My 20 mth old drinks 60-70 ml of ebm at childcare , but drinks abt 160 ml if it's freshmilk. He's 3-5 percentile ... should I provide freshmilk in school ? Or just a few days of bm like 2x a week ? Don't know what to do with the rest of the milk tho. I'm still pumping once a day. Not confident of dropping to 0 for now , worried won't have enough

Vô danh

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Since he is 20 months old, maybe you can ask him why, and then persuade him to drink more of mama's milk? Or u can mix (I always do when I have not enough bm) bm with fresh milk in advance and give child care. My child says fresh milk tastes like ice cream maybe that's why your child likes to drink more?

If it's the taste, u might also want to reference this article. http://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/milkstorage/lipase-expressedmilk/

Vô danh

8y trước

And since u have extra bm, you may also want to ask childcare if you can store in sealed cup and let him drink from cup during snack time in the late evening together with fruits, before you come and fetch him.

Yes continue to supplement with fresh milk. Alternatively you can consider fresh goats milk. Which is the closest to breastmilk.

Vô danh

8y trước

Just wondering if I should give ebm even though he drinks less when it's ebm. I give about 150, but he drink half

Or maybe give less but more frequent feeds and see if he takes more?

Vô danh

8y trước

Cc only feeds once a day :( but Mil reported the same even though she tried to feed more times I latch when with him.

Home Breastfeeding 20 mth old drinks 60 70 ml ebm childcare but drinks abt 160 ml if freshmilk 3 5 percentile should i provide freshmilk in school few days bm like 2x week dont know what with rest milk tho im still pumping once day not confident dropping 0 now worried wont have enough