Breastfeeding Support - 6 months and beyond!

[Shiv]

You do also get some women who are truly inspired by the fact that you have breastfed for so long and think you are doing a great job It's not all negative reactions - honest

 

[Dragonfly]

course not all neg just what I have experienced. I have had a few nice midwives saying I was paving the way and keep it up but as for fam and friends nope. You could have nicer family than me (which isnt hard lol). didnt mean it to sound so neg there was trying to be a bit humorous to.

 

[lynnikins]

lol dont worry i got the humor,
thankfully at least my mum and family are supportive of me continuing to BF for as long as i want , dont know about DH's family, my MIL was trying to tell me from wk 2 to put him on formula " caus he was fussy " well what did she expect calling right in the middle of cluster feed time in the evening when hes tired and hungry

 

[Shiv]

Has anyone else experienced a 13 month (ish) growth spurt? Sophia had weaned herself to just morning and bedtime feeds, but she has introduced another 4 feeds (total 6 now) over the last week or so. I must admit it took me by suprise!

 

[Dragonfly]

William still feeds like he is much younger, think he has been on boob 3 times already today and will be another few before end of night. He likes boob milk a lot. I wish he also liked his dinner i give him as much.

typoh fixed.

 

[Shiv]

Wilma reminds me of the flintstones

 

[Dragonfly]

oh ffs stupid spell check! i should check what its correcting my typohs with lol

 

[Shiv]

hehehehe well it brightened my day

 

[spidey]

Shiv- its funny you should mention a growth spurt... Kira went thru one for sure last week. She increased her solid intake by double and kept up her normal level of breast feeds too. I have a scale at home that I like to sit her on, and she's been holding her weight steady since 9 months at 20.5 pounds and after her growth spurt she now weighs 21.5 pounds! So a whole pound in a week after many months with no gaining.

Cleckner- It's nice to hear that Emma feeds so frequently too. Kira does the same and at night will sometimes be on the boob for hours at a time it seems. I don't mind at all... I know one day she will no longer be a baby and I will miss this stage, so I'm enjoying every minute of it now. Kira took a little while to get use to her teeth and I haven't been bitten in a couple of months, not even at night if she falls asleep on the boob.

DolceBella- LOL about Bella laughing at your boobies when she wants to eat. When Kira starts tugging at my shirt and rubbing her face all over me, I will ask "do you want a booby?" and she laughs as her way of saying "yes mom, I thought you'd never ask!".

 

[cleckner04]

I'm pretty sure Emma went through a growth spurt too!! I haven't weighed her lately but in our playgroup the baby that is the same age as Emma(2 days younger)...Well they were the same height at the last playdate and than we had a 2 week break because some of the kids were sick, and now Emma is about an inch or more taller than the other baby. So she definitely had a height growth spurt if not weight. I really should weigh her more often. I have no clue how much she weighs. I think she is around 20 lbs. now.

 

[florabean1981]

some of the things you ladies write about your 'adventures in breastfeeding' as I like to call it just make me smile & feel all warm n fuzzy

Well, to add another nice BFing story bit- It was my 29th (argh!) b'day last week & hubby bought me a card from Harry & inside he wrote the usual happy b'day stuff but then also added a 'thankyou for also for providing me with the awesomness of your boobie juice; you're the bestest mummy in the world!' I totally welled up with happiness when I saw that coz it was so cool knowing my hubby thinks we're doing a good job with the whole BFing thing & raising our child. I think I underestimate the fact he even notices these kinda things sometimes, lol, but it's nice to know he cares & is so supportive

I think Harry's having a growth spurt at the moment... or maybe teething or something coz he's upped his booby feeds threefold; it's like feeding a newborn all over again. I don't mind at all, but it was so sudden, and it was a bit weird having him get so stressed out, clambering at my top yelling 'mum-mum' & 'bubba' at my chest, then laughing hysterically when I whopped my boob out for him, as he was pretty ferrocous in his attempts to latch on in any old position, lol. Still only 4 teeth & he hasn't bit me yet, so far so good.

Cabn't believe my little boy is 1 in 8 days time. Where the heck has this last year gone???

 

[cleckner04]

Out of curiosity, do you girls agree with the supernanny when it comes to breastfeeding? There is a thread going in the BFing section and I don't personally watch the show but I've seen so many complaints about her in regards to BFing so I posted my opinion and now my post is being attacked. But isn't Jo Frost a bit anti-breastfeeding? I found a few links about her saying six week old babies should have a bottle of formula for them to sleep through and there are a ton of sites that talk about her uninformed views on breastfeeding. Maybe I'm completely wrong..

 

[Dragonfly]

posy link to thread? i watched the show a few times but never seen any referances to breastfeeding., i think her tactics are stupid though and make things worse in the long run,.

 

[cleckner04]

My problem is that the woman doesn't even have kids. And although she is way more experienced and has years of training, that doesn't necessarily make her worthy of giving advice to the public. I honestly think people aren't qualified to teach me anything, unless they've done it themselves with their own children. If that makes sense. I wouldn't want a lactation consultant that has never breastfed before. Or a guitar teacher that has never played a guitar in their life. I know she has helped a lot of people with the whole 'naughty step' thing but honestly people have been putting their kids in timeouts way before she came along.

 

[Dragonfly]

agreed there, i didnt know she had no kids, your views do change when you have kids.

 

[spidey]

florabean- thats so sweet what your DH wrote in your card. Happy belated Birthday! 29 isn't so bad... I've been 29 since January and I'm almost over the fact that I'll be 30 soon- eek!

cleckner- I use to watch Supernanny before I had Kira and after watching that show I knew I would be a good parent. The family issues that cause the children to act out are always so obvious to me. I honesty don't remember any episodes where she talked about breast feeding or bottle feeding so I don't think that issue comes up very often in the shows. Whenever I hear that someone doesn't agree with breast feeding I always get an urge to bf infront of them, LOL. I guess that makes me passive aggressive

 

[Dragonfly]

to be honest i watch it and learn not what to do to have a child like that.

 

[cleckner04]

@ breastfeeding in front of them.

I truly hate to make myself sound like a BFing nazi because I really think it's a parents choice. But I do think people in the public eye should promote BFing more.

I think supernanny is usually more based towards older kids and not children that are still BFing age anyways. I've only seen a few episodes and it was all just common sense sort of stuff and the kids were so horrible in most of them that it just made me cringe. Like some kid spitting in his mom's face on one. I just think it'd be common sense to say 'don't spit in my face' and punish them. But the mom just allowed the bad behavior to keep happening. When the average parent would know that is a time to discipline.

 

[Dragonfly]

Parents who give up. My parents gave up with my sister, she was always good for me but never to my mum she just beats my mum and herself and smashes stuff up, She has autism but has never been disciplined just let to do as she pleased as they where told to let her. No one gets on with my mum in my fam so its partly her fault for ignoring her to the point my sister has to slap her or smash a tv for attention. She is 16 and a terror,. runs my parents about. controls where they go and who they see. my son is not allowed to be seen she gets jealous. If supernanny tried to discipline my sister supernanny would end up in a and e for a while,.

thats also an example to me of what not to do.

 

[Kaybee]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY florabean That was such a lovely message your DH put in your card from Harry.

Are we all around a same age - if you don't mind my asking? I've been 29 since November 2005 (in case I've not counted back properly I'm 33 & will be 34 at the end of November this year!)

Cleckner - I'll need to check out the post you are referring to. I used to watch supernanny a few years ago but I've not seen it in a while either. Like spidey, I can't remember any episodes where breast feeding was brought up. I'm sure you are right that she does not have any children of her own & you make a very good point about people needing to have experienced something themselves before teaching others....I especially liked the guitar reference