My breastfed baby starts solid, drinks less and my wife keeps pumping away all day long like obsessed. Advice?

She gets really engorged at times when baby eats food instead of nurse, but I think she should just let her body adjust to baby's needs, just like at the beginning.


She always has problem with oversupply and I think, she's probably reluctant to let her supply reduce (and eventually dry someday).


But it seems more like a psychological problem now (milk obsession?), rather than physical.


And no, before you say so, I don't think she's worried about the breasts getting smaller after weaning.


Do you have any advice?My breastfed baby starts solid, drinks less and my wife keeps pumping away all day long like obsessed. Advice?
The more she expresses the more she will produce.Have a word with the health visitor,they may be able to advise certain methods.My breastfed baby starts solid, drinks less and my wife keeps pumping away all day long like obsessed. Advice?
This can be very painful. If your child is only getting breast milk and some solids allow the child control the frequencies and do not pump unless you need to on the times when you can't be there. The breasts will fill with milk and needs to be pumped just a small amount of times do not over do. And about the breast getting smaller mine did not change much but then that is me.
Maybe she is doing it to lose weight... breastfeeding burns about 500 calories per day which is like a brisk jog, but takes less time. Pumping is simulating the breastfeed and still burns as many calories. Plus it can be frozen for 6 months, so maybe someday you will need it when she goes back to work. My advice is to let her do what she sees fit... it's her body and if it makes her feel like a good mother then let her be.
She may just want to keep up the supply incase baby needs some extra milk somtime (i.e. sick, doesn't like solids, ect). Also, nursing is VERY emotional. This may be her way of keeping that special connection between her and baby. If it's keeping her happy, I wouldn't worry too much. Her pumping obsession might be better than the emotional mood swings. She'll dry up eventually. Good luck, though!
Well, baby should still be drinking the same as before adding solids.





She needs to nurse and then give solids. Not feed solids and then nurse.





My advice, If mom is ok doimg this and baby is well cared for, it is allright. All that pumping will give yall a good freezer stash for future needs.
no she should pump milk if she is replacing one feed for solids, when weaning from the breast you should just live with the engorgement and it will eventually go away for that feed, the amount of milk for the rest of the day wont reduce just the amount for that time of day.
it could be . i am sitting here looking for side effects of Domperidome which i wanna take to increase breast milk.





my baby is almost 6 months old and is taking 50% formula.
She is obsessed.....I dont have any advice i did nt like bf....