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Night weaning and supply
Hi
My little guy is four months in a few days and seems to be doing well with breastfeeding etc. he has done a few occasional sleep throughs from dinner (6pm) till 630am waking for feed and the day so the last two nights I have just given him a quick pat when he wakes to see if he will resettle with out boob and he does within about two minutes. See how long this lasts for!
What I'm wondering is whether this will dramatically affect my supply? I understand that my boobs will figure out not to produce milk for feeds overnight (hasn't happened yet as waking very engorged and sore!) and I am still expressing about 100-120mls right after his breaky feed from th other side. But will this start dropping off if we continue with no night feeds? And if so what do I do about it? I don't want to get up during the night and pump cuz if that was the case I would just feed him back to sleep - the idea is to get more sleep as I'm starting back at work in a month.
Hopefully this made sense and appreciate any advice
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You make milk as needed. At this stage, your supply should be well established, so it should work out ok.
Enjoy your sleep (it might not last, but you never know)
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It always takes a few days for your boobs to adjust to a new pattern.
I'd say just enjoy the long break and trust he will start waking and build your supply back up if he needs (remember babies have growth spurts so it's normal for him to start waking again).
On a side note, my 13month still feeds through the night and has never gone beyond 5 hours without a feed. You boobs must get pretty big by morning!!!!