Bumbo asked:


Our infant is 2.5 months old and up until about 1month ago my wife was having more and more output of breastmilk until she slowed down her pumping and decreased her amount and duration of feedings. She pumps with a Modela Instyle pump. Last week after realizing it is best for our baby to breastfeed she started trying with my support to focus strongly on it and wants very badly to have her milk supply increase again. What can she do (besides pumping and feeding frequently) to help increase her supply again? I have heard many foods/herbs help with this but would like to hear what others have to say. Thank you so much for your advise and God bless all of you!

katefish57 asked:


I had my baby 4 months ago and am nursing. I get out (I work at a busy store and am constantly on the move), I have to keep my caloric intake up for my milk supply, when I don’t its severely effected. Is there any good way to lose the post pregnancy weight while nursing? I am currently heavier than I have ever been and feel depressed over it. I have lost 20 lbs so far and my goal is 20 more lbs. Any advice?

heretohelp asked:


I know that everyone says that milk supply is based on supply and demand and that the more often you nurse, the more milk you’ll produce. Well, what do you do in the meantime when you have a hungry, crying baby? I don’t want to use formula, and people (lactation consultants and various other people online) say that I should have enough to feed my baby breastmilk exclusively.

April C asked:


I am exclusively breastfeeding my 3 month old daughter. I have read that you can start on infant rice cereal at 4-6 months. Should I start her at 4 or 6 months. How much & when did you start your breastfed baby. Did your milk supply drop?

beckyritchie04 asked:


My son is 7 weeks old and still struggles with latching on at times. I have a hard time getting him to open his mouth wide enough to latch on without hurting me. I have tried waiting for him to open his mouth after I have touched his lip with my ****** but I could wait all day for him to open wide.

I think part of the problem is I have overactive letdown and an oversupply of milk….. so when he does latch on he gets flooded with milk. Because of this he tends to have a shallow latch so he can clamp down when letdown occurs. I have been to see a lactation consultant several times to help with this problem but nothing seems to work. I guess I just have to wait for my milk supply to regulate.

Does anyone have any pointers on ways to get my baby to open his mouth wider? Does anyone have any idea when your milk supply usually regulates?

Thanks for any insight you can offer me.

Matahari asked:


My baby is two weeks old. I breastfeed during the day plus I pump some extra milk so my husband can feed the baby from the bottle at night. That means about 9 hours break for me. My friend today told me, that this way my milk supply is going to decrease, so I asked another girlfriend and she said that your body will do what you get it used to. So where is the truth, is my milk supply going to decrease or no?
But then how is possible that some women can breastfeed for over a year, although I believe they don’t nurse a year old baby at night…?

OKgal asked:


I am a new mom. My baby is 3 weeks old. I only pump just for the fact the I’ve never really produced enough milk for her so I pump and supplement with formula so I can somewhat regulate how much she is taking in. Lately, I haven’t been able to pump as much. Everyday it seems I get less and less. I have the best pump, and it works great… I just don’t have the same amount of milk as I used to. Is there something I can do to increase my milk supply?
I haven’t tried to breastfeed her since the hospital… I’m not even sure if she will latch on, she wouldn’t do it well there. The Lactation person there told me to supplement, so I’m not sure how I would even begin to bring her back to ******.

adarcy1229 asked:


My daughter is 5 months old, in a month we are going to start to introduce her to solids and I am so confused as to how and when to do what foods. People and the doctor told me to start with rice cereal first, which is fine but I dont want my milk supply to go down and I dont want my daughter to get confused. Whats a good schedule to do with a nursing baby starting out on cereal, veggies and then fruits.

Rosalind55 asked:


I have been feeding my little boy solids since he was about 5 months old, he is now 9 months and he will hardly eat any baby food! Mayber 1/2 a jar to 3/4 a jar a day, plus rice cereal in his night bottle. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get him to eat more? I am a ****** feeding working mother and I pump at work, however, my milk supply is getting lower and lower and I would like to start him on more solids. Thanks for anybody’s helpful hints!