April 2013 Moms
KrisM86
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Breastfeeding Check In
KrisM86
member
I thought it might be nice to do a check in for those moms who are still breastfeeding. How's it going? Are you pumping? Just nursing? Supplementing? Are you still nursing at night? Any issues or sweet moments to share?
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Re: Breastfeeding Check In
BFP #2: 11-7-14, CP (BFN: 11-13-14)
BFP #3: 3/24/15 EDD: 12/5/15
When we are together she seems to be happy and getting enough.
I feel lucky that it's been great so far but I also feel guilty that I can't keep up.
A is sick and has been waking 2-3 times at night and wants to nurse before her cold it was once a night.
I would like to keep going morning and night after we transition to cows milk around 14 months. If we can make it...
You are my breastfeeding hero. Seriously---nursing twins for 10+ months?? Awesome.
I'm still nursing, but I feel like I'm barely holding on. Got sick 1.5 months ago and supply dropped, went to Mexico 2 weeks ago for 5 days and pumped the whole time, but am pretty sure it dropped more, and now I'm sick again...arg. Nursing DS at 5:30pm before dinner (he has passed out pretty early at night, so I pump before bed if he does), at 6:30am before I go to work, and on my lunch break. I pump once at work, and he takes 2 bottles during that time(I am a teacher, and don't have any physical time to pump during his morning bottle). I pump about 2 oz for each 4 that he drinks, so I make that up on the weekends and from freezer stash. I think we will barely crawl across the finish line at 1 year old. I'd like to nurse in the morning and at night as long as we can, but I'm ready to throw this pump out the window.
To everyone still nursing, congrats!
I love when she's ready to nurse before bed and literally spits out her pacifier to get to the real thing.
I'm proud to say I'm still nursing. Only lasted 5 months with Cameron, and honestly he was formula feed and supplemented with bm. I'm a sahm so I rarely pump.
Hard stuff: Casey cut 4 teeth in the past two weeks and was a biting machine. One of my nips is still healing. The teething also resulted in a five day nursing strike. I was beginning to think we were done nursing. Oh, and he still nursing motn.
Good stuff: we are champs at nursing in the ergo. That thing has been a life saver! I'm leaning towards bfing until 18 months and then beginning to seriously wean. Never did I see myself as an extended bfer! My MIL bfed and is an excellent support system. I wouldn't be where I am without her. Hmm.. I should probably tell her that! I also love when Cameron talks to Casey while nursing, and Casey smiles and giggles with a mouth full of boob
We're still nursing on demand here, which usually includes nursing at least once at night, sometimes twice. Overall it's going very well though I wish he was sleeping through the night. I do think that many babies really do need to continue to night nurse longer than others. My guy is tiny (4th percentile on the WHO charts) and he nurses well at night so I'm not going to try and force him to STTN if he isn't ready.
Great job mamas!
If I was still nursing my goal would be to continue nursing to age two. Since I cannot tolerate pumping anymore, my goal is to give him BM until he is one year old.
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I am trying to quit pumping entirely, but I haven't figured out my next step.
I won't miss being the magic solution to his MOTN cries, I think, but I will miss the quiet snuggle time. Besides nursing, DS is never still!
At one year I hope to continue to nurse on our days together and squeeze in a pumping session on my lunch break at work to keep my day supply up for the remaining 5 days. Otherwise I guess we will nurse at morning and night and give WCM the rest of the time. Not sure how exactly it will work out, but I would like to continue nursing until 2 unless he weans himself.
He has all kind of adorable nursing quirks. Recently at bedtime he will wave at me until I say "hi Stephen" and then he laughs his head off. Then he does it again. If I don't acknowledge him he keeps waving forever. Lol. During the day he likes to stick his foot in my face and I kiss it and act silly and he laughs about that too. I love it.
DS is still nursing happily at nearly 10.5 months. I am very lucky to be able to stay at home with him and nurse on demand. He is finally going 10+ hours at night without a feed, which is wonderful. I have not pumped since mid-November. I don't have much of a stash, so I should probably put in some pump time, but like all of you, I hate pumping.
This is a really big deal for me because NO ONE in our family breastfed before...not my mom, not my MIL, no one. I had never actually seen anyone breastfeeding until I went to my first La Leche League meeting. Both my mom and MIL said they supported me but then said stupid things like, "Now that his teeth are coming in, aren't you going to stop? You'll get bitten." (For the record, I have not been bitten once.)
Over-40 parents...what we lack in vigor, we make up for with cunning.
I'm shocked we are still going. Bfing was not easy for us...it took until she was almost 6 months old for it to be easy. I am also taking domperidone, as my supply tanked once she hit 6 months old. No way was I going to stop right when it got enjoyable, and I'm stubborn as hell.
She likes to hold my hair while nursing, and make a lot of noise. She also unlatches really dramatically and gives me a huge smile when she is done
I too love my time with her, after she finishes nursing she lays in my lap and I get the best smiles and talk time ever. Those are my favorite moments.
BUT she nurses to sleep for her naps and she fights naps so it is like WWF. I am getting kicked, slapped, pinched, she is trying to take off my freckles, she is rolling off my lap. Good times.
My goal was a year but now I would like to continue through 18 months. After 12 months I am going to really work on not nursing MOTN... I am slowly working on it now but not forcing it.
Great job mamas! And EP I don't know how you do it! You deserve so much credit I would've never kept up this long
My favorite thing about breastfeeding has always been nursing Sonya when she's sleepy. I love watching her eyes roll back as she tries to fight sleep. I'm probably creating bad habits by still nursing her to sleep most nights at her age, but it's what's working for us right now.
Has anyone else nursed a baby while he/she is in the car seat? I've done the variety where the car is parked and I just lean in with my breast hanging out, but I've also managed to just awkwardly lean over while sitting in the back seat next to her while the vehicle is in motion--it's not pretty, but it gets the job done when we're running late on Sunday mornings.
Going to go back and read all the other posts now, but I'm impressed by how many of us are still nursing this late in the game. Go us!
And I get the stupid comments from my MiL too. We have a wedding in July where MH and I will be gone for 3 days. My MiL said "well you have to stop nursing by then because your breasts will hurt. ". It's called a pump. Eye roll. And she calls it "breasting" and laughs all the time like it's silly and embarrassing. The comments are not as bad as the first time with my older son though, thank goodness.