u/RunClear8482

I just moved out here for more family support. I have an almost four month old and would love to chat.

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Hi all, I'm trying to figure out what to do with my 3 month old. I'm a single mom, currently with minimal support but on maternity leave still. I'm trying to figure out how to get her to go more than two hours between feeds and how to get my supply up.

She's had trouble since the get go -- issues with her latch, problems with my supply (i did have a significant hemmorhage that also meant I wasn't feeding as often initially). She loves breastfeeding, but takes a bottle. I have been to three lactation consultants and things are helping but nothing is getting to where this is sustainable. I'm still doing triple feeding on and off (I know consistency matters, I've had weeks at a time where I was, just not the whole time) and it definitely helps, but trying to do it during the day time has been fairly impossible and the night time ones are robbing me of sleep -- which I know also hurts the supply. I am just not sure what else I can do, but often nothing soothes her but breastfeeding and I don't want to give that up.

Anyone else manage to get supply up at three months? Can I switch to bottle most of the time but still keep my supply for other times of the day?

Hi all, I've been a lurker forever, so thank you to everyone who has been posting their experiences.

I am 38 with a three month old that I'm absolutely in love with and it's one of the best choices I ever made. I am hoping to have a second in a few years, but both my parents will be getting well into their 70s at that point. They've been a big part of my emotional safety net (very lucky) and I'm shaken up and anxious about how that's going to change, and the idea of being a single parent and trying to do caregiving for my parents at the same time is freaking me out of how I'm going to handle everything. I know this is borrowing trouble and grief I don't have to deal with until it arrives, but the feelings persist, I'm just hoping to hear if others have felt the same or if people have had the experience dealing with it and making it work.

edit: I want to go through and respond to more of these posts individually and hope to soon. little one has decided that out of the blue she would like to scream like a banshee when I put her down so not sure when that will be. thank you so much to everyone for responding -- I do feel less alone with this. <3