Breast milk reducing?

Question

My son will be 5 months on Monday, and he just started eating food, and now I’m starting to feel like my milk production is decreasing a lot. Is that normal? Should I start pumping about 3 times a day to increase?

Answer

My lo eats food twice a day once mid morning and again at night before bed. After his mid morning food I usually Breast feed him because that’s when he would typically eat, he eats a little bit but when he’s done I pump. Before he goes to bed I feed him so I don’t worry about pumping at night.

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My LO just turned 5 months. I work a fast paced high stressed job and I cannot keep up. I pump 3 bottles he drinks 4. My freezer stash is almost gone. 😞 I’m trying to pump a bottle a day on my days off but I feel like it is all I do. I still haven’t introduce solids. I am feeling so disappointed and frustrated I’m afraid I won’t be able to last much longer.

Answer

Also, I’d recommend always breastfeeding before offering any solids at least until a year/or a bottle before solids if you switch.

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feed him solids AFTER he breast feeds so that he's eating enough breast milk. he may wait a little longer but he should still bf about the same then. Right now solids are not supposed to be a source of nutrition but a supplement and more for fun and learning than anything. if you try to just feed him in between bf and find your mill supply still decreasing I would definitely try to pump in between to keep it up.

Answer

I personally would.  It gets harder month four moving forward to keep up with them.
I started adding two pumping sessions to keep up with everything and keep adding to my stash

Breast milk reducing?

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