| It takes between 4 to 6 weeks to establish your milk supply. Before that it is advised to protect your supply by breastfeeding directly as often as possible.
After your milk supply is established it is actually really quite hard to loose it. One research article I read said it took an average of 42 days after you stop breastfeeding to loose all your milk. 42 days is 6 weeks!
If you are continuing to offer your baby the breast and she is happy to keep feeding the introduction of solids will not affect your supply, especially the introduction of solids at around six months.
Please don’t worry about the amount of milk your baby is getting. Just relax and feed her both breast milk and the solids and she will be fine.
Remember also that as the amount of milk your baby drinks decreases the amount of immune factors in the milk will concentrate so that the baby is still protected. This is true even if your baby is only having one breastfeed once every week or two. In other words as long as you are breastfeeding your baby is getting the benefit of being a breastfed baby.
Best wishes,
SARAH  |