Breastfeeding question

I would, since he isn't eating quite as much, you probably don't need as many calories. I ate when I was hungry when I nursed and didn't gain until after I stopped altogether. Just make sure you are eating quality stuff and I think you'll be fine. How long have you been "stuck"? I also didn't start dieting until I stopped nursing at 12 months.

I plateau'd probably around 8 months of nursing, too. I was at a good weight for me so I didn't really pay attention to calories, just tried to eat healthy. (now, 2 months after we weaned, my weight is slowly creeping up, which is why I'm here).

You could give it a try to go down to 250. I was hungry ALL THE TIME still at that point, so I couldn't really restrict. I just made sure I was active.

I've never nursed a baby because I have none.. but it sounds logical to decrease your extra cals if the baby has decreased the nursing frequency. BUT REALLY I just had to comment because of how cute your little one is all costumed up!! :happy:

I have struggled with this too. what I did is google how many calories a baby that age takes per day on average, and then subtract the calories from formula/solids she takes. This gave me a pretty close idea of how many calories baby takes:) Congrats on the baby btw!

My son is 10 months old and is eating solids regularly. I add 300 calories--there's an option for breastfeeding 6-12 months, so I just do that. I sort of guess I put out about 50 calories each feeding and I feed about 6 times per day. Maybe you could work it out like that? If you pump it's easier to tell, but I think at this stage of the game it's most likely less than 500 calories. Just a guess. Glad you're still nursing though. Very good for baby's immune system and mom's health as well. :flowerforyou:

This is what I did recently. The 300 calories seems to be working really well and I haven't noticed any issues at all with the milk supply. There are occasionally days where I am hungrier (usually following a night where he nursed more frequently than normal) and I just eat a little extra. If you want you can cut back too 400 and try that out, instead of just jumping down 200 calories all at once.

Uhm.. I have been on 1200 calories since the 6th week of his birth.. loads of days I felt very hungry ... so I ate them before I even did any exercise, so after eating them all.. I had to go for long long walks to burn them and make some room for dinner!! so in the end I guess I ended up eating 1600 calories a day, but doing at least 2 hours of active movement a day. And now I'm only 8 lbs to go back to my original weight!. Never thought of adding 500 calories, I was thinking of taking them off as if I burned them.. but in the end I've never done it.