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Breastfeeding
vvvvvfee
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Extended BFing Check-in
vvvvvfee
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For the purposes of this check in we will define extended breastfeeding as breastfeeding beyond 1 year.
1. How old is your LO?
2. How many times a day is your LO nursing?
3. Does your LO nurse to sleep? If not, what is their bedtime routine like?
4. What is your LO's name for BFing?
Non-breastfeeding question of the week:
What do you usually eat for breakfast on weekdays?
1. How old is your LO?
2. How many times a day is your LO nursing?
3. Does your LO nurse to sleep? If not, what is their bedtime routine like?
4. What is your LO's name for BFing?
Non-breastfeeding question of the week:
What do you usually eat for breakfast on weekdays?
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Re: Extended BFing Check-in
2. How many times a day is your LO nursing? 4-6 (this may include some MOTN feeds)
3. Does your LO nurse to sleep? If not, what is their bedtime routine like?
I was going to say yes, but after reading @vvvvvfee 's response, no. She does nurse right before bed and she only nurses from my right boob. She lays across my lap to do that and then when she is done, she switches sides (so her feet aren't hanging off the bed) and falls to sleep after a few minutes of just laying on me. The process before all that is a bit of a problem as she hates having her teeth brushed, but after that's done and she nurses, she falls asleep pretty quickly. It did not used to be that way, so I'm thankful!
4. What is your LO's name for BFing? Boob. She also says "boob couch", because that's where I usually nurse her.
Non-breastfeeding question of the week:
What do you usually eat for breakfast on weekdays? 3 Eggo whole grain waffles with peanut butter and a banana
We nurse every night before bed, motn as needed. Weekends and other days we are together...lately, on demand and like a newborn. I was trying to wean back from the frequency but now she has a cold, and I feel bad and know that nursing helps her feel better.
Yes, she nurses to sleep for night and naps at home, though the one time I wasn't home, she went to bed just fine. She has her back patted on a cot at daycare for naps but naps only 1.5 hours there as opposed to 3 hours at home.
Noo noos is her name for nursing. She'll also climb on me, assume the cradle position and start pulling up my shirt or bring her boppy over and say "up peese".
It varies, usually yogurt and a banana or oatmeal or a muffin. Lately it's been a poptart and coffee...bad, I know.
1. How old is your LO? 31 mo. I had to think about that for a minute. These days I just say "he's two and a half".
2. How many times a day is your LO nursing? 1 or 2. We don't nurse after work anymore and sometimes he skips the morning nursing. On weekends sometimes he'll nurse after nap (we don't nurse to sleep for naps anymore). I think this is called natural weaning, it's been very slow and gradual.
3. Does your LO nurse to sleep? If not, what is their bedtime routine like? Yes he still nurses to sleep. He can go to bed with some snuggles if I'm not there.
4. What is your LO's name for BFing? "Nurse", we never really made up another name for it. He also calls my boobs "nurse" (e.g., if I'm changing my shirt he points and says "Mama, your nurse!").
Non-breastfeeding question of the week:
What do you usually eat for breakfast on weekdays? cereal or oatmeal and coffee.
1. Almost all night long and 4-5 times during the day
3. DD nurses to sleep and has developed her own nap/bed time ritual of books and songs to go with it. Her nap/bed time varies. But she can be relied on to go down or a nap four-ish hours after waking and go to bed six-ish hours after her nap.
4. She has just started calling breast milk "bibi bahtee" she also calls it "mama bahtee" or just "bibi". Cow's milk or any milk in her sippy is "bahtee".
5. I eat two eggs, sometimes in a cheese omlette and sometimes over medium, every morning. Some weeks we have beef bacon and I get to have that too. I always eat a lacto fermented Mexican carrot slaw with breakfast every morning. ETA: I forgot green tea and a ginger kombucha
4. What is your LO's name for BFing? "nan-nan," or lately, "mmm! nan nan." she came up with this name for it months ago. i think it's really cute.
2. How many times a day is your LO nursing? 4-6
3. Does your LO nurse to sleep? If not, what is their bedtime routine like? Yes
4. What is your LO's name for BFing? No word for it yet but I taught her the sign for "milk" so now she does the sign
Non-breastfeeding question of the week:
What do you usually eat for breakfast on weekdays? I'm bad....usually just coffee
13.5 months
2. How many times a day is your LO nursing?
5-6
3. Does your LO nurse to sleep? If not, what is their bedtime routine like?
Yes though she takes sippy 1xweek when I work late.
4. What is your LO's name for BFing?
She was saying Milk a few weeks ago and now points and says Bah or something like that. I keep trying to get her back to milk but wonder if she's aiming for something closer to boob!?
What do you usually eat for breakfast on weekdays? Does DDs leftovers count for my breakfast? If I do make something for myself she ends up eating it anyway! I usually go for ceral, oatmeal or wait til I get to work for yougurt and a banana if I'm rushed.
-My step-daughter is 12 years old.
-BFP #1 on 9/2/12, D&C 10/18/12 no heartbeat on US @ 10 weeks.
-BFP #2 on 1/7/13, R was born on 9/22/13 via C-Section
1. How old is your LO? 15 months!
2. How many times a day is your LO nursing? 6+
3. Does your LO nurse to sleep? If not, what is their bedtime routine like? We bedshare so he is still nursing to sleep plus a MOTN nursing session.
4. What is your LO's name for BFing? He signs for milk and sometimes says "mil"
Non-breastfeeding question of the week:
What do you usually eat for breakfast on weekdays? Oatmeal and strong coffee. Occasionally we'll treat ourselves to bacon and egg burritos from the place a block over. Yum!
2. How many times a day is your LO nursing? 2 - morning and before bed.
3. Does your LO nurse to sleep? If not, what is their bedtime routine like? She has a bath, gets into PJs and we brush teeth, then DH reads her a story. Then we nurse, and then we go around the room and she turns off the light and says goodnight to a few inanimate objects, then she has a drink of water, we turn on her noise machine, and she goes into her crib. She generally talks to her "baby" for a few mins and then passes out.
4. What is your LO's name for BFing? Nu-nu
Non-breastfeeding question of the week:
What do you usually eat for breakfast on weekdays? DD's leftovers + coffee? Hah. Cereal, generally.
2. How many times a day is your LO nursing? 2, morning/wakeup and bedtime
3. Does your LO nurse to sleep? If not, what is their bedtime routine like? She nurses at bedtime but not to sleep. We do bath, PJs, books, nurse. Sometimes she dozes while nursing but mostly she's awake. When she's done, it's sleep sack and into the crib with her bunny, doll, and 2 blankets.
4. What is your LO's name for BFing? Boo-boo
Non-breastfeeding question of the week:
What do you usually eat for breakfast on weekdays? Cereal at home, large travel mug of coffee in the car on the way to work.
2. At least 4x
3. He nurses right before going into crib drowsy. This is a recent thing as he used to nurse to sleep. I'm thrilled with the change, and he did it on his own.
4. He calls it milk in his baby talk.
5. I eat oatmeal & coffee. Alex eats cream of wheat or frozen waffles and fruit.