Weaning question

Kinipela7 · December 2014

Hello!

My daughter had her 6 month appointment not too long ago and doctor wasn't happy with her growth from 4-6 months. She didn't gain any weight and she didn't even grow an inch. I breastfeed her and was feeding her 5-6x/day and she always seemed happy and never cried for food. She has been sleeping through the night since 2.5 months so I never thought she wasn't getting enough. Anyway, he wanted me to feed her ALL THE THINGS and see her back in month for a weight check. After this appointment, I went to see lactation. They watched me feed her and they weighed her after I fed her and she only got 2 oz Apparantly she has a lip/tongue tie that had probably made my milk production slow down over these months. We are supplementing with formula now but I still breastfeed her 3x/day (as a bonus-never count it as an actual feeding). I don't feel uncomfortable at all unless it's the morning so my question is: could I breastfeed her once a day for a couple of months or will the little milk I do have dry up if she only gets fed once a day?

Thank you!

surpriseaddition · December 2014

Why are you cutting back on the BF? You can continue to use formula and BF as many times as you want. LO will refuse if full....so there isn't a real risk of overfeeding. At only 6 months, your milk would probably dry up after awhile if you cut back to only once per day.