Breastfeeding Support - 6 months and beyond!

[Dragonfly]

I dont do baby groups,. dont have transport to get to them anyway and there isnt one around here I dont think its all in city. Dont want to do anyway as parenting style will be picked on as they are all so nosey and pass remarks here. I cant be arsed battling with other mums why I breastfeed a near 2 year old when none of them ever even tried and hearing ignorant remarks like I did when I started out. Gets on my nerves having to educated poeple that clearly have their minds made up that I am mad. And then theres so much to do around here and i am so wreaked i wouldnt even have the energy to go and do anything!

my hv put me up for one of them friend things that come and see you and i was raging at her, i told her i didnt want that for same reasons as above, I dont want someone in my home asking me about why i do this and that and suppose to be helping me. I would end up fighting with them or something unless by chance she was also same as me which that would be a miracle. They even rang me for app and said i had been referred! so embarrassing i dont need someone paid to be my friend makes me feel worse

alienating myself because of my parenting style and people who will not except me as I am.

 

[polaris]

Hi everyone,
can I join in, We are at almost 7 months (so not quite as long as some of u... but I am hoping) However I am the only one of two mummies left in my group of friends who is still BF without supplementing or replaced entirely with formula. Sometimes I do feel a little 'kooky' that we are still BF, but I love it and Tobias loves it too.
(also, why would I go through the inconvenience of making bottles up when I have it on tap!!??)
I am hoping to let Tobi self wean when he is ready, sometime after 1 year. Although I shall be going back to work, so it might not be quite that way!

Hey Jaybee, welcome! Can't believe Tobias is nearly seven months now! The time goes by so fast doesn't it? (once you get past the sleep deprived haze of the first few months anyway!)

 

[jaybee]

Hi everyone,
can I join in, We are at almost 7 months (so not quite as long as some of u... but I am hoping) However I am the only one of two mummies left in my group of friends who is still BF without supplementing or replaced entirely with formula. Sometimes I do feel a little 'kooky' that we are still BF, but I love it and Tobias loves it too.
(also, why would I go through the inconvenience of making bottles up when I have it on tap!!??)
I am hoping to let Tobi self wean when he is ready, sometime after 1 year. Although I shall be going back to work, so it might not be quite that way!

Hey Jaybee, welcome! Can't believe Tobias is nearly seven months now! The time goes by so fast doesn't it? (once you get past the sleep deprived haze of the first few months anyway!)

Hi Polaris,
Thanks, It is crazy isn't it, have no idea where the time has gone! I am really pleased we have gone to 7 months BF too. I had always planned on only BF but didn't know if I would!

Do you find that social acceptance lessens the older bubs gets? I'm not worried abouut this in the slightest, could not care what someone else thought about me feeding my son, but I am curious as very few people I know have fed past 6 months!

 

[Dragonfly]

Tobias James Darlington Vowles is a very nice name! sounds posh. I love Tobias but the rest just fits in so well .

 

[jaybee]

Tobias James Darlington Vowles is a very nice name! sounds posh. I love Tobias but the rest just fits in so well .

Thanks Dragonfly,
'we is very posh down 'ere, we was well dragged up!
No really, we saw the name on Britains got Talent! It was important to us to have a name that scanned well when said!!

 

[Dragonfly]

And that it does , its a strong name. Its hard now for me to choose another name. William James Smith is my sons name I have a nice boys one choosen which I am sure the middle name will be questioned as its posh and old but a strong name., Girls name I have to but not sure about it yet,. So hard to choose! I like strong names and no one gets that when I ask for them.

 

[jaybee]

And that it does , its a strong name. Its hard now for me to choose another name. William James Smith is my sons name I have a nice boys one choosen which I am sure the middle name will be questioned as its posh and old but a strong name., Girls name I have to but not sure about it yet,. So hard to choose! I like strong names and no one gets that when I ask for them.

Thats a lovely strong old fashioned name, I love those names rather than these silly new age ones!
Are you team yellow then for ur bump?
Does this mean u are BF and PG? how does this work when LO comes along? what about colostrum? (hope u don't mind me asking?)

We had a girls name all sorted from our 12 week scan! Kahlan Samantha Bailey Vowles.
If Tobi had been born on time, he would have been a Timothy or a Johnathan. But cos he was 8 days late, we were able to the act on Britains got talent and I just loved the name straight off!!

 

[Dragonfly]

And that it does , its a strong name. Its hard now for me to choose another name. William James Smith is my sons name I have a nice boys one choosen which I am sure the middle name will be questioned as its posh and old but a strong name., Girls name I have to but not sure about it yet,. So hard to choose! I like strong names and no one gets that when I ask for them.

Thats a lovely strong old fashioned name, I love those names rather than these silly new age ones!
Are you team yellow then for ur bump?
Does this mean u are BF and PG? how does this work when LO comes along? what about colostrum? (hope u don't mind me asking?)

We had a girls name all sorted from our 12 week scan! Kahlan Samantha Bailey Vowles.
If Tobi had been born on time, he would have been a Timothy or a Johnathan. But cos he was 8 days late, we were able to the act on Britains got talent and I just loved the name straight off!!

yes I do bf while pregnant, and when baby comes milk changes back to colostrum. My son isnt that dependant on me now he is a lot older anyway i think its more for comfort at night. So its not going to be that bad. Its hard to feed him now with a bump he gets fed up and goes and sits on his dad and falls asleep there which breaks my heart a bit as he wants milk he just cant sit any way to get it! he can have all he wants when new baby comes if he likes the taste its not impossible,. Not like the midwife who ripped my head off for it 2 weeks ago when LLL say its fine and even my own doctor is for it.

I like old names to, people keep saying names i dont like and its not that they are not nice names i just dont see them for my children at all. I want names for a start not seasons, objects and months of the year! I am yellow bump yes. i think girl though still. but could be wrong.

 

[Shiv]

Jaybee - out of curiosity why Darlington? i used to live there!

 

[polaris]

Hi everyone,
can I join in, We are at almost 7 months (so not quite as long as some of u... but I am hoping) However I am the only one of two mummies left in my group of friends who is still BF without supplementing or replaced entirely with formula. Sometimes I do feel a little 'kooky' that we are still BF, but I love it and Tobias loves it too.
(also, why would I go through the inconvenience of making bottles up when I have it on tap!!??)
I am hoping to let Tobi self wean when he is ready, sometime after 1 year. Although I shall be going back to work, so it might not be quite that way!

Hey Jaybee, welcome! Can't believe Tobias is nearly seven months now! The time goes by so fast doesn't it? (once you get past the sleep deprived haze of the first few months anyway!)

Hi Polaris,
Thanks, It is crazy isn't it, have no idea where the time has gone! I am really pleased we have gone to 7 months BF too. I had always planned on only BF but didn't know if I would!

Do you find that social acceptance lessens the older bubs gets? I'm not worried abouut this in the slightest, could not care what someone else thought about me feeding my son, but I am curious as very few people I know have fed past 6 months!

I think social acceptance definitely does lessen as bubs gets older. Having said that, I think the hardest time for me was from about 9 to 11 months, after he started crawling and didn't look like a little baby anymore, but still needed feeding regularly during the day. Now that he's a year old, he is only feeding morning and bedtime so I think most people assume that we are no longer breastfeeding. If anyone asks I will tell them but it isn't as much of an issue now as it was when he was a little bit younger. Also I think family have mostly just accepted it at this stage whereas I used to get a lot of 'when are you planning to stop?' I don't really get that anymore.

 

[Dragonfly]

dosnt william and darren look alike!

 

[jaybee]

yes I do bf while pregnant, and when baby comes milk changes back to colostrum. My son isnt that dependant on me now he is a lot older anyway i think its more for comfort at night. So its not going to be that bad. Its hard to feed him now with a bump he gets fed up and goes and sits on his dad and falls asleep there which breaks my heart a bit as he wants milk he just cant sit any way to get it! he can have all he wants when new baby comes if he likes the taste its not impossible,. Not like the midwife who ripped my head off for it 2 weeks ago when LLL say its fine and even my own doctor is for it.

I like old names to, people keep saying names i dont like and its not that they are not nice names i just dont see them for my children at all. I want names for a start not seasons, objects and months of the year! I am yellow bump yes. i think girl though still. but could be wrong.

Our bodies are soooo clever arn't they!?? I can just see ur LO sulking on Daddies knee cos ur bump is in the way... kinda cute!
I know what u mean about a NAME not a description or a colour!
I loved having a yellow bump. We are going to let Tobias decide on the next one (if he is old enough) as to whether we find out or not!

 

[jaybee]

Jaybee - out of curiosity why Darlington? i used to live there!

Hi Shiv,
its a family name from Hubbies side, all the men have it. personally didn't want it, because I don't like carrying on names, as each baby is a person in their own right! (plus I had to loose my maiden name when I married, so I thought that was fair!) Not really sure of the significance, it's only been in for a two generations! I tend to not use it when I say his full name! (naughty!)

 

[jaybee]

I think social acceptance definitely does lessen as bubs gets older. Having said that, I think the hardest time for me was from about 9 to 11 months, after he started crawling and didn't look like a little baby anymore, but still needed feeding regularly during the day. Now that he's a year old, he is only feeding morning and bedtime so I think most people assume that we are no longer breastfeeding. If anyone asks I will tell them but it isn't as much of an issue now as it was when he was a little bit younger. Also I think family have mostly just accepted it at this stage whereas I used to get a lot of 'when are you planning to stop?' I don't really get that anymore.

I am curious to see how it gets taken where I live, guess I shall just have to wait and see!! So far family have not said anything about it.....

 

[Shiv]

it does sound very posh (although I can tell you that the place Darlington is far from it )

 

[Dragonfly]

I like the Darlington in there all goes in well.

 

[jaybee]

Thank you both. As long as Tobes likes it, that is all that matters to me.

 

[Eve]

Dragonfly... I'm going nuts waiting for you to have that baby! Curiosity gets the best of me, and I want to know pink or blue! hehe I know the baby will be gorgeous, just look at William! Good luck, whenever you go, and if the MW or doctors give you any trouble... well you know what to do

 

[Dragonfly]

Dragonfly... I'm going nuts waiting for you to have that baby! Curiosity gets the best of me, and I want to know pink or blue! hehe I know the baby will be gorgeous, just look at William! Good luck, whenever you go, and if the MW or doctors give you any trouble... well you know what to do

I know I am still here! why am I still here lol its my DD tomorrow and I thought I would have went by now as i had signs now i have nothing. just sitting about here waiting. My kids defo take after their dad anyway! I hope it dosnt need evicted through the sunroof again. I am dying to know what it is to! have hospital on wed I will be asking what weight as last time on my over due scan with william I was given a clue so never know may get one again.

My nipples are so dam sore!

 

[Shiv]

Dragonfly - were you overdue last time? and did you end up having a c-section? fx things start moving for you soon