u/Green-Switch-5166

Hi! I tried to re post my question but it does not work, so making a new question. 6 month old only latches at night for one meal that will last around 13 minutes total. Then ask for it a few more times but short 10-20 seconds to continue her sleep.

Then during the day she will only take the breast to fall asleep (though sbe will fight it so much at first but nothing else makes her fall asleep), then continue to keep the breast in her mouth for the sleep, will do a gentle suckling motion, I hear a few gulps but not that many.

Since sge is combo fed, I am unable to estimate her daily income. We have started solids but she is not interested for now, will continue to offer. My main issue is that she is only taking aroud 12-14 oz of formuula per day, not more than what she was taking when actually accepting the breast before the bottle, and I feel that the time spent on the breast cannot compensate for getting enough oz.

To mention she is happy, developung fine, 6-7+ wet nappies (some very wet), poop once daily or every other 2 days.

I guess my main question for this group is: Do you have babies that will only latch while sleeping and actually transfer milk despite not hearing them gulping? Thank you!

Ps Her latch is not terrible, but not the best, no one really manahed to do something about it.

Hi! Baby is 5 months and 3 weeks, we have combo fed since birth, in the last months she took around 7-12 oz of formula daily as supplement apart from what she ate at the breast. She was never a big eater, part of why I combo fed her, as she had a tendency to lose weight only with the breast. Everything was ok, we started solids for a few days (she was not interested) but then had to stop at the pediatrician advice (she had a vomiting issue most likely unrelated - which has passed a few days ago and will resume solids).

Now my concern is: in the past weeks she kinda refused the breast, only took it while sleeping (she has a sleep asociation with it, but even then I don't really hear her gulp much)... but her supplement has not increased, she still only eats around 12-14 oz of formula per day, no matter how often I try to offer. Should I be concerned? Are there any other babies that drink this little per day? I assume she is getting some calories from the breast... but is she actually taking milk if she is only lightly suckling but with no audible gulp? She has a lot of good, wet nappies per day, poops every 1-2 days, she is developing beautifully and has gained weight properly so far, she is very happy and curious.

Thank you for reading!

Ps: She had blood tests done recently and they look great as well.