My DS and I had the flu at the same time and with me being dehydrated and him not wanting to feed, my supply plumeted. It took me about 2 months total to get my supply back to where it was before we got sick. My DS is 11 months old, and he also feed a fair bit.
it varies a little but roughly we have 4 main feeds, Wake up, morning tea, arvo tea and bed time. He occasionally wants more fees during the night, The time of the first feed can vary greatly, and sometimes an extra one is sliped in somewhere along the way.
We did have night feeds like you mentioned and I didn't mind feeding him, but I just kept getting sick because I was getting no sleep, so I decided they needed to stop. I set myself some little rules. First I decided that it didn't matter what happened I wouldn't feed him between 12am and 3 am. Then I extended it to 12 am-5 am. Sometimes I did break my rules, still stuck to trying to increase the time between feeds.
Another thing we started doing was set up a bed in his room, so that if he woke up lots, one of us could camp in his room and tend to him (hopefully catch him before he woke too much) and the other could have a good amount of sleep. This in particular has done wonders!!!
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