Pumped Milk: Puppets

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Breast Milk Decreasing - Help!

My son is just 11mo and I am trying to breast feed until 12mo or longer. I work 3d/wk so pump at work. He gets 2 bottles or sippy cups while I'm at work, 6 oz each. I am now only able to pump about 5 oz total at work so there is a large deficit. I was pumping an extra 1-3 oz after each morning feeding when I'm not at work, but that decreased today to a tiny trickle of < 1/2oz in 15 minutes. We already switched yesterday to 1/2 breast and 1/2 whole milk for one feeding when he's with the babysitter, but I still can't keep up. I tried...

Adding Cereal to Milk

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How Do You Get a Two-year-old to Drink His Milk?

My 2 year old son has never been much for drinking his milk. At his one year check up, he had fallen off his growth curve, so the doctor suggested adding ice cream to his diet (lucky kid!). This worked for about 7 months, but now he will barely touch his ice cream either. He doesn't seem to have problems digesting dairy, and he drinks his milk much better at day care since its what all the other kids are doing. He loves cheese, but has constipation issues, so supplementing with cheese alone is out. We mix Carnation Instant Breakfast in with...

Breast Pump

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Breast Milk Decreasing - Help!

My son is just 11mo and I am trying to breast feed until 12mo or longer. I work 3d/wk so pump at work. He gets 2 bottles or sippy cups while I'm at work, 6 oz each. I am now only able to pump about 5 oz total at work so there is a large deficit. I was pumping an extra 1-3 oz after each morning feeding when I'm not at work, but that decreased today to a tiny trickle of < 1/2oz in 15 minutes. We already switched yesterday to 1/2 breast and 1/2 whole milk for one feeding when he's with the babysitter, but I still can't keep up. I tried...

Milk Storage

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Breast Milk Decreasing - Help!

My son is just 11mo and I am trying to breast feed until 12mo or longer. I work 3d/wk so pump at work. He gets 2 bottles or sippy cups while I'm at work, 6 oz each. I am now only able to pump about 5 oz total at work so there is a large deficit. I was pumping an extra 1-3 oz after each morning feeding when I'm not at work, but that decreased today to a tiny trickle of < 1/2oz in 15 minutes. We already switched yesterday to 1/2 breast and 1/2 whole milk for one feeding when he's with the babysitter, but I still can't keep up. I tried...