I just found your blog and was reading through all your breastfeeding posts. Did you know that peppermint can really decrease milk supply? I saw it in your tea recipe. Two great resources on herbs and breastfeeding are Sheila Humphrey's "The Nursing Mother's Herbal" and the section "Herbs and Breastfeeding" on kellymom.com

It's so great to see your commitment to giving your babies mama's milk!

You've done such a great job getting your milk supply up. Yeah! Truthfully, I was so worried for you. My sister just did a ten day trip and her little one (older than yours) entirely forgot how to nurse and refused to try. Nursing had to be given up completely in the end (though she still pumps a little for him). So I was so worried that it would happen to you to. So glad to see the happy ending.

From my own experience I can say that nursing often really does the trick of increasing supply. I nursed Elena often anyways because it was the only way I kept my breast infections at bay, but there were a few times (after a severe flu and after I had a medication that dried up my milk) where my milk supply was quite low. I nursed her as often as she wanted even when I didn't have any milk (about every two hours) and it was back within no time. I know that's not everyone's experience, but I do think that some people aren't as willing to nurse more often because of scheduling difficulties. It was so worth it for me though.
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Thanks for the reply Stephanie! I hope I didn't sound upset. Just wanted to clarify.
Its funny how babies are so different. My 2nd is much better at sleeping but I have done nothing differently parenting-wise. My first did not sleep through even once until after age 2, and she is going to be 4 and still does not sleep through 50% of the time.

My other two definitely woke in the night a lot and I think that they might have been lighter sleepers (like their mom!), and may also have just gotten into the habit of night waking and nursing.

Thanks for bringing that up, though. I wasn't intending to communicate that lack of milk is necessarily the reason why babies wake at night. Many babies just naturally don't sleep through the night for a long time, sufficient milk or not. I was only meaning to relate that in this instance, with this particular baby, I was pretty sure that's why she was waking.

She's exclusively breastfed, so no solids at all. I do think that part of it is being a more relaxed, third time mom. I think I've learned a lot more about how to set a good sleep routine (which is too big of a topic for the comments). And maybe, she's just a sleep baby??