Hi,
DD is going o be 14 months on Sunday. At the moment she still has 1 night feed, usually between 12am-2am. I am thinking about cutting this out in the hope that she will stop waking up at other times. She's pretty good some nights, only waking for that one feed. Other nights she wakes every 2 hours. Mostly I just go in and pop the dummy in her mouth, help her lie down then leave. Most nights, I put her into her cot awake and she self-settles (never thought it would ever happen, but it did all of a sudden through no effort on my behalf!).
So I guess I'm hoping that if she knows that waking up at night doesn't mean a feed, she will eventually stop waking...
But, I am worried about my supply dropping too much. As it is, she's such a little busy body, that it is hard to hold her still long enough for a good feed. At the moment I feed her first thing in the morning when she's still sleepy and comes into my bed for a cuddle. Then I feed her before her nap, when she's tired. We lie in bed together. She doesn't go to sleep on the boob, but will snuggle after the feed and go to sleep. I feed her again when she wakes and is still a bit sleepy. Then I don't usually feed her again until bed time. Then the night feed. So that's 5 feeds a day.
She usually only has one side per feed and has been doing so since about 2 1/2 months. I used to have a huge supply but it has dropped a lot since DD moved into her own bed and we cut down on the night feeds and day sleeps.
So do you think that's enough for a 14 month old? Would it be alright to cut out that night feed? I don't want to risk her self weaning because my supply drops so low and she loose interest.
I usually give her a bottle of cow's milk in the afternoon. But only around 150ml. I have tried to offer the breast more often, but she only has a few sucks and then wants to run around. She's very active. I have sometimes been successful by sitting in front of the TV while feeding her and basically being a contortionistso she can watch while feeding. But it is extremely uncomfortable and just not nice. It doesn't feel right.
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