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@mediagirl: @Alivoo01: I do have a freezer stash, so if I have to supplement, I will be able to with that. I'm just not sure how long it will last me! Though if I only need 2-4 oz a day, I think it should last me a while... hopefully!!

@septca: Ugh, my supply dipped when AF showed up last time and NEVER recovered! And I hear you about nursing exclusively NOT boosting your supply! I just went a week+ with Xander nursing him exclusively and he ate so infrequently (only 3-4 times a day) that my supply is down even further after that! UGH! But maybe he is transitioning to solids and it's not a huge deal... I guess I shouldn't stress about it?

@septca: I hear you! I can't even begin to count the number of times I've been stressed about pumping, which only hurts your supply!! I'm TRYING to be more chill about it now that we're nearing the one year mark, but it's so hard!!! I really should just try to be thankful for having made it this long!

@kiddosc: @Corduroy: I guess I'll have to ask my daycare if he really is finishing all his bottles. They always write that he drinks all 6 oz that I send in his bottles, but the other day, he slept past his last bottle and we ended up giving it to him at home and he only drank 4 oz! I had been assuming he was finishing them at daycare since they always wrote that he was, but maybe they're just being lazy and writing the amount in the bottle and not how much he actually eats... I'll ask!

@sotofamilia: @Purpledaisy: @Corduroy: I'm so nervous about only leaving what I pump! I normally send 6.5 oz bottles (so 19.5 oz), but today I only pumped 15 oz!! I'll try to remember to ask daycare tomorrow if he really finishes his bottles because maybe he really doesn't need that much... he's just a little peanut though, so I'm worried about him not getting enough!

It's definitely encouraging to hear that you all have gone through this and that it sounds normal! I was kind of assuming it was normal since he often only nurses 3 times a day when we're together, but I was nervous that it was just me!

@AprilFool: That's a good idea! I'll ask them tonight how much he usually drinks and if they say he finishes them, I'll try sending bottles with less, but an extra one just in case, and see how that goes!

@sotofamilia: Well, he used to have 5 oz bottles (which I thought was PLENTY, but people kept saying it wasn't enough, so I felt pressured to keep it up), but then I weaned him of our dreamfeed and I was worried he wouldn't be getting enough milk, so I upped his bottles to 6.5 oz to make up for what he was missing in the dreamfeed! I'm not sure if he actually was even drinking much during the dreamfeed or needed the milk, but he's such a peanut, so I didn't want to deprive him of anything!

Sounds like our output is similar!! I used to get 15-20 oz and was able to freeze the extra, but now I'm lucky if I get 15 oz! I don't really know that he needs 6.5 oz bottles, but I'm nervous to give him less! Ugh.