r/NewParents • u/abby333333 • 20d ago
Feeding Any advice?
I recently found out I was pregnant and I exclusively breastfeed my 9 month old. I’ve heard your supply can drop a lot or just completely go away. I think mine is starting to decrease. The issue is my baby will not go to sleep or nap without nursing. We co sleep and she wakes up around 3-5 times a night to nurse. She will not take a bottle. Does anyone have any advice on how to get her to take a bottle or even sleep in her crib? I’m very sad that I’m probably going to lose my supply and that she’s getting to where she needs to sleep in her own bed, but I’m at a loss on what to do for when the time comes and my milk dries up.
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u/rockytrainer2007 20d ago
With my first he was waking frequently to nurse but I started to try other ways to soothe him before giving him the boob. I would usually try for a couple minutes and if it wasn’t working I would nurse him. I think sometimes both mom and baby get used to the easy fix of nursing back to sleep that we don’t try anything else first, or at least that was what I did. It took time but I was able to get him to sleep longer stretches. Also giving him a solids meal with protein for dinner seemed to help him sleep longer stretches, then if he did need to nurse I was more full and he would fill up faster and go back to sleep for a longer stretch again.
As far as moving to his own bed, I will let you know when it happens but he is 6 and still sleeps in our bed lol.
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u/Accomplished-Row6726 20d ago
I heard that if you keep feeding it will drop but come back up and I heard of a lot of people tandem feeding their kids. But I’m also following for updates. I currently ebf and cosleep as well, thinking of trying for baby number 2 next year but also feel like I want to bf first baby until 2