Hello Lactnet Friends, Permission to post. Mother is gravida 2, baby was 9 lb. 5 oz. at birth, and is a big (20 lb.), exclusively breastfed six month-old boy who has been sleeping through the night since one month of age. Parents were both over 9 lb at birth.
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I have suggested a pumping session in the wee hours of the morning but mother consistently sleeps through her alarm. It seems to me this situation should ease when the baby begins to take more solids.I would be grateful for any advice for this mother.
Thanks,Molly Buchanan, BSN, RN, IBCLC      

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