Anyone still bfing!

CantWait2Be · October 2012

Trying to decide when I'll wean ds. He only nurses before bed now and is fine without it. But he is most likely our last and I'm sad by that. I love having a baby and bfing. I would however like to be able to help more with getting dd to bed, reading to her etc. dh usually does that while I get ds to bed to maximize time. Anyways wondering if anyone else is still bfing and how long you plan to continue.

JavaVino910 · October 2012

Yep! Twice a day- right when she wakes up & when we get home from work/daycare. I don't have any immediate plans to wean. I am a little worried about my milk changing due to being pregnant, but hopefully it won't bother her. I'm just going to keep going... maybe around 18 months I'll push the weaning a little more. I'm definitely not going to tandem nurse!

LexGator · October 2012

We nurse at night (that means bedtime and multiple times overnight). I weaned her from days about a month ago because she still wanted to nurse every 2-3 hours around the clock, and I couldn't take it. We're starting night weaning tomorrow, for a few reasons. First, I am so over 2-3 wakeups a night, and I know she's only nursing then for comfort, not for nutrition. Second, we want to start TTC, and I haven't had a period in 2+ years. So, it's time. It makes me sad that the journey is over, but she does fine without nursing during the day and adjusted really quickly. I think nights will be harder, but I am hoping we'll all be sleeping better soon as a result.

I'm jealous of those of you who can get pregnant and still BF. I'm obviously not one of those women.

MommaG123 · October 2012

I nurse her as soon as she gets up but that is it.

I really have no idea when we will wean completely but she starts daycare next week part time so that might make the weaning happen sooner rather than later.

jcsumm0 · October 2012

I am! I hope to let her self wean but if she's still BFing after age 2, I'll probably do some gentle mother-led weaning. She still nurses around 7x a day and at least once over night. I'll probably night wean after 18 mo if she doesn't stop on her own. I feel really glad we've made it this far!

dannie2011 · October 2012

Still going strong here. Alexis is not in any way looking like she wants to wean. She will nurse about 5-7 times a day and at night is 1-3 times. I was hoping she would slow down during the day by now, but she has other plans.

DaisyJanie · October 2012

I'm not offering in the mornings anymore, so we're down to just once in the evening, and occasionally he'll want to nurse at about 5 am. I'm pretty ready to be done soon.

march2008 · October 2012

Yep! I'm thrilled to have made it this long after having a really rough patch around 10 months when I ended up with an infection on my nipples from a cut that DD's brand new top teeth gave me. Ouch! It's been smooth sailing ever since that got taken care of.

I'm hoping to let her self-wean when she's ready. Right now, I still enjoy nursing her and she still nurses like 6-7 times a day. Thankfully, she dropped her last middle of the night feeding when she was 10 months old and since I am currently a SAHM, it's no big deal to me to continue to let her nurse during the day. I'm curious to see when she starts decreasing the frequency during the day. I think she still nurses so often just because I'm home with her and she has easy access. She does fine when she's home with DH for a few hours during the day while I'm out running errands and stuff.

nic5606 · October 2012

Still pumping here. With all of B's allergies, i feel i have to keep this up a bit longer. Weaning night bottles now. Yay to all of us!!

gymnst1013 · October 2012

Yes we still are. Anywhere from 5-8 times a day. I have no plans of weaning anytime soon unless Nikolai wants to. I'm not going to force it.

aztoid2006 · October 2012

Still bf'ing here. We do 2x a day, in the morning and at night. Maybe I'll try to wean around 18 months. We are TTC, so if I get pregnant I will probably wean then, as I can't imagine trying to keep up calories with a fetus, a toddler, and myself! (I know other people do it, but I don't think I could!)

bookkitten · October 2012

still 2x/day here, as soon as he wakes and at bedtime. Once in a while he ask to nurse during the day, too. After such a challenging start and having to supplement due to low supply, I am in no rush to stop; I plan to follow his lead.

saunderslm2 · October 2012

Yep! Generally before bed and any time he wakes up at night. Sometimes in the morning. During the weekends he thinks I'm an open bar and will happily nurse throughout the day - not sure that he is getting much.

slstine19 · October 2012

Weaned last week from night session. The only session left is morning & am hoping to wean next week. We will see.

chuicafina · October 2012

Yup, he still nurses in the morning, before his nap, and before bed. I'm kind of starting "don't offer don't refuse" in the morning, but the other sessions are firmly planted for the time being.

Hallil · October 2012

dannie2011:
Still going strong here. Alexis is not in any way looking like she wants to wean. She will nurse about 5-7 times a day and at night is 1-3 times. I was hoping she would slow down during the day by now, but she has other plans.

This is very similar to us as well!

JuneBug0611 · October 2012

Still BFing in the morning and at night, and then every once in a while at random other times when she asks (on weekends when I'm not working). It has gotten infinitely easier now that I'm not pumping at work anymore (stopped pumping around 14 months).

If she is still nursing as we approach 2 years I'll start weaning her... or if I get pregnant before then and am too uncomfortable... otherwise I have no set time for weaning. Her nursing right now is not a great burden to me, and I like having that surefire way to calm her down a little and bring her comfort.

ladybug122 · October 2012

We are still going strong! Clara bf at least 3 times a day (wake up, mid-day, and bedtime) and usually at least once during the night. I want to be done by the time she turns 2 but I'm in no rush to cut her off soon. Family members are all asking me "so when are you going to wean her? she's STILL bfing?" and I really don't care if they think its weird to keep bfing at this age. Its what is working for us.

Joyfullnoise · October 2012

Yup.

We're working on night weaning right now. (Not to swipe your post, but I need some advice on this, because I'd rather not get our 16mo hooked on having a sippy before bedtime?). Largely, because I am totally drained and ill from this pregnancy and my body is mad.

We still nurse 1st thing in a.m. I don't want to tandem so will likely look at cutting that in next few months.

Baby4OT · October 2012

Yep, she nurses morning, before nap, bedtime, and if/whenshe wakes at night (currently about 1x/night, but we have stretches with more than that and stretches when she STTN). At other random times she'll tug on my shirt and pat my chest to ask to nurse, but unless she's really upset about something and needing comfort I'll say something like "Not right now, you can have mommy milk again later/at naptime/at bedtime" as I get her busy playing with something. I just don't want to be adding more nursing sessions back in at this point. We're TTC too and, while I get my period again, it's not terribly consistent at this point. I had to wean DD1 before I could get pg, but did get pg while BFing DD2. We'll see how it goes. I think if a few more months go by and I'm still not pg then I'll wean. DD is starting to be less interested in nursing anyway. She pulls on and off a LOT while nursing anymore.

kas80 · October 2012

I just weaned during the last month. My LO was still nursing every 2-3 hours around the clock but one morning I woke up and realized that I was done. So I weaned cold turkey. Turns out she was really just nursing because it was there, not that she really prefered it. At the times she normally nursed I just preemptively offered her a cup of WCM and that was enough. She only asked to nurse once in the first 3 days and not at all after that.

I can't even describe the sense of relief I have. My husband can put her to bed finally for the first time since she was born. He can also switch off with me for night wakings. The wakings decreased and our eating issues (she refused pretty much all solids) are going away.

KYBABY2011 · October 2012

We just stopped this past week. We were down to only the morning feeding.

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