Breastfeeding Support - 6 months and beyond!

[mumandco]

Zack would feed all day everyday given half the chance!
He has another tooth coming through and boy do my nipples know about it,it's like the pain you have to grit your teeth at!

 

[MNORBURY]

Did you bf Tyler mum&co?

P.s just noticed your wedding journal so off to stalk

 

[mumandco]

No I didn't,I wanted to,I bought a breast pump the breastfeeding dummies etc but my sister who was anti bf convinced me not to! I wish I never had listened to her I still feel guilty to this day,though I was quite ill after having Tyler so I doubt I would have kept it up tbh

Ah stalk away I could do with more stalkers,my journal is awfully quiet

 

[Miss_Bump]

How is everyone doing?

I have a question about self weaning....


Evie isnt ready to wean just yet but her feeding is becoming less and less all at her own pace which is great.

Altho im looking forward to her SW im dreading it too.

It is her security blanket. When she is sad or teething then even 5 seconds at the breast make it all better.

When she does wean does it also mean she is ready to comfort herself easier??

 

[Shiv]

The way I see it, she won't self wean while she still needs booby for comfort, so she will only wean completely once she has other ways of getting the comfort she needs, probably a cuddle from mummy!

As long as you offer booby when she needs comforting it will be her choice whether she needs it or not.

 

[Miss_Bump]

The way I see it, she won't self wean while she still needs booby for comfort, so she will only wean completely once she has other ways of getting the comfort she needs, probably a cuddle from mummy!

As long as you offer booby when she needs comforting it will be her choice whether she needs it or not.

Im hoping to get to 2 years and any thing after that will be a bonus

 

[AnnaBanana9]

x

 

[Shiv]

Helloooooooooooooooooooooo I'm back!

 

[AnnaBanana9]

Welcome back! :wave: Won't be long and I'll be hitting the 6 month milestone all over again too!

xx

 

[Miss_Bump]

Hello ladies! Shiv, where have you been?

Anna, cant believe Caroline is 4 months already!! xx

 

[canadabear]

Hello Ladies :wave:

I hope you don't mind me joining you.

LO is now SEVEN months.. wow and BF is going so so well. We are also BLW, and he is EATING wonderfully and it is so much fun.
He has just recently dropped his nightfeed.. I feed between 10-11pm and then he feeds again sometime around seven am.
I actually miss it.. though I am enjoying the sleep.

My personal goal was 6 months, but now I have a goal to get to one year.. but in all honesty, we haven't had any problems at all and I think we will just continue until he self-weans.
I am a bit concerned when we go to visit my family in Canada come Christmas time. LO will be 15months.. and I have really enjoyed just doing what feels right and natural for all of us without any judgment from family. They DO know of my intentions about BF though, so hopefully they will keep their mouths shut if they have anything negaitve to say. :growl:

What sort of problems did you come across with BFing a toddler?

 

[Lownthwaite]

Hello Ladies :wave:

I hope you don't mind me joining you.

LO is now SEVEN months.. wow and BF is going so so well. We are also BLW, and he is EATING wonderfully and it is so much fun.
He has just recently dropped his nightfeed.. I feed between 10-11pm and then he feeds again sometime around seven am.
I actually miss it.. though I am enjoying the sleep.

My personal goal was 6 months, but now I have a goal to get to one year.. but in all honesty, we haven't had any problems at all and I think we will just continue until he self-weans.
I am a bit concerned when we go to visit my family in Canada come Christmas time. LO will be 15months.. and I have really enjoyed just doing what feels right and natural for all of us without any judgment from family. They DO know of my intentions about BF though, so hopefully they will keep their mouths shut if they have anything negaitve to say. :growl:

What sort of problems did you come across with BFing a toddler?

Hellooooooo

Don't worry about other peoples opinions. They do not matter.

I have had the usual "Oh! You're STILL breastfeeding?!" and "When are you stopping?!!" but I just ignore any negative comments.

So long as my LO is happy then I am happy - I'm not going to force her to wean when it's not necessary just because other people think I should.

Stick to your guns - if you want to continue then continue. It's only of importance to you and your LO - nobody else's opinions matter.

 

[MNORBURY]

Congratulations and welcome canadabear :wave:

I'm stressing a bit this week and abit annoyed with myself, we're going to see hubby's brother for a few days next week and I'm dreading Evie having a paddy for boobies, I know I shouldn't feel embarrassed but I kind of do! I know I won't nurse in front of them but i can't decide whether to give them the heads up prior to us going (but don't really know what to say or why I should!) so I've tried to keep nursing to in the bedroom, which has included the odd feed in the day if she hasn't taken no for an answer.

I'm constantly hearing off hubby and my parents how she's too big blah blah blah.

Although I would prob like her to feed morning and night only (and through the night ) I really would have liked Evie to drop the feeds herself so feel a little guilty at 'encouraging' her to do so when she is so attached!

But if I'm honest she is totally in control and can be a little embarrassing when she's wailing BOOBIES at top knotch round tescos :/ so this might be for the best!

 

[canadabear]

Mnorbury: This is my worry as well when visiting family. And the boobies thing is funny, but I am sure embarrasing at times. We used to call it boobie as well, but changed to buba.. as I realised that LO shouting BOOBIE when he is older might be funny but embarrasing too
Though we do use sign language, milk for BF, but OH keeps thinking it's funny to make a boobie grabbing gesture for BF.. Poor LO is going to be so confused

I am also going to try really hard not to worry about BF for LO when we visit in December. He has dropped his nighttime feeds himself now, but I still wake him for a dream feed between 10-11pm.. not sure if he would be able to do without, but not about to chance it yet.

 

[Miss_Bump]

Hi canadabear welcome!

My original goal was just to give Evie a few feeds in the hospital and now we are nearly at 2 years!!!!!

I didnt care for BF, thought it was weird and not normal then after Evies first feed it was like a light just switched on and a MW gave me a leaflet about BF and how great it really is for sooo many reasons and ive never looked back!

Ive always called it 'milk' tho as i didnt want her shouting boobies

Evie hardly feeds in the day now but makes up for it at night.

BF a toddler can be intresting, she used to make me nurse her toys, she also talks while she has her milk too which can get messy and sometimes hurt but it is wonderful

 

[JellyBeann]

Hiya, just thought i'd let you all know Ollie self weaned last month at 26 months...I'll see you all in about 10 months though, with baby number 2!!

 

[Dragonfly]

not been in here in ages! and still breastfeeding both mine to.

 

[Mork]

Well done Dragonfly!
Congratulations Jellybeann!
We are still bfing too - hoping to tandem feed xx

 

[venusrockstar]

My Bella self weaned at 17 months (Dec 2011), but I am preparing again to breastfeed another wonderful little girl in 7 weeks or less. Hoping I can BF even longer this time around.

 

[Miss_Bump]

Think I have a blocked duct

I made sure Evie has been feeding from this side to help shift it but it still hurts

Can it be sucked out by DH?! I'm sure I've heard that