Some women can't get pregnant until they stop BFing all together but I think most find that periods eventually come back at some point. I think the adverage is 14 months. Longer gaps between feeds, night weaning or more solids can jump start fertility again but its different for everyone. If nothing seems to work weaning for two or three days and then going back to feeding works for some. For us it seemed to be LO eating more solids that started my periods. She still fed frequently day and night but feeds got shorter and a lot were for comfort so she would often suck half- heartedly.
LO couldn't have dairy either but thankfully seems to have grown out of that and drinks quite a lot of milk now without problems. I did worry some before she started eating more dairy because my milk supply had almost gone. Most women loose most of their supply at some point in pregnancy so if you feel BFing is still imortant for her nutritionally that is worth bearing in mind.
LO persisted with comfort sucking for quite a while but recently has almost stopped feeding. I don't think it helped that I had really strong feeding aversion and she could sense it so that put us both on edge. I'm glad that we kept it up as long as we did though. I'm interested to see if she starts up again when my milk comes in.
As for being clingy I think that children that age are supposed to be a bit clingy with their mums, its natural. Trying to force things often just makes them more clingy. Making them feel super secure and loved tends to make them more outgoing in the end and BFing can actually help with that. Having a strong connection with mum is a good thing and in time they will develope strong connections with other family members too. I was very ill with morning sickness during the beggining of pregnancy and OH had to do a lot of the looking after of our LO which has made her really close with him. She is a total daddy's girl now. She was still BFing regularly until recently though.
LO couldn't have dairy either but thankfully seems to have grown out of that and drinks quite a lot of milk now without problems. I did worry some before she started eating more dairy because my milk supply had almost gone. Most women loose most of their supply at some point in pregnancy so if you feel BFing is still imortant for her nutritionally that is worth bearing in mind.
LO persisted with comfort sucking for quite a while but recently has almost stopped feeding. I don't think it helped that I had really strong feeding aversion and she could sense it so that put us both on edge. I'm glad that we kept it up as long as we did though. I'm interested to see if she starts up again when my milk comes in.
As for being clingy I think that children that age are supposed to be a bit clingy with their mums, its natural. Trying to force things often just makes them more clingy. Making them feel super secure and loved tends to make them more outgoing in the end and BFing can actually help with that. Having a strong connection with mum is a good thing and in time they will develope strong connections with other family members too. I was very ill with morning sickness during the beggining of pregnancy and OH had to do a lot of the looking after of our LO which has made her really close with him. She is a total daddy's girl now. She was still BFing regularly until recently though.
you shared so much with me and I find it helpful!
prevera I believe was the one to induce period unsure if it would even help me ... I ovulated just fine on my own prior to having my daughter so I'm at a loss 
What a big boy! That's great your home birth went so well. 
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