As some of you amy know i'm currently leaving Tally with a childminder 3 days a week, she wasn't drinking much whilst there but the past week or two she seems to have really settled there and s drinking much more, she's drunk all the emergency spare milk i provided the childminder with plus the milk i give her each day.
I always send her the the childminders with 2 bottles, one ready, one frozen, usually about 6oz each, then i try to express what i take out, the problem is i'm finding it difficult to even express what i'm providing for her each day let alon the extra she's started taking.
I can only express twice really on the days i leave her, otherwise it's very impractical or i'd have to do it whilst in a lecture (not gonna go down well lol)
I was wondering about expressing every morning again, i did this initially but made too much milk so stopped. Now i'm thinking if i start this it'll up my milk supply and might help me produce the extra milk she wants.
I dont have any issues with her getting enough milk when it's just us throughout the day but i'm concerned it might confuse my boobs to make 5-6oz extra 4 days a week and the same amount less the other days. She still seems to be putting wieght on ok, had her weighed on monday and she's 14lb10oz now but she's not putting weight on as fast as before and has dropped down the line on her chart (she's still over the 50th percentile though), i thought this was normal for a BF'd baby.
She's not sleeping through over the past week or so but she's had a cold and when she got over that had her imms so i've put that down to those.
I always send her the the childminders with 2 bottles, one ready, one frozen, usually about 6oz each, then i try to express what i take out, the problem is i'm finding it difficult to even express what i'm providing for her each day let alon the extra she's started taking.
I can only express twice really on the days i leave her, otherwise it's very impractical or i'd have to do it whilst in a lecture (not gonna go down well lol)
I was wondering about expressing every morning again, i did this initially but made too much milk so stopped. Now i'm thinking if i start this it'll up my milk supply and might help me produce the extra milk she wants.
I dont have any issues with her getting enough milk when it's just us throughout the day but i'm concerned it might confuse my boobs to make 5-6oz extra 4 days a week and the same amount less the other days. She still seems to be putting wieght on ok, had her weighed on monday and she's 14lb10oz now but she's not putting weight on as fast as before and has dropped down the line on her chart (she's still over the 50th percentile though), i thought this was normal for a BF'd baby.
She's not sleeping through over the past week or so but she's had a cold and when she got over that had her imms so i've put that down to those.
at least we'll be in out own home soon and not going to get shouted at for waking people if i do try and express.
