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8 months and getting frustrated

Juliebird8307Juliebird8307 member
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I'm getting really close to quiting BFing. It has gotten so stressful for me. At DD's 6 month appt, she hadn't gained enough weight so the dr had us come back for a weight check at 7 months. She had over a 1lb gain so all was good. The she got teeth, I got a stomach bug, she got sick, now I'm sick again. I've had lots of supply dips it seems, and all was well again last week. Now I'm back to having a low supply (pumping 3oz instead of my usual 5-6). I'm also worried about her not being hungry. I know she isn't getting enough from me, yet I can't get her to take a bottle after she BFs. I had my husband try to give her a bottle for lunch today instead of me BFing, and she wouldn't take any of it. She did BF but I really don't think she drank enough. She wouldn't take a bottle of BM after.

DD is tiny and always has been, but I'm getting more and more concerned about her lack of interest in eating. It's causing so much stress, especially since I don't know how much she eats from me. I was hoping to make it to a year with BFing. I never expected to make it to 8 months and be so frustrated at this point. I thought if I made it this far it would be easy to make it to a year. Does anyone have advice for me? Should I ask for another weight check?
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    If you are worried about weight, can you offer high calorie foods?

    I try not to stress when DS doesn't want to nurse or eat. It is hard.

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    Thanks ladies. Her pedi did say to start offering high calorie 'real' foods when she turned 8 months, so we are starting those this week. I guess I'm still concerned though because shouldn't most of her calories still be from BM? Should she still be getting approximately 25oz a day?

    How many wet/poopy diapers should she have at this age? She can go several days without a poop. Do the wet diapers need to be soaked, or just enough to turn the strip blue? I feel like I have a newborn again!
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    Thank you so much ladies. My pumping output has been all over the place he last week. This morning I got 2oz less than normal, but my first pump to replace a bottle today was normal. I'm not sure what is going on with that. I'm still getting over a cold though. I will be paying closer attention to diapers. I think the most stressful part of BFing is never knowing if you LO is getting enough. DD eats 5 times a day, so I try to pump 5oz. Lately I'm getting anywhere between 3 and 6. I'm a little more panicked because I thought I had a huge freezer stash to be able to use if supply does drop a lot, but it's only about 325oz which won't last too long.


    I did post about a morning oversupply. I was getting 5oz each morning after feeding DD, now I'm getting 3-4. This was usually my only pump that I could freeze, so that's why I'm concerned about it dropping.
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