If you are an "extended" BF'er - a ?

Re: If you are an "extended" BF'er - a ?

• schoolsoutbride

  January 2011

  Could she be getting sick?  O was like that for a while. He drank cow's milk after a year, but he'd still nurse mostly for comfort if I was home, which was fine by me.  They still seem so little to me at a year!  By the time he was 19 months, he was only nursing before bed, and one night he was just too busy for that, and we were done.  I wish I had known it was coming! Kind of caught me by surprise...
  

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• SeaSoul member

  January 2011

  At that age, yes, I would nurse on demand, even though I knew it wasn't a hunger issue.  Could be a comfort thing, an attachment thing, you name it.  But I think it's fine to allow that at her age.

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• hannah&ben

  January 2011

  SeaSoul:

  At that age, yes, I would nurse on demand, even though I knew it wasn't a hunger issue.  Could be a comfort thing, an attachment thing, you name it.  But I think it's fine to allow that at her age.

  I feel the same way.  And actually, Henry is almost 20 months and I still nurse completely on demand.  Most days he just nurses upon waking in the morning, before nap and before bed.  But, now and again he'll have a day or two where he asks every 2 hours... or a random evening where he'll ask every hour between dinner and bed time.

  Who knows why... teething?  general comfort/attachment?  impending illness? crummy day? Whatever the reason, I think it's just fine.
  

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• GypsyEsq member

  January 2011

  hannah&ben:

  SeaSoul:

  At that age, yes, I would nurse on demand, even though I knew it wasn't a hunger issue.  Could be a comfort thing, an attachment thing, you name it.  But I think it's fine to allow that at her age.

  I feel the same way.  And actually, Henry is almost 20 months and I still nurse completely on demand.  Most days he just nurses upon waking in the morning, before nap and before bed.  But, now and again he'll have a day or two where he asks every 2 hours... or a random evening where he'll ask every hour between dinner and bed time.

  Who knows why... teething?  general comfort/attachment?  impending illness? crummy day? Whatever the reason, I think it's just fine.
  

  We still nurse on demand and DD will ask to nurse all day if we're at home but if we're out and about it is very rare.  And usually a fleeting request because she's tired.  I still feel like she's so little and she eats like...a toddler...so I want her to have nutrition when and where she wants it.
  

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• LisaMarisa

  January 2011

  I was also thinking that she might be getting sick and wanting to nurse for comfort.  Her overnight nursing is obviously for comfort since she could definitely go without eating overnight at this point so maybe she is just looking for some extra loving during the day. 

  Or did you try to give her WCM when she signed milk?  Maybe she was just thirsty. 

  At 1yo, we were down to 2 nursing sessions/day - morning and night.  One day he refused so we skipped that session.  He refused again the next time and we stopped altogether.  I didnt want to force him to nurse if he wasnt interested.  My friend is going through the same thing.  Her son was nursing 3-5 times a day and starting this weekend has been refusing all except his morning session.  She is really upset about it and thinks there is something wrong with him but I'm trying to tell her that babies can decide when they are finished and not to force it.  So I think that you need to pay attention to your child's cues.

  
  
  
  
  
  
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• ESTH2000 member

  January 2011

  GypsyEsq:

  hannah&ben:

  SeaSoul:

  At that age, yes, I would nurse on demand, even though I knew it wasn't a hunger issue.  Could be a comfort thing, an attachment thing, you name it.  But I think it's fine to allow that at her age.

  I feel the same way.  And actually, Henry is almost 20 months and I still nurse completely on demand.  Most days he just nurses upon waking in the morning, before nap and before bed.  But, now and again he'll have a day or two where he asks every 2 hours... or a random evening where he'll ask every hour between dinner and bed time.

  Who knows why... teething?  general comfort/attachment?  impending illness? crummy day? Whatever the reason, I think it's just fine.
  

  We still nurse on demand and DD will ask to nurse all day if we're at home but if we're out and about it is very rare.  And usually a fleeting request because she's tired.  I still feel like she's so little and she eats like...a toddler...so I want her to have nutrition when and where she wants it.
  

   

  ditto and mine is almost 2! I say if you are okay with it..let her nurse on demand..it won't hurt..imo!

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• christiney06 member

  January 2011

  I am still stuck w/ a comfort nurser...and he's almost 2!  my son would pick up his nursing a lot more when he was teething.  I am down to just before nap and bedtime now and have been for a while, but at the end of the summer when he was getting his incisors and molars he was trying to nurse at least 2-3x more a day.  I will usually let him nurse for a few minutes and then pop him off.
  

  
  
  

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