usually happens (doesn't help me to be able to pump enough milk though). Anyway, I hope your nipple bleb clears up soon, have you had any advice on it? Can you do anything for it? It must be painful!
Olga - wow, each post, your situation sounds sooo familiar to me. Holly was also exactly the same and no matter what, I couldn't settle her at night without giving her the breast. I kept trying to do ssh/pat with her and she would fight me for up to 3 hours a night - so once I started working there was no way I could keep that up, so I just gave in and kept comforting her with a BF at night. She would go through phases where she would eat a lot at night, then eat very little, it was just a comfort to her. But then once she dropped back to eating only once a night, she would usually take a pretty solid feed. Not both sides though, I almost never gave her both sides at night since she would usually go to sleep. When she was hungry though, she took the bottle from DH just fine if I was away for work. That was when I could tell how much she was actually eating. One night he said she had eaten almost 200ml and that was huge
. She doesn't even eat that through the day. Anyway, I just let her guide it and as I said when I knew she wasn't actually hungry anymore, I decided I'd stop feeding her and see how she went and thankfully it worked and I haven't fed her at night now for the last 5 - 6 weeks. She has been sttn the entire time. I am so relieved, but somehow still feeling quite tired
. Anyway back to you - your dd must be using the breast as comfort if she wasn't happy with the bottle by the sounds of it. How many times a night does she wake? I hope she stops soon for your sake! Hopefully she will do what Holly did and eventually just be happy with a quick cuddle instead. I had even tried everything, including the GW plan and nothing worked for her! She was far too stubborn....
Also, when I travel for work, I didn't do a late night pump. I found when I pumped in the morning, I was really full and got about 8-10oz anyway, so I didn't really need to pump at night. I didn't get that much if I pumped before bed anyway as I would have only just pumped around 7pm that night. And there was no way that the only night I had to get a full nights sleep without being interrupted, I was going to get up to pump at midnight or 1am either
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Anyway, have taken the day off work as things aren't too good in our house. Holly woke up with a fever this mornings and we've all had a tummy bug for the past 4 days
. Poor Holly though, she has about 3-4 teeth coming through, a bad cold for the past week and a tummy bug... She has been sooo miserable today and she even fell asleep on the loungeroom floor cuddling a stuffed toy. It was so cute, but I feel so bad for her. She is back in her cot sleeping now and we spent most of the morning sleeping on our bed. I feel a bit better after getting some more rest too - my stomach was still quite fragile this morning. I don't feel like I have had it as bad as everyone else though thankfully too! Had better go anyway, have some washing to bring in before Holly wakes up. Take care everyone, talk soon.
Kerrie xoxo
