My daughter is almost 8 months old, and I still breastfeed her 3/4 of the time. Up until she was 6 months old, she rarely had formula, only when I didn’t have enough pumped for her (I work and go to school). The past month and a half though she has been having more formula, mainly b/c I have just been very busy and have not been pumping as much as I was. Now I pump at work and I used to get like 4oz (3oz from one breast, 1 from the other) and now I get like 2 oz. I breastfeed her in the morning and the evenings, but sometimes if I have homework my husband gives her a bottle of formula before she goes to bed and I just pump when I’m done with my homework..but sometimes I’m so tired I don’t feel like pumping when I’m done so I just go to bed. On these nights I’m very full in the morning. Anyway, I don’t really feel like putting all the effort into getting my supply back up. I’ve had to do that a few times, drinking tea all day, pumping 3-4 times a day and breastfeeding whenever possible. It works, but its a lot of work. If I just keep doing what I’m doing will my milk dry up or will my body continue to produce? I’d like for her to at least get some breastmilk still for the antibodies, with the bad flu season going around. I’ll just supplement with formula for calories and she eats a lot of foods also. I don’t want to wean yet.
She sleeps through the night, goes to bed at 8pm. So I bf her at 4 when we get home, at 6:30 after she has dinner, and as she goes to sleep at 8.
People who are breastfeeding fanatics are extremely annoying. She was exclusively breastfed for 6 months. I’m doing the best I can, going to nursing school so she can have a better life. Also she LOVES bottles, she thinks they are like a treat for her, so when she gets to have a bottle she is happy.
