marcellus - I breastfeed at the first morning and last evening feeds. He has a HUGE booby first thing in the morning - I feed him until he gluts out, and then express more if I can. The couple of mornings I haven't been able to bf (because I have to leave too early to wake him) I normally pump 200-300ml, and he can drink better than I can pump! sometimes he feeds so much I can't even pump anything! he's drunk it all!
and I work full time, and DH is a SAHD (best in the tri-state area!) so more feeds during the day would be tricky ... I'm out of the house from around 6.45am until 6.30pm and he sleeps from around 7.30pm til 6-7am
weekends, I feed as much as he likes, but it's usually pretty on par with his weekday routine.
he wets about 7 nappies per day, and does a poo every other day usually.
thanks so much for the replies! am trying to calm down ... spot the first time mother ...
I would think (hope someone more knowledgeable can confirm or deny this) that just 4 feeds in 24 hours would be a bit low for a 5 month old bub.
My baby was the other end of the scale but was still feeding around 10 times a day at that age.
On the weekend can you put bub to the breast more often? Even if he only has a small drink in the middle of the 4 hourly usual feeds, every bit will help. Could your DH similarly offer a smaller feed between feeds or do 3 feeds during the day of slightly smaller bottles instead of 2.
I am so inspired by full time working Mums who breastfeed. Just want you to know that.
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