10/31 Mommy Milk Halloween

[lilyelayne]

Sorry I missed last week!


How old is your LO?

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk?

Solids?

What was/is your BF goal with this LO? Would that differ for any future children?

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to in November?

[agm04]

How old is your LO? 20 months

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? nursing 2-4x/day, WCM 2-4x/day

Solids? she's gotten so good at handling full sized cheeseburgers.

What was/is your BF goal with this LO? Would that differ for any future children? a year was my goal, and i think it'll be the same with the next baby. i've enjoyed extended BF, but i also get overwhelmed thinking about weaning along with other being things we'll have to work on (like potty training and getting rid of the pacifier).

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to in November? THANKSGIVING!!!

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO? - he'll make 20 months on Saturday

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? - 3-4x/day, back up to 2-4x/night with his stuffy nose and sore throat.

Solids? - rough week because I haven't been cooking, so we've been picking up or eating out. If French fries are an option, he won't eat anything else.

What was/is your BF goal with this LO? Would that differ for any future children? - my initial goal was 1 year. Around 6mo I upped that to 2 years if he's willing. Now my goal is to let him self wean, which is sort of terrifying (there's no timeline!) and sort of relieving (little to no work on my part, other than the continued work of nursing!).

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to in November? - it's national novel writing month!!!!!11!!1!!one!!!!

[seamonster]

How old is your LO? 20 months

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? 1-2. Weaning is hard

Solids? Everything. He loves using silverware. And stabbing things with chopsticks.

What was/is your BF goal with this LO? Would that differ for any future children? It was until he got teeth and that wasn't so bad and then a year and then letting him self wean. I'm over self weaning so I'm trying to wean. At least a year is the goal for a future kid

Questions/AW? How do you get them to stop wanting to nurse for sleep. Weekend naps are he'll right now because I'm refusing to nurse.

GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to in November? BIL is touring with a band and will be here the weekend before Thanksgiving

[agm04]

seamonster i know that's gotta be hard! does he want to nurse to sleep, or nurse before sleep and go down awake? if the former, i'd try letting him nurse and then putting him down if you're up for a more drawn out process. then the next step could be a shorter session, etc. sometimes i tell DD she has one minute to nurse, and she'll latch on and then a few seconds later say "done!" - she gets it. but i really have no experience with weaning and dread it, so my advice is probably not worth a lot!

[seamonster]

Nov 2, 2016 6:54:29 GMT -5 agm04 said:

seamonster i know that's gotta be hard! does he want to nurse to sleep, or nurse before sleep and go down awake? if the former, i'd try letting him nurse and then putting him down if you're up for a more drawn out process. then the next step could be a shorter session, etc. sometimes i tell DD she has one minute to nurse, and she'll latch on and then a few seconds later say "done!" - she gets it. but i really have no experience with weaning and dread it, so my advice is probably not worth a lot!

If we start bedtime early enough he won't nurse to sleep and he'll go down on his own. If we do too early, he'll demand to nurse to sleep. And we're consistent not bedtime, but sometimes he's tired earlier.

Naps are hours of screaming at home if I won't nurse and he absolutely wants to nurse to sleep then. He's totally fine at daycare, even on the day he had a field trip and we returned for naptime. I drove him around on Saturday or he'd sleep without nursing.

Weaning is tough.

[agm04]

seamonster ugh that's so stressful. sleep issues are so hard to sort out. hugs to you.

[kartish]

seamonster weaning is rough! For V I started with naps, then once those sessions were gone, worked on bedtime and then cut out MOTN sessions last of all. It was easier that way then dreading every session.

Naps I tried shortening the time each day, but then he'd freak out. I got so frustrated that I just cut them cold turkey. Probably not the best plan but I was so done. We had a few rough days but them things normalized.

Bedtime I moved his nursing up so it wasn't the last thing, and kept it that way for a while. Then I began not not offer again when he popped off, but would still relatch if he asked. Then I would distract to prevent him asking for a bit. Then after the sessions got short I stopped automatically offering the bedtime boob. He asked for like a week, then one night he didn't ask and didn't again the next night so we were done then.

MOTN may not be an issue at this point, but that I just started other comfort options before offering, and eventually he stopped wanting the boob and wanted a drink or a cuddle instead.

It is not a fun process but you'll get there. Hopefully some of that helps a bit.