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headoverheels
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BFing once a day... could this be the issue?
BF moms tell me what you think...
I am only BFing Izzie once a day, when she wakes in the middle of the night now - say, 4 am. Then she goes back down till around 6:30 and gets another bottle around 7/8am. She is not on any kind of consistent schedule in terms of feeding.
Is it possible that she's not getting a lot of BM when she nurses and so she's missing out on calories during the day... causing her to wake at night? Does that make sense?
She gets around 24 - 26 oz. in bottles during the day plus that one nursing session. Should I just stop BFing and give her a bottle to see if it's a supply issue and she really needs more to eat?
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Posted 7/13/10 3:52 PM  |
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maybeamommy
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Re: BFing once a day... could this be the issue?
How often is she eating during the day?
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| Posted 7/13/10 3:55 PM |
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headoverheels
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Re: BFing once a day... could this be the issue?
Posted by maybeamommy
How often is she eating during the day?
Depends, could be 3 hours, could be 4.
ETA: Rarely it's 2.5 hours but only if she's really fussy.
Message edited 7/13/2010 3:56:57 PM.
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| Posted 7/13/10 3:56 PM |
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Rycois
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Re: BFing once a day... could this be the issue?
Well, I don't think you're robbing her of calories by BF her at night, but she may not be STTN yet b/c, as you know, the BM is digested quicker.
Honestly, I don't think that's the issue. I think she's just not ready to STTN. If she's getting formula throughout the day - I doubt your nursing session at night is affecting her in that way. But I probably have no clue what I'm talking about 
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| Posted 7/13/10 3:57 PM |
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headoverheels
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Re: BFing once a day... could this be the issue?
Posted by SweetCaroline
Well, I don't think you're robbing her of calories by BF her at night, but she may not be STTN yet b/c, as you know, the BM is digested quicker.
Honestly, I don't think that's the issue. I think she's just not ready to STTN. If she's getting formula throughout the day - I doubt your nursing session at night is affecting her in that way. But I probably have no clue what I'm talking about
I don't even care that she doesn't STTN. I am worried that her not getting enough to eat that time is affecting her overall caloric intake and causing her to not sleep well during naps/fall asleep easily at night. I know I'm being confusing 
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| Posted 7/13/10 3:58 PM |
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maybeamommy
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Re: BFing once a day... could this be the issue?
I feel like at 4 months, Loey was eating every 3 hours.
Maybe try to get her on a more consistent feeding schedule for daytime? And do you "top her off" before bed also?
I agree that maybe she's just not ready to STTN yet. I definitely don't think BFing is doing any harm or is stopping her from STTN, KWIM?
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| Posted 7/13/10 3:59 PM |
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Rycois
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Re: BFing once a day... could this be the issue?
Posted by headoverheels
Posted by SweetCaroline
Well, I don't think you're robbing her of calories by BF her at night, but she may not be STTN yet b/c, as you know, the BM is digested quicker.
Honestly, I don't think that's the issue. I think she's just not ready to STTN. If she's getting formula throughout the day - I doubt your nursing session at night is affecting her in that way. But I probably have no clue what I'm talking about
I don't even care that she doesn't STTN. I am worried that her not getting enough to eat that time is affecting her overall caloric intake and causing her to not sleep well during naps/fall asleep easily at night. I know I'm being confusing
Can you up her formula bottles? See if she'll take more during the day. Have you introduced cereal yet?
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| Posted 7/13/10 4:01 PM |
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nicknmb
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Re: BFing once a day... could this be the issue?
I don't think that one nursing session has anything to do with it. Look at it this way - she is making it until 4am, so pretty soon, that nursing will be gone all-together and then no calories during the night, right....I wouldn't worry about it at all....I am sure she is just fine
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| Posted 7/13/10 4:11 PM |
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