le leche league is a valuable source for information and encouragement. i feel strongly about breast feeding and what it does for the child and mother. keep up the hard work and congratulations on your little one.

le leche league is a valuable source for information and encouragement. i feel strongly about breast feeding and what it does for the child and mother. keep up the hard work and congratulations on your little one.

Contact LLL or a Local breastfeeding support group as soon as possible!! Supplementing with formula will decrease your supply even more, you should let your baby nurse for as long as she will go for and if you need to supplement as well, supplement with breastmilk. Feeding your child ONLY breastmilk is a great way to ensure you will produce enough milk. Here are some links you should find helpful. Http://forums.llli.org http://www.llli.org/ http://www.kellymom.com/ http://www.kellymom.com/bf/index.html Good luck and Good for you for choosing to breastfeed!!

By 'signs of being hungry', do you mean that she cries or keeps sucking when you know the breast is empty? Plain crying at 2 months could be colic, which has nothing to do with hunger. If the baby has several wet diapers and at least 1-2 poopy diapers per day, the baby is getting plenty of milk. As always, check with the doctor; if the baby is gaining weight, she is getting enough to eat. Just make sure that you are getting plenty of fluids yourself - have a glass of water each time you feed the little one. It is actually rare for a mother not to have enough milk and the symptoms are usually caused by some other issue. Good for you for choosing to breastfeed! It really is best for baby.

Keep nursing her!! And make sure you are drinking a lot!! If you start giving formula your milk will dry out!! Listen when she is nursing if you hear her swallowing she is getting milk.

Some women don't produce enough milk. Make sure you are eating a good, balanced diet, and are drinking enough water. Lay off soda, coffee, tea, caffeine drinks, etc.

99% of women produce enough milk. The reason so many women in the western world fail at it is because we panic and top up with formula. If the mother is healthy (which most are in modern society) then the supply will go up with the babies appetite. If you top up with formula because baby doesn't seem satisfied and isn't getting enough then your body will slow production of milk down and thats then a downward slop to bottle feeding. If you want to breast feed then stop giving a bottle. Trust me as a experienced breast feeding mother. If baby is hungry then allow him/her to suckle as much as they want (even if you know there isn't any left) because its this sucking action that will prompt your body into producing more milk. Of course though if you're concerned then keep an eye on baby and if he/she actually starts losing weigh then go to the doctors and find out if there is an underlying problem. Another piece of advice would be to throw away the dummies (pacifiers) because baby will suckle on them instead of you (which as I previously said stimulates milk production). I know its exhausting and its so tempting to use the modern items (bottles/dummies) that we have today to relieve stress but unfortunately they all contribute to the failing of the establishment of breast feeding. It doesn't last forever though. The first couple of months are the hardest but once established the times between feeding lengthen and it actually becomes easier than bottle feeding. after about 6 months its then safe to introduce bottles occasionally.