Thanks, everyone. I think he can still use that 1 night feed, since he seems genuinely starving when he wakes up (sucks like crazy on my shoulder, then when he latches on, sucks super fast at first.) I think he could go without the second one, though, so I'll probably work on dropping the 11ish one (since he is already less likely to wake up for that one). He is 19 pounds now, so I think if I can get him on 5 feeds a day, he would be fine. I'll have to wait till September, though, since DH leaves Thur to go out of the country for over 2 weeks (yikes!) Here's something interesting: The past 3 nights, I've been getting up once to pump one side (in case he wakes later and needs to eat, I save the other one for him). The first night, I woke up at 5 and pumped; I didn't go out of my room, and his room is all the way on the other side of the house, so there's no way I woke him up. As I was about to start pumping, he cried. The next day, I woke up at 4 and was just starting to pump--and DS cried. Last night, I woke up at 3:30, pumped about an ounce and was still at it...and he cried. I swear, he is sensing that the milk is leaving without him!!
Assuming this is just a coincidence and won't continue, how am I supposed to know when to pump at night to keep up my supply/ward off the evil mastitis? Right now, I just pump whenever I wake up uncomfortable, after 2 am. Does it matter if it's 2 or 4 or 5?? Should I be pumping twice, since sometimes he eats twice? Sorry, I know it can't be this complicated, ds has just thrown me for a loop, since he's always been awake a ton at night!
Jen
