Breastfeeding Support - 6 months and beyond!

[AnnaBanana9]

Yay for 22 months Fleur! And almost halfway already It's flying by!

V-day tomorrow; very exciting!

x

 

[becstar]

My nipples are soooo sore! They have been ever since I got pregnant again and now I have psoriasis on one, too (I get it on my chest). Ouch! I am hoping for that reason that my milk will start to change soon and that my daughter will then self wean. She has morning and evening and sometimes in the night, too, right now. But hey, we made it to to 2 years!!!

Husband is being a bit annoying though, telling me I need to wean her before the baby comes for x and y reasons... Then when she is upset or she won't nap, he says 'try giving her some boob'!!!

 

[cleckner04]

becstar- Your DH sounds exactly like mine. Mine wants me to stop because I keep complaining about it wanting to stop myself, but than at nighttime when I really need his help to get her to sleep without the boob, he tries for 5 minutes walking her around and than hands her back saying 'just give her boob, I'm tired'.

And I'm not pregnant so don't have the milk change issue to help Emma self-wean. So I'm considering squirting lemon juice on my nipples so she hates the taste that way instead. She is seriously still so attached when it comes to breastfeeding though. On days that DH is home it's not so bad. But when he is gone she wants it all day again. It's very tiring on me.

 

[Eve]

Yay for you both for going past two years now! It's such a great thing for you to do! It does sound tiring etc... especially when they feed frequently or do not go to sleep without it at that age!

 

[florabean1981]

well done for making it past 2 years, both of you; that's such an awesome milestone! I'm still hoping Harry makes it to the 2 year mark, even though he only nurses once a day now.

Cleckner, no idea if this might help or not, but when a friend of mind wanted to cut down on feeds (her 3 yr old just wouldn't take no for an answer), she started first with night weaning, which was a lot easier than she expected (The Leaky Boob on Facebook has been blogging about their gentle night weaning transition recently), then during the day, she changed the way she dressed, so that nothing was 'easy access' for her LO to get into... She planned a ton of activities everyday that were out and about, because she noticed her LO fed less when out of the home, and offered lots of other drinks and snacks throughout the day as alternatives..... after a couple of weeks, they managed to drop from 10 or so BFs a day to just 3, which she found much more manageable and less tiring and also, in her case, more 'socially acceptable' for her age. There were tantrums the first couple of days, but then she naturally adjusted really well, and though my friend felt a bit guilty at first, she's now really thankful she tried it, because she was getting to the point where she wanted to quit altogether, but just cutting down has made her feel 100% better about it all. Like i said, no idea if that would help in the slightest, but just thought i'd share. x

 

[Tanikit]

Hi just wanted to introduce myself as have finally made the 6 month BFing milestone. I BF my first child for 26 months so expect to be around for a while still.

Congrats to those who have made 2 years - that is an amazing achievement, especially to those who are pregnant and BFing also.

 

[cleckner04]

flora- I'll have to look up how to gently night wean. We've tried half-heartedly to get her into her own bed at night which also keeps her from booby all night. But when DH is tired he doesn't care what I want and will just sleep through when I ask him to take Emma so she doesn't ask for booby. So hopefully there is a way to wean without a husbands help. I truly wouldn't mind feeding her to sleep every night. But I don't want her feeding at all during the day. That's the hard bit for me. Because there are still days that she wants it like 10 times in that day. And it's so exhausting. I'm jealous of the girls that say their kids naturally weaned down to 1 or 2 feeds a day. It seems like that will never happen in our house.

 

[_LauraK1982_]

Hey everyone ! Lovely to see such fab milestones !!

Ive just found out that I am pregnant again and its so good to see that others are still feeding whilst pregnant. I am very lucky that most days Olivia only feeds morning and night but we do have the odd day when she will ask when she has an afternoon nap. I *think* I am only about 9 weeks but so far I seem to have had no drop in supply or anything. Im hoping to carry on feeding Olivia until she is 2 so fingers crossed we can make it to my 2 years that I was hoping for. xx

 

[Mork]

So interesting that our lo's all feed different amounts - we are still about 10 times a day at the moment too, i was expecting her to be dropping feeds by now but she shows no signs of wanting too and she eats well too!
Congrats on the pregnancy LauraK!
x

 

[AnnaBanana9]

I know I'm not BF Alyssa anymore but it won't be long and Pip will be here, so I'm hanging around, if it's okay
xx

 

[Eve]

I will have no more babies to breastfeed But I do love seeing others reaching new milestones and enjoying their breastfeeding journey!

 

[Eve]

Hope everyone is doing well x

 

[staceyg]

hey everyone i've not posted here for ages! can't believe miles is a year old next week its gone by so quick!
hope everyone is ok x

 

[AnnaBanana9]

Hi everyone, hope you're all well. 3 months, give or take, and I'll be starting a new BF journey!

xx

 

[florabean1981]

i'm still here- just not got much to post. harry's still on his 1 feed a day, so i'm just hoping he chooses to make it to 2 years, lol- next week is our 23 month milestone, so not long now!
Oh and we're expecting a little girl this time

 

[AnnaBanana9]

Congratulations Fleur! How wonderful! It would be lovely if Harry carried on nursing till you hit that amazing 2 year milestone, but 23 months is just as amazing!

xx

 

[Eve]

I really wish I could keep counting the months and hitting the milestones I am still so gutted that it stopped so soon. I am so proud of you all though! Anna- you did so amazing with Alyssa, and soon you will have a new baby to nurse and snuggle! I bet Alyssa is going to be a great big sister!
Fleur- same as above you too! Harry is going to be such a great big brother, and you are doing fab with him! I hope he makes it until 2 too, but like Anna said, 23 months is amazing too!
stacyg-12 months almost! whohoo!

 

[cleckner04]

Well I'm still around but more of a lurker lately. :wave: Emma is still breastfeeding just as much as ever. Which would be fine if I wasn't completely burnt out with it. I've tried vinegar on my nipples and she didn't even flinch. Just fed away like nothing was different. Now I am trying the 'sweetie, we only get boo boos when it's sleepy time' route. *sigh* If it isn't obvious, I'm ready to be done. I guess I need to get on here more often to hear that it's ok to still be feeding her but I've been starting to get embarrassed IRL when Emma tries yanking my top down asking for boo boos in front of other people. I love that she still needs me but I'm going from being the weirdo for breastfeeding past 1, to being even weirder with a talking toddler that still yanks my top down.

 

[AnnaBanana9]

Sam, I know what you mean. It's tough, especially when there isn't anywhere near the support IRL that there is here.

At Emma nursing despite the vinegar though!

xxx

 

[Eve]

Sorry Sam, but I too need to have a big about the vinegar...