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dcunningham2
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When will you stop *nursing*?
dcunningham2
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I plan to breastfeed for the first year if possible. But I always found nursing older babies a little weird. I remember a friend of mine was still nursing her son, who was around 9-10 months old, and he would play for a while then randomly go up to mom and lift up her shirt and start sucking away.
Since then I've always said once LO can start 'controlling' the nursing sessions, then they will be strictly bottle fed. I know I may change my mind, but that's what I'm planning for now.
What are your thoughts on this?
ETA: I'm asking how long will you let the babe drink from the boob? Even if I stop that early, I hope to pump until at least one year.
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Re: When will you stop *nursing*?
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I'd like to hit the 1 year mark this time but we'll see. I nursed DD for 8 1/2 months. At that point she was walking and could say a few words. It was a bit weird for me because she didn't seem like a baby anymore.
The final straw was when she got in her top teeth. She would grind her teeth together as she was trying to nurse. She didn't mean to hurt me but it was horrible.
My original goal before having DD1 was to nurse for six months. I ended up nursing for 18 months and hope to do the same with DD2.
Ryan 5/2010, Kyle 1/2007, Eric 3/2005
before i had my first child I felt exactly the way you do. no way was I going to let a kid come up to my and lift my shirt...however, we ended up nrusing for 11 months and never once did he do that to me. It wasn't weird nursing an "older baby" once I actually became a mother of an "older baby" (if that makes sense). It felt totally normal and natural. This time around I plan to nurse for 11-12 months again.
A- 09/2006 I- 04/2010 N- 04/2012 M & G- 01/2014
We want to teach our baby sign language as well. What kind of resources did you use?
I'm aiming for 12 + months.
We'll see what I can actually pull off between pumping at work and BF at home.
I nursed DD1 for 10.5 mo, she would sign "milk" and lift my shirt.
I nursed DD2 until she was 14 mo.
I will nurse this one at least a year, probably more like 18 mo.
I nursed #1 until 13 months, she self-weaned which was my first clue I was pregnant again.
IMO it's not "weird" for them to start asking when it's your kid that you've nursed since birth, but do whatever you are comfortable with.
We used various books that I got from our library.
My First Signs by Annie Kubler
A first Guide to Baby Signing by Katie Mayne
There are many good resources including books, movies and flash cards. You just have to browse and find what works for you.
A- 09/2006 I- 04/2010 N- 04/2012 M & G- 01/2014
I nursed DD#1 for 61/2 months. I was also working full time and even though I wanted to go longer, it was really hard keeping up with her demand and finding time to pump during the day. I had to keep extra shirts with me incase my breast pads leaked...
This time around I will be a SAHM and I plan on BF'ing until LO is a year old. We'll see how it goes.
This is what I plan to do.I stopped at one year with my son,but he was biting my nipples.
Not sure if I should even reply here, but DD nursed until she was 3. It was only before bed at that point. She nursed pretty heavily until 18 months or so (that's when I stopped pumping at work) and then it was before sleeping, if she got hurt or when I had been away for a long stretch during the day.
BF is a very personal decision and what works for one family may not work for another. Also, once you are doing it, your ideas about it may change.