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She Doesn't Want Any Milk, but Breastmilk. What Do I Do?!
have you tried mixing the breast milk with the reg milk? like at first more breast milk than reg milk and slowly decreasing the amount of breast milk to ...
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- Congrats on nursing for a full year! :-) I wouldn't worry ... only 1 of my kids is a milk drinker and mostly chocolate milk. The other 2 don't EVER drink plain milk .....
- as my pediatrician put it the other day...I don't care if she ever drinks milk again in her life. She just needs to get about 500 mL's of calcium a day. That can com...
- Don't fret T., my daughter was the same too! She is now 17 months old and is still drinking half whole milk mixed with half formula. I wouldn't worry about it if she...
Breast Milk Shortage
My breast milk production is running low. I've tried various things but .... I thought my milk supply was decreasing at about the 8 month mark and my DD was ...
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- The LLL meeting in Ft Pierce at the library is this Saturday at 10:45. They are always full of useful information. If you are willing to try anything, this is the be...
- Dear M. First and foremost I would contact your local "Le Leche League" for advice. That being said, there is absolutley no harm in supplementing your baby with for...
- Hi M. G. Having 3 kids (9, 6, and 2), all with really difficult breast-feeding start ups (1 not successful). I really commend you plodding forward when so many women...
Holy Cow 9 Ounces!
Nov 12, 2009 ... If you are supplementing with formula, your breast milk supply might be decreasing. The more the baby sucks, the more your body produces ...
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- Young babies will sometimes just keep sucking until their need to suck is satisfied. They also tend to cluster feed in the evenings and want to take in more calories, ...
- Sounds like my little guy! He jumped to 8 oz. bottles at around 4 months and gained a ton of weight between then and 10 months. Now he's 21 months and not overweight a...
- I think this is totally normal. My son hit a growth spurt around this time and was eating tons. It was also around this time that our Doctor suggested starting solids....
Advice Needed for Transition from Formula to Milk
We give our 10 1/2 month old, almond milk. He still gets breast milk, ... Then go from there, gradually increasing milk and decreasing formula. ...
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- I didn't want to have milk in a bottle and then have to wean off bottles, so I only put milk in the sippy cup, and formula in the bottle. It took me several cups to f...
- HI, Mix the formula and milk in increments. Start with 3/4 formula and 1/4 milk. Then go from there, gradually increasing milk and decreasing formula. Works like a ...
- A., I can remember going through that. I gave my daughter like 1/3 milk (whole) and mixed the rest formula. After a few days, I just kept tappering off...It worked out...
Need Suggestions to Produce More Breast Milk
We only have to supplement a little, but that's decreasing as my milk increases. .... Breast milk is the best milk! Great job on not giving up thus far! =0) ...
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- Hi, K.. This is a tough one. On one hand, introducing formula may be life-saving, and I would never recommend stopping something vital. On the other, since the mor...
- Keep it going the more you feed him on the breast the more you will produce. Drink lots of water and eat veggies.
- I'm a mom of 3 and have been in your exact situation. Here's what worked for me. Nurse every 2 1/2 or 3 hrs. Then after nursing pump for 15 minutes. You might not...
Breast Feeding Mom, When Should I Start Cows Milk?
Would you drink breastmilk? I'm saying this as a huge former cow's milk .... amount of my milk I could pump (my supply started decreasing around then too) ...
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- Hi E., My daughter's name is Elena :-). I started her off at 11 1/2 months with whatever amount of my milk I could pump (my supply started decreasing around then too...
- I would ask your Pediatrician to be sure. Our doctor said baby's yogurt was fine at 9 months, but no eggs or cow's milk until 1 year. At one year, my son was able to e...
- You are better off with rice or almond milk than cow's milk. Cow's milk is not meant for human consumption and can cause stomach upset, mucus build-up and other aller...
Baby Doesn't like Milk
Start mixing a little cow's milk with breastmilk, decreasing the breastmilk slowly until it is all cow's milk. He needs the calcium and the vitamin D from ...
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- Hi J., Children are smart. There is a reason why he does not like it. Do not force him to drink it if he does not like it. Try giving him hemp milk or rice...
- My pediatrician told me to hold off on cow's milk until about 15 months or so and go with breast milk until then. Another option is goat's milk, which my sister tried...
- My baby girl had nothing, but breast milk until she was 15-months old. When she turned 1 year I tried and tired to give her cow’s milk, soy milk, almond mil, but she...
Mirena IUD and Breastmilk Supply Question
I work full time and my son gets only breastmilk. I got Mirena over a month ago ... ago and aside from some cramping which is decreasing, I don't notice it. ...
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- I just had the Mirena put in about 2 weeks ago. I had a long dicussion with my doc about it affecting my milk and things because I want to continue to nurse my 3 1/2 ...
- When I talked with my dr about birth control, he said that Mirena releases as much hormone as the Depo shot and he suggested that I not get it if I want to continue br...
- I work full time and my son gets only breastmilk. I got Mirena over a month ago and it hasn't affected my milk supply. I spotted for the whole month after, but it wa...
How Do I Ween My Son from Breastmilk to Whole Milk?
You might try decreasing the amount of food he is eating & see if that helps him w/ taking the breast milk. For me, I wouldn't ever give my baby formula as ...
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- Babies are not suppose to have cow's milk until they are a year old (per American Academy of Pediatrics). Babies main source of nutrition up until a year should be br...
- When moving from breastmilk/formula to whole milk I always started by slowly adding a bit of the NEW into each feeding. So, I would have a bottle with 3/4 breastmilk/...
- maybe mix reg. milk and the breastmilk together.. Slowly increasing the amount of reg. milk... I am not sure about on his age though.. But if he is eating alot of va...
Suggestions for Increasing Breastmilk Production While Pumping
She takes a sippy cup of pumped breastmilk at daycare, and now will only take it ... of taking it: a lot the first week and then gradually decreasing it. ...
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- Please don't give up on BF if you are not ready to. I remember my now 3 yr old having nursing strikes. I continued until she was 22 months and she was ready to give ...
- I can totall relate to only one producing. I have the same problem. I agree with the mother's milk tea. It definitely works.
- The best ways I found were to drink LOTS of water, pump a few minutes longer than necessary each time, and MASSAGE. You can get a lot more if you push and squeeze all...
