Hi Liane

I expressed for my fourth child, for various reasons he couldn't  
attach to the breast.  I found that he drank 800ml per day from about  
8 weeks till 2 years, and then my supply got too low, so he had to  
make do with less.  In all that time, he gradually became interested  
in solids, but ate very little before 14 months, same as my other  
three.  He never ate the regular toddler sized meals, I actually think  
they are too big.  Babies are meant to breastfeed, so are toddlers,  
they are meant to gradually increase their solids intake, but they are  
also meant to remain on the breast well past 2, so no need to take big  
amounts of solids when they are getting lots of great nutrition from  
breastmilk.  My fourth child had very similar eating habits to his  
brother and sisters, I suspect they were also all having about 800ml  
of breastmilk at 2 years, they were just having it as lots of tiny 2  
to 5 minute feeds throughout the day, while he was having 6 bigger  
milk feeds a day.  In an effort to keep his bottle feeding as much  
like breastfeeding as possible I never offered him more than 12oml per  
feed, usually less.  I found he would drink whatever I offered him, no  
matter how much, but was happy with around 100mL at any time of the  
day, so I stuck around that.  It worked really well.

So sounds like this little one is having much the same as any  
breastfed baby, we are often having mums tell us their doctor or  
someone is worried about how much food the baby eats, yet bub is  
thriving on breastmilk, I really think it is the normal way to go, and  
the amount of solids recommended is much more than a breastfed toddler  
needs.

Jenny

Jenny Doncon
Breastfeeding Counsellor, IBCLC, Australia

(read my expressing story here: http://www.lrc.asn.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41257 
  and my weaning diary here http://www.lrc.asn.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40015)



On 27/06/2011, at 1:20 AM, Liane Varnes wrote:

> Just looking for any helpful input from you all. Anybody out there  
> with
> experience helping EP? This is new territory for me and working with  
> this mom
> has certainly changed my feelings about exclusively pumping. I now  
> have a
> realistic model in mind and know that this worked for this mom bc  
> she made it
> work. I have met a few moms who have pumped long term for their  
> disabled
> children and I must say that this is quite a demonstration of love.  
> Now, when I
> have a prenatal mom present who says she's going to EP -- I talk to  
> her about
> how that's gonna work for her. It becomes obvious this is not  
> something that is
> "easier."
>
> So, any wisdom I can share with this mom?
>
>
>
> Liane C. Varnes, IBCLC
>
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