Going back to BF'ing when lo is ill? UPDATE
My ds is 6.5 months. He has only been having 1 bf (morning) a day for the last 2 weeks since weaning himself off the daytime ones. He has had a bottle at 6pm since 4 months and decided he would rather have a bottle during the day much to my disappointment.
He is poorly at the moment with a gastro bug and has been refusing his bottles today (he will drink water though) Last night the only way he would settle was to 'feed' lying down in bed with me. He would occasionally stimulate a letdown but mostly just for comfort. Today he has kept pulling at my top and head butting my chest when he wanted a bit of bf so i offered but not sure he's getting much.
Anybody who is/has mixed fed had a similar issue? Will my milk come back? Anything i can do to help it as i think he will drink more from me.
Thanks x
UPDATE:
Well he was unwell for a week and spent many nights in bed with me feeding on and off. I had lots of milk so I needn't have worried. It just shows how amazing your body is. He was far less sick and less nasty nappies when have breastmilk so I really felt like I was helping him. Once he started to get better he wanted his bottles again and is now back to normal feeding pattern (BF in morning and bottles rest of day) Oh actually the bug helped us get off 'bottles' too as he is now using a trainer cup for milk feeds!!!
Just to reassure anyone who may be in a similar situation at some point! xxx
[Modified by: katstar on 02 February 2010 11:37:25 ]
He is poorly at the moment with a gastro bug and has been refusing his bottles today (he will drink water though) Last night the only way he would settle was to 'feed' lying down in bed with me. He would occasionally stimulate a letdown but mostly just for comfort. Today he has kept pulling at my top and head butting my chest when he wanted a bit of bf so i offered but not sure he's getting much.
Anybody who is/has mixed fed had a similar issue? Will my milk come back? Anything i can do to help it as i think he will drink more from me.
Thanks x
UPDATE:
Well he was unwell for a week and spent many nights in bed with me feeding on and off. I had lots of milk so I needn't have worried. It just shows how amazing your body is. He was far less sick and less nasty nappies when have breastmilk so I really felt like I was helping him. Once he started to get better he wanted his bottles again and is now back to normal feeding pattern (BF in morning and bottles rest of day) Oh actually the bug helped us get off 'bottles' too as he is now using a trainer cup for milk feeds!!!
Just to reassure anyone who may be in a similar situation at some point! xxx
[Modified by: katstar on 02 February 2010 11:37:25 ]
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Hope little man's better soon x
I've definitely noticed that he is less sick etc when he BF than when he has the water or formula. He spent most of last night sleeping on the boob and i can already feel them filling up so hopefully there will be more for him tomorrow. If not i'll order a supplementer as probably handy to have one anyway. It will be just my luck that he'll be back to normal tomorrow and will want the bottle again and i'll be full of milk!