Lactation Consultant

My son is going to be ten months old soon and it amazes me that breast feeding is a learning process even this far into the game!  My most recent lesson is that my let downs can sometimes take up to 3 or 4 minutes.  During the first 3 months, I could always feel my let downs and actually found them to be a bit painful.  These letdowns came pretty quickly but as time has passed and my milk supply lowered due to supplementing with solids and formula (that’s a whole other can of worms!), it takes longer for him to get to the goods.  I have been trying to massage my breasts beforehand and squeeze out a few drops to get him interested and sucking.  This ritual has helped keep him interested and less likely to pull off a million times as babies this age tend to start doing around 6 or 7 months.