Advice Please!

So my little 6 and a half month old boy has started playing up on the boob, it takes ages to feed him, he fusses, he arches his back, if he does feed it's lucky to be 5 mins each side, I'm getting very frustrated with it and I think he is too.

My mum told me that I weaned myself at 7 months so maybe DS is doing the same. He has solids for breakfast, a little bit for lunch and dinner, I always offer boob first before all these "meals" then usually wait half an hour to an hour before giving solids. After his bath I'll offer him the breast and then we top him up with formula which he happily takes without protest and he takes alot! He also has a dream feed of formula at 10-10.30ish.

Anyway I'm wanting advice on whether I should be topping him up with formula during the day feeds. Any advice would be great thanks!!

We went through some changes just before 6 months as well. After a visit to plunket we changed the way we were feeding - 1 boob when he wakes up and the 2nd boob before he goes back to bed with solids and play time in between. It worked well for us - could be worth a shot.
Otherwise I'd be looking at offering a formula topup ( just might be the beginning of the end for BF)
Also you might want to mention the arching bit to your dr in case there is reflux causing a problem.

Lisette, Lily has been doing this, it's sooooo annoying esp as she likes to stay latched on... Ouch.

Do what you think feels right. Lily feeds for a max of 5-10 mins and just 1 side per feed to but each baby is different. How's he going weight wise?

You could always pop into a plunket family centre?

Do you want to keep BF him?

If you do, then try feeding somewhere boring like his or your room. Maybe let him have 5 or 10 minutes of playing after you get him up before you feed him so he's not desperate to get to his toys.

If you don't want to keep BF him, then offer top-ups for a start and I expect he'll quickly switch to the bottle.

The more u give formula the less milk supply u will have. If u dont offer any formula then baby will feed more from you, producing more milk.

Lots of babies are easily distracted whether they are bf or ff especially the older they get. DS is better now, but he still wont feed well i public. I take him in his room, and let him play with my necklace or sing to him to keep his attention.

It sounds like distraction and is he teething ? Ds was like that for 3 weeks and then he got his first tooth. He is still distracted during the day and makes upfor it with extra night feeds.

I agree Kellz BF is a supply and demand thign so offeringbubs formula top ups will affect your supply.

Thanks for all the advice ladies. Much appreciated

He actually fed better yesterday, so maybe he was just having an off week!

Thanks again