Breastfeeding Support - 6 months and beyond!

[AnnaBanana9]

I love the blinkies! I've changed mine to one of them - they're so pretty!

DF- you would be a fantastic champion!

I on the other hand, keep getting forgotten about I've posted quite a few times that I'm interested in helping, but never get added to page 1

 

[Eve]

Hey Anna, how did you get your link to not be underlined? lol... silly q, I know

 

[AnnaBanana9]

Which link? I probably don't know and did something by accident!

 

[Eve]

Breastfeeding support group link

 

[Dragonfly]

heres some pics of Alex I took today.
https://www.babyandbump.com/photo-gallery/497551-finally-some-pics-alex.html#post8426684

 

[AnnaBanana9]

I honestly don't know... I just copied and pasted the link from my browser into my siggy and there was no underlining?

DF- Saw the photos - how gorgeous Alexander is
x

 

[Eve]

I will try and see if it works, the lines annoy me hahaha!

Lovely pictures DF! Your babies are just gorgeous! Thanks for adding some more pics!

 

[Kaybee]

Hi Ladies

Happy new year to you all.

We call it booby here too & Kaiden is showing no sign of weaning

DF - Alex is gorgeous.

Eve - happy 1st birthday to Kayleigh. Hope she is feeling better today.

I'm away to upgrade my blinkie to a 16 month one (already!) and quite fancying one of cleckner's turtle ones I think.. TY.

 

[AnnaBanana9]

Yay for 16 months Kaybee! xxx

 

[Miss_Bump]

Hope you all had a good new years eve

I couldn't make my friends party as I was just too tired and didn't feel too good (I think AF is coming)

Anyway, I text the host sorry I can't make it and suggested getting together today and
she didnt even reply

I text 2 other friends who went to the party saying happy new year sorry i couldnt make it and didn't get a reply either

Really upset me as one of the girls is a mum too

I wish I had mummy friends - what a great way to start 2011

 

[cleckner04]

Miss_Bump. Maybe that can be your new years resolution. To find some good mommy friends.

Kaybee. Glad you like the blinkie!!


So Emma still breastfeeds so much and lately she wants it all night long again. I don't know what her deal is! I need to get her on a better routine for bedtime because she is up really late and we still cosleep and I kind of want to move her to her own bed soon. This girl is still running around in circles and going nuts till midnight some nights! Which was fine because I'm a night owl too but lately I really just want her more settled. Any clue how to go about this? Maybe run her around and wear her out so she has no choice but to fall asleep at 9 or 10?

 

[Miss_Bump]

That is now my new year resolution lol

I might try netmums??

Sorry Hun I'm not sure about changing emmas bedtime.

Do you feed her to sleep? If you do maybe try offering her bedtime boob an hour earlier and then of that works try another hour earlier after a few days?
xx

 

[cleckner04]

Yeah she still feeds to sleep. We've never had a routine really for sleep so I probably messed up there but I know it can be corrected slowly. DH keeps emailing me and telling me to make her skip her nap for the day but she is SO grumpy without her nap. (1 pm nap) So it's easy for him to say but he doesn't have to deal with any of it.


I don't know if the UK has this website but meetup.com is great for meeting people too! They usually have some mom groups on there.

 

[Dragonfly]

arrgh my mum bitch! bitch! nuff said.

 

[Miss_Bump]

Yeah I've had the whole 'keep her awake during her last nap' and all that does is leave me exhausted and Evie unhappy.

How about trying a bath at 8pm then a wind down story and then ready to feed for 9?

OR

Try to introduce a bedtime routine to get her to sleep at the same time she has now and if she is ok with the routine then try to bring it back slowly??

 

[Eve]

Earlier wake time? I would start waking her 15 minutes earlier every few days, will in turn, hopefully help her get tired out earlier and so forth. Instead of say 11pm-10am sleep, try waking her at 9:45 and putting her down at 10:45 and so on. Might be an easier way to slowly bring bedtime earlier for you

 

[cleckner04]

That may work! I'll try a bath tonight at 10 and maybe read her a book and than try to lay her down. In her own bed this time. 9 would probably be way too early the way she's been going so I'll start out slowly. Maybe this should be my new years resolution. I really don't mind her being in my bed but with her constantly waking lately it has been making me nuts. So maybe without me moving beside her, she'll be able to sleep more soundly IYKWIM.

 

[cleckner04]

Earlier wake time? I would start waking her 15 minutes earlier every few days, will in turn, hopefully help her get tired out earlier and so forth. Instead of say 11pm-10am sleep, try waking her at 9:45 and putting her down at 10:45 and so on. Might be an easier way to slowly bring bedtime earlier for you

My problem is, I am dead on my feet if I don't sleep until at least 9 am every morning. So I have to train MYSELF too. Because I can easily stay up until 4 in the morning if I let myself. She takes after me way too much.

 

[Eve]

Thank you muchly Kaybee

 

[JellyBeann]

Hey guys, I am starting to see a future problem with DH and extended BF

*sigh* again (this happened at 9 months, long story)

Anywayy...our friend is still feeding her 24 month old, and DH and her boyfie were saying that she only does it because she isn't ready to stop, but the 24.m.o would stop...anyway, I want to keep going for as long as Ollie wants, I used to think 2 would be my cut-off, but I am not so sure now, if he wants to go longer, I'll let him!

I hope he'll understand and not kick off too much!! Any ideas on what to tell him!? x