My milk supply is starting to dwindle. I guess my body is tired of being a cow... :( I've been using my frozen supply to help supplement what I am producing, but that supply is getting quite low. So, at almost 11 months, Alli will start being supplemented by formula. In a lot of ways, I'm sad that I can't sustain her by myself for as long as we both choose. In other ways, I feel like I see the light at the end of the tunnel, where I don't have to get up at 4am every day of the week to pump for the extra milk.
So today I sent 1 bottle of formula. I marked it for Marcie so that if the baby fussed about it, she would know why. Apparently, Marcie tried giving Alli the bottle of formula at lunch time. Alli put it to her mouth and immediately pushed it away. Not wanting to fight, Marcie just gave her another bottle that had breastmilk in it.
She tried the formula bottle again at Alli's 3:00 feeding. Yep, still pushed it away. The two of them fought, Marcie walking Alli around constantly trying to give her the bottle. Alli wanted nothing to do with it. So Marcie let Alli play and get even more hungry. She tried the bottle again. Nope. Apparently she would rather be hungry than drink that stuff! After 1.5 hours of trying the formula bottle and "fighting" a hungry baby, Alli got about 3-1/2 ounces down. (A sip here, throw the bottle. A sip there, throw the bottle.)
While in some ways it makes me grin because my milk is *obviously* the best, in other ways I realize we have to do something to get her on the formula... I will start weaning her by using 1/4 bottle formula and the rest breast milk and see if she will drink that. Should be interesting...
I can imagine that as soon as I finally get her drinking formula, it will be about time to switch her to cow's milk! ;) hahaha I would switch her now, but I'm waiting til she is a bit past a year for food allergy reasons.
2 comments:
I had the same problem with Claire. The pediatrician suggested putting a very small amount of nesquick strawberry flavoring in it just to sweeten it up a little. I did the trick. I did it again with Branden when he didn't want to switch too.
I know you are a bit sad your supply is dwindling. Remember me...at least you were able to breast feed at all. Alec & my supply were done at 3months and those three months were 75% formula, 25% Mom. My ob/gyn and lactation consultant were amazed I pulled it off that long. Bad Boobs... :( You have got her off to a great start...and should be proud.
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