extended bf-ers

[luna_19]

https://kellymom.com/ages/older-infant/biting/
have you read this article for tips?

 

[hakunamatata]

Great article, thanks!

 

[babymonkey18]

following!
My ds will be 18 months in a few days and we still nurse on demand...it's like 4 times a day and about every 1-2 hours over night! He has never once slept through, lol! He loves his milk.

 

[kosh]

following!
My ds will be 18 months in a few days and we still nurse on demand...it's like 4 times a day and about every 1-2 hours over night! He has never once slept through, lol! He loves his milk.

exactly like my LO at that age!
he STTN for the first time in his life at 27 months (and then never again for another 3 months etc etc)
he weaned himself (ok, 90-10% ) almost a month ago (at 3 years 3 months) - I still can't believe it (and I have very mixed feelings about it)

 

[FAB mama]

Hi! I haven't read the thread yet, but my LO is almost 2.5 and still breastfeeding often.

 

[twobecome3]

she is cutting back molars so wants the comfort. all. night. we were up readjusting every half hour last night.... same with at naptime, tho im going to cut nap down to just an hour this week and see as she has been going to bed too late. its been a bit frustrating lately! no chance of hanging out with OH with the late bedtime, and when she does go down I can only get away for 20 mins and shes up again. even reading in bed is a pain as I have to keep clicking the light off and then scooching back over, then waiting for her to go back down. repeat. its gotten quite ridiculous!

im also limiting her daytime feeding so it does make sense that would put her on more at night too... we are going away for a few weeks in sept and my goal is to have her pretty much off the boob in the day by then.

been feeling more and more like im 'done' but feel conflicted about it!

 

[JenX]

she is cutting back molars so wants the comfort. all. night. we were up readjusting every half hour last night.... same with at naptime, tho im going to cut nap down to just an hour this week and see as she has been going to bed too late. its been a bit frustrating lately! no chance of hanging out with OH with the late bedtime, and when she does go down I can only get away for 20 mins and shes up again. even reading in bed is a pain as I have to keep clicking the light off and then scooching back over, then waiting for her to go back down. repeat. its gotten quite ridiculous!

im also limiting her daytime feeding so it does make sense that would put her on more at night too... we are going away for a few weeks in sept and my goal is to have her pretty much off the boob in the day by then.

been feeling more and more like im 'done' but feel conflicted about it!

The two-year molars were just horrible for us. It was about three months of crappy sleep, tons of night nursing, crabbiness, etc. But nursing through it made it easier, I think. We're all done with teething now and things have settled back down a lot and I'm so glad. Like you, Omhave days when I am so done with breastfeeding, but my LO loves it so and I'd hate to take that comfort from her. She's not even close to ready.

 

[twobecome3]

yeah was coming onto my period with the last post I think ive mentioned before on this thread it is the same every month I feel done! now that aunt flow is on her way out I feel ok with it again its weird it seems she always has a stretch of restless nights during this few days every month. coincidence? or maybe my milk supply ebbs a bit at this time?

 

[too_scared]

My milk always dipped just before af.

 

[apple_20]

Just to update my lo is now 8 months old and going strong with bf. In fact so much so she hates the bottle and when i went out last month for the night she refused any milk from 6.30pm (when I fed her) until 9.30 am ( when I got back) luckily she took water from a beaker and porridge for breakfast. She also has proven since then that she CAN sleep more than 2hours at a time.

I've nearly quit and moved to formula so many times as people told me it might help her sleep. But just like my first born she has started sleeping better at 8 months (when she's good and ready)


Anyone else go straight to sippy cups for milk feeds when you were away from baby? My lo is just so not into bottles but seems to love drinking water from her sippy cup.

I'm away for a full day this month and thinking I need to get her drinking milk from a cup by then.

 

[twobecome3]

how is everyone doing??


I just posted yesterday in weaning forum, im feeling some pressure to get her nightweaned and break the feed to sleep habit as we just had a troubling dental appointment. it looks like lo will need 2 teeth pulled and 2 cavities filled.

she has always been boobed to sleep for naps and bedtime (other than sleep in the car/buggy/etc.) she feeds often in the night. the dentist said there is a good chance her nightwakings will decrease once she has this work done and the teeth aren't a bother anymore (god I hope so!!)

so, last night she was really struggling to sleep but clearly very tired. we laid in bed and she was on/off the boob for nearly an hour and a half. at that point I decided to give it go getting her down without it. she ended up whimpering for the next 40 mins, so I gave her boob and then she was right out.

any tips for gently nightweaning and stopping the feed to sleep?? no chance of my oh soothing her to sleep, if he tries to intervene on bedtime its a five alarm freak out (mind he rocked her to sleep at least the first year of her life!)

 

[luna_19]

I've got my lo just rocking to sleep after a quick nurse and no night feeds just because it hurts so much while pregnant. Not having any milk probably helped but I just cut nursing sessions shorter and shorter and he got used to it, now at bedtime he nurses for a minute or two then we rock in the chair. Overnight I started with always trying to tell him no milkies until morning but if he was really upset I would let him nurse really quickly, now we are at a point where I can just tell him no milkies until morning, I offer water but he usually says no then he goes back to sleep

 

[babymonkey18]

Search jay Gordon method of night weaning. I have heard good things!

 

[Cangaroo]

My sister used the no cry sleep solution, which was good.

However, remember there is no evidence breast milk causes tooth decay. It's not like drinking cows milk or juice without brushing teeth. There's a fab article about it I can't like to, but Google analytical armadillo tooth decay and it'll be your top hit. It summarizes the research about breastmilk and tooth decay.

 

[twobecome3]

even if it hasn't caused it surely it cant be good for her teeth for the milk to be sitting on them all night, when its clear her teeth are unusually soft and decalcified?

my closest friend had the same thing with her breastfed toddler, major dental work being done and she was actually told explicitly to stop nightfeeding. she ended up weaning him a few months ago.

 

[babymonkey18]

Breastmilk ALONE is not bad for teeth, but actually is worse for teeth when mixed with sugars from food (any sugars...fruit, starch, etc). I hope weaning goes well for you. Congratulations on how far you have breastfed your lo!!!

 

[twobecome3]

thankyou babymonkey, yes this is exactly what the hygienist told me. fine when they are babies and only on milk but as soon as they start having foods and its all mixed with their saliva it becomes horrible in there

 

[twobecome3]

we have a something called 'mipaste' and a clear gel to toughen them up and to tide her over until we get in to have the work done.

yes I had forgotten id favorited the JAy Gordon pages awhile back so thanks for the reminder! now I just have to work up the gumption to follow through with it...

 

[Cangaroo]

Absolutely. It's incredibly important to brush teeth before bed, but the evidence I've seen says that as long as teeth are thoroughly brushed, there's no problem with night feeds from the dental hygiene point of view.

 

[twobecome3]

its been almost two weeks since i started nightweaning her. we have milk in the rocking chair before bed at 7:30ish, then no milk until 6/7 in the morning when we wake up. its been going really well. theres been some screamfests but nothing more than i few minutes to resettle her. the last few nights shes woken up once in the night, looked around, and then laid down back to sleep.