Just want to vent and have a question (Long)

percylover22

I am so upset.  I have been BFing DS for a year.  My goal was to get to his birthday (tomorrow - eek).  Last week I decided that I wanted to keep going, just eliminating the daytime nursing sessions but keeping the early morning and bedtime sessions.  I spoke with a LC (plus some encouragement from some of you lovely ladies!), and then 2 days later I became horribly sick.  Needless to say, my supply has tanked.  I have been pumping to try to build it back up, but now it seems that DS is on a nursing strike.  He refuses to nurse, he even cries and pushes me away when he sees my breast!  I am not sure why, but I am so heartbroken over this.  I'm not sure if I should even bother continuing with the pumping, since he turns one tomorrow.  On the other hand, I have not been able to introduce cow's milk yet because DS has been sick also (diarrhea for 7 days now), so if I don't pump, I won't have anything to replace those nursing sessions that we were still having!  I am running out of frozen BM and I can barely pump enough for one 5 oz bottle per day.  I just don't know what to do.  Should I just introduce the cow's milk anyways?  And if so, should I just do it cold turkey?

ryunsgirl

DS was formula fed and when he turned 1 we tried to do milk cold turkey but he wasn't having it, so I've been doing 1/2 formula, 1/2 whole milk bottles and it's working just fine.  Maybe you could do the same with BM?  Then eventually reduce the amount of BM you use until he's on a full milk bottle.  That may help ease him into it a little better.  HTH!!

percylover22

Thanks!  I will try this.  Do you think it would be OK to try the cow's milk even though he is having diarrhea still?  (sorry if TMI)

rlthomas7

whole cow's milk has constipated our guy, so it might actually help in your situation!

And I went through exactly what you are going through at 4 months. I was down to nursing twice a day after going back to work and then I had a very high fever for a week. Needless to say, the milk was gone at that point and Adam refused to try.