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I eat a bowl of oatmeal every morning..... it works since I can't eat any of the other traditional breakfast foods. I also drink the occasional Mother's Milk tea that the pp suggested.

Also take into consideration things like teething and wonder weeks b/c they can both affect how baby is at the breast! We haven't started solids yet but DD is cutting a tooth so she latches, unlatches, gets frustrated, and sometimes I just have to hold off on nursing till a bit later and try again. I've read that it's rare that an infant under a year old would self-wean BUT sometimes they go through stages where mom assumes they're self weaning and kinds gives up (so to speak). Just keep nursing as much as you can and you can always try dream feeding more and even some reverse cycling since many times baby will feed better if they're really sleepy or are kind of asleep (I know DD does). =)

The biggest help for me was taking More Milk Plus. Fenugreek alone did nothing for me. The MMP actually gave me an over supply (like, 35 extra oz per week)

I always had one side he didn't like as much. I kept him on there as much as possible. We would nurse more at night when he was tired and less likely to fight. I did do the Mother's Milk Tea for a while around that time. And after the solids got boring (no longer a new thing) he went back to feeding better.

I also take More Milk Plus, and domperidone. The combo of both has boosted my supply enough to produce approx 1/2 of what my LO needs better than nothing I suppose!
I also drank the Weleda nursing tea like it was the answer to all my problems but I actually didn't find it to be as useful as the pills

Will he comfort nurse? I would just let him nurse as much as he will on that side to help stimulate more milk. Maybe even try giving him a pacifier (if he takes one) to get him calm sucking and then switch. Sometimes that works for DD when she's fussing at the breast.

following this post... we just start solids today on DS's 6m "birthday" I have had supply issues during our breastfeeding journey so I am nervous about this happening to me too one DS starts eating more.

@coco bee... I agree with the oatmeal suggestion, I eat that a lot to help with supply. Also, and this can depend on how consistent of a sleeper your DS is, but after my son goes to bed (around 7:30/8) I pump then before I go to bed around 10:30. My son has been going 10+hours at night without eating for a couple months now and I have had to actually wake up in the middle of the night some to pump too to keep up supply.

@rachiecakes: We do alot of reverse cycling too when DD has a fussy day. We're holding off on solids as long as possible though.

@runsyellowlites: what is reverse cycling?

hope it doesn't come to this but at my la leche league meeting i met a woman who switched to nursing solely from one boob--and did that side only for over a year!

@Coco Bee: yay!!

@Coco Bee: A short time of extra nursing shouldn't hurt the sleep beyond repair and would help the supply immensely. A few days to catch up should be okay and may give you time to troubleshoot and find a better solution.