Expert: ruth kraft - 8/7/2009

Question
My son is 1.1 year old with six front teeth. I had stopped breastfeeding when he was 6 months old, but after reading so many news about greatness of mother's milk, i want to feed him again in addition to his regular food & formula milk. How can I restart my milk production as there are no signs of any milk. Also I'm scared that he might bite instead of sucking for milk.

Answer
after this long a period of time it might be harder to get the milk going again. You can try pumping every day for a couple hours, taking fenugreek herbal capsules and see what happens. after a few weeks of pumping you might get some. If not, then the only other option would be to see a lactation consultant and see what kinds of medications you might be able to take to get it going again.  You can try first to see if the baby will latch on at all as he also may no longer remember how to nurse. It is possible, but will take alot of persistance and patience on your part :)

I hope that helped !
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