Tandem nursing

Re: Tandem nursing

• daisymama member

  August 2014

  No advice since I still have an inside baby. But my 21 month old is still going strong and I'm definitely interested (read that as nervous) to see how nursing 2 goes. I don't want to stop nursing him yet, but I am
  Hoping that he'll cut back a little I guess I'll know in a couple weeks.
  
  Maybe we can have a check in for tandem nursers (are there any others?) and it can totally include moms of multiples. I imagine that's a whole other type of tiring, haha.

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• Jessica+Penny member

  August 2014

  I'm tandem nursing my newborn and my 28 month old. I planned on weaning the toddler before the baby was born but it just never happened. The older one LOVES to nurse. We have cut back to twice a day - before nap and before bed. She was nursing 3-4 times a day before the baby being born.
  
  We have had a few melt downs when the toddler wanted to nurse and I didn't let her. I have to tell her that the baby ONLY drinks milk and needs my milk to get strong and big like her big sister. I usually offer her a cup of cow's milk and she will sometimes take it. If my husband and I keep the toddler distracted and busy throughout the day the "milkie" melt downs don't happen. So far she hasn't been negative/hurtful towards the baby when I'm nursing.
  
  I was super engorged after the delivery (my milk came in in less than 24 hours) and had to pump in the middle of the night to relieve some of the pressure. My boobs were so big that the baby couldn't latch on correctly. I am now 9 days PP and my supply has evened out. I haven't had to pump in a few days.
  

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• MandMLeona member

  August 2014

  I tandem nursed my first two. My toddler was 26 months and only nursing once a day. The only issue we had was with the force of my letdown. It was too much for the newborn. I had to do a lot of reclined nursing and she couldn't comfort nurse.

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• ColeyJ88 member

  August 2014

  Thanks for sharing your experiences!
  I am a little nervous about engorgement, haha. I never got engorged the first time, the only way I knew my milk had come in was because DS's poops changed. I did have a pretty forceful letdown too, he would sometimes choke because of it.
  
  I never took a refresher class on breastfeeding, so I'm also a little nervous about how it will go with a newborn again. Hoping I remember how to do it!

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• violajack member

  August 2014

  Still nursing the 25 month old here too. Sometimes they tag team me, just when the newborn finishes, DS1 needs a turn. I haven't figured out how to do both at the same time yet, but I think it would really help. DS1 will say "no" sometimes while I'm trying to get DS2 latched. I try explaining that DS2 can only drink milk, then we talk about the things DS1 can eat, but he still gets a little upset on occasion. He just started getting molars I think, since he was super whiny last night and this morning and ibuprofen fixed it, so he needs to nurse more to feel better. I'd rather nurse than load him up with painkillers if I can, but the ibuprofen really does help a lot. He also goes to sleep so much faster nursing. 

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• shevaCC member

  August 2014

  I've been tandem nursing my newborn and my 28 month old too. I can nurse them both at the same time reasonably well in football holds. I tried lying back in bed using pillows to prop them up on either side but that doesn't really work for me.
  
  DD is in daycare during the week so we nurse at bedtime and sometimes early mornings. We'll see how this weekend goes with her home all day. Tandem nursing seems to be the best thing right now for her jealousy/feeling of being replaced.

  

  

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