Hi all,

DD is coming up to 11mths and has always demand fed, but pretty regularly - since about 6mths she's been on 4-5 day feeds and sometimes 1 overnight.

I was expecting her to start dropping a day feed (esp when I fell pg) but she has shown no interest in feeding less and is still wanting 4-5 a day.

I have no problem with this except today I returned to work. I'm planning three days a week and was hoping to express for her while I was at work.

Today however, I expressed once - 7hrs after I fed her - and I got 20mLs out.

So my question is not how can I increase this amount as I have tried a few various things and nothing seems to work... my question is will it be ok if she only has 2 or 3 b/f a day?

If I feed before I leave, as soon as I get home and then before bed?

MIL said she was fine today with just one bottle and even then she didn't seem to want it as such, MIL just gave it to her as it had defrosted in the heat and she didn't want to waste it!

What do you think? She should be ok with water/cow's milk while I am not there?