12/12 Mommy Milk Monday

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO?

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

Solids?

What is a BF memory you hope you'll never forget?

Questions/AW?

GTKY: is your hair short or long? What's your preference?

[lilyelayne]

Every week I post this, I think, is this the last week? I figure y'all will let me know. Or finish weaning ;-)

[seamonster]

How old is your LO? 22 months on Thursday. Where has the time gone?

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? 0-1. WCM at meals. I send a half gallon of milk to daycare each week and they tell me DS drinks a lot of milk. It doesn't seem like that much and he nurses the sippy cup at lunch at home. I don't know.

Solids? Pretty much everything. He loves corn on the cob.

What is a BF memory you hope you'll never forget? How snuggly and happy he was.

Questions/AW? Weaning is easier now. DS is asking a bit at night and I let him, but with a time limit. Some screaming, but then he calms down. We can still have special snuggles, but without the boobs

GTKY: is your hair short or long? What's your preference? Medium length. Just below my shoulders. I loved short, but not the maintenance.

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO? - 21mo

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? - typically 3-4x a day. We're not even to nap and I'm pretty sure he's nursed at least 5x already today.

Solids? - still really into citrus. One of his newest words is "peppernoni" which is pretty cute.

What is a BF memory you hope you'll never forget? - all the eye contact. From the floppy newborn stage to now, I love how present and together we are.

Questions/AW?

GTKY: is your hair short or long? What's your preference? - short, and I love it. Sometimes I miss ponytails and buns and curls for days, but I don't miss how heavy my hair was. Or how long it took to wash.

[agm04]

How old is your LO? 21 months

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? 1-3x nursing, 2-5x WCM.

Solids? yesterday she asked for french fries for breakfast. lol. (no she did not get them.)

What is a BF memory you hope you'll never forget? oh gosh. i could cry just thinking about all the good times. all the sweet snuggles.

Questions/AW? DH is in a hurry to take the pacifier away (she only gets it at nap/bed times), which makes me think we will never wean.

GTKY: is your hair short or long? What's your preference? about shoulder length now, but very long until i couldn't stand all the PP shedding. i don't really care...i am not as invested in my appearance as i should be.

[lilyelayne]

agm04 I don't think not having a strong preference on your hair length is a bad thing :-)

[nbad311]

How old is your LO? - almost 22 mos

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? - nursing 3-4x a week, usually at bedtime or in the evening. WCM daily, about 16oz/day

Solids? -
doesn't like: mac and cheese ( how tho ), blueberries, apple slices.... not even red delicious, the BEST kind of apple!
loves: any seasoned chicken breast, guacamole
(are you sure this is my kid?)


What is a BF memory you hope you'll never forget? - Gosh. Lots. I remember once when he was around 4-5 months old, I was nursing him as he was headed down for a nap, and he stopped and looked up at me and giggled and giggled... it was the best! The lullaby rendition of "Baby Mine" was playing on my phone... I was in tears.
I loved that our bday photographer got pics of us nursing before his bday party started, because it was always my goal to try and BF a year.
DH also snapped a pic of us as we were about to head out for our 3rd year anniversary dinner, and I was lookin' super fancy/pretty while nursing #FeltLikeABaller

Questions/AW? When it comes to eating meals, do you guys let your LO watch TV/ipad/other? Mine eats more/better if he's distracted by a show on TV. I feel like this is such a bad habit. About half the dinners we do at home involve ELMOS WORLD

GTKY: is your hair short or long? What's your preference? - it's medium length right now, but I prefer long!

[lilyelayne]

nbad311 red delicious is the worst kind of apple haha. My kid much prefers a whole apple to just slices. I take a couple bites to get it started and then hand the whole thing over.

We don't do screen time during meals or snacks, and I think my husband struggles with it more than the toddler ;-) I don't make DS sit at the table for snacks, though I offer it as an option. He usually chooses to sit in his chair in the living room instead. All meals are at the table.

DS used to do better at meals if we mostly ignored him, but now he acts out (throwing food, spilling things) less if we include him in conversation.

We mostly follow Ellyn Satter's feeding philosophy - I've only read on the website, I think agm04 may have read an actual book by her?

I have a history of disordered eating so doing my best to not pass that along.

[agm04]

nbad311 same for what lilyelayne said for us! DD wants to be included in conversation. I do have one of Ellyn Satter's books, but I've only read it in pieces. Good stuff!!

[seamonster]

We put electronics away at meals, except for video chatting. But we do read DS books at meals, especially if he's still eating and we're done. He does like to dump out his milk and then try to clean it up.

I'm trying to enforce meals and snacks at the table to keepyou house cleaner.

Red delicious are the worst apple.