hellokitty1
07-21-2009, 10:45 PM
DS's teacher mentioned this week that he was getting fussy and thought he might be ready for cereal or an additional bottle. Between 8am and 5pm, he gets three bottles with about 4.25-4.5 ounces in bottles 1 and 2 and no more than 4 ounces in bottle 3 because i pick him up soon after and nurse as soon as we get home.
I am pumping exclusively during the work week and production is not meeting demand. This happened with DD too. I'll keep pumping and Ithink my stash will help me make it to 6 months. So when DS starts rice cereal, should I expect his milk intake to go down? I was thinking that kids need more milk/calories as they grow bigger but it's highly unlikely i'll be able to output mpore than i do now when i pump. So when solids are introduced, will it help in meeting the need for more calories so that milk intake might actually remain level?
Apologies in advance for my rambling. I THINK I'm just trying to figure out where breastfeeding is going. I think he needs more milk at school but i can't pump any more than i do now so wondering if solids will help meet his hunger needs? otherwise, i will need to use my freezer stash and then eventually use formula to supplement when he's bottlefed.
(On a side note, I've read up on how to increase production and how using freezer stash is bad. So I'm not really looking for that advice right now. I've got the info but I'm just not able to follow it all to a tee. I do what i can but I also have to balanceit with my sanity).
TIA.
I am pumping exclusively during the work week and production is not meeting demand. This happened with DD too. I'll keep pumping and Ithink my stash will help me make it to 6 months. So when DS starts rice cereal, should I expect his milk intake to go down? I was thinking that kids need more milk/calories as they grow bigger but it's highly unlikely i'll be able to output mpore than i do now when i pump. So when solids are introduced, will it help in meeting the need for more calories so that milk intake might actually remain level?
Apologies in advance for my rambling. I THINK I'm just trying to figure out where breastfeeding is going. I think he needs more milk at school but i can't pump any more than i do now so wondering if solids will help meet his hunger needs? otherwise, i will need to use my freezer stash and then eventually use formula to supplement when he's bottlefed.
(On a side note, I've read up on how to increase production and how using freezer stash is bad. So I'm not really looking for that advice right now. I've got the info but I'm just not able to follow it all to a tee. I do what i can but I also have to balanceit with my sanity).
TIA.