Extended Breastfeeding Check-in, 12/15

[vvvvvfee]

For the purposes of this check-in, we will define extended breastfeeding as breastfeeding beyond 1 year. Questions are repeated and suggestions are appreciated!

1. How old is your LO?
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse?
3. What is your LO's most annoying nursing-related habit/quirk (nipple twiddling, skin pinching, hair pulling, etc.)?
4. What are your LO's favorite foods right now (besides mommy's milk)?

Pregnant & BFing Moms: How are you doing this week? Any issues with supply, pain, aversion? Questions for other moms?

Tandem Nursing Moms: How are you doing this week? Any current challenges? Questions for other moms?

Non-BFing question of the week: You find $10 on the street and decide to spend it on a splurge for yourself- what would you buy with it?

[vvvvvfee]

1. How old is your LO? 17 months
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 5-ish
3. What is your LO's most annoying nursing-related habit/quirk (nipple twiddling, skin pinching, hair pulling, etc.)? DS2 has very good nursing manners compared to DS1. Right now he is in the constant-switching-between-boob A-and-boob B phase, which is kinda annoying. Also he likes to rub his feet back and forth on me which kinda makes me nuts, but I'm hypersensitive to that sort of stuff.
4. What are your LO's favorite foods right now (besides mommy's milk)? Currently he's fixated on dried cranberries. I have some on top of the fridge in a clear storage container and he keeps pointing up there and saying "DAT"! Also chocolate- we have some round magnets on the fridge that are kind of m&m colored, and the other day he saw them while DH was holding him, said "COCO!", tried to eat one, and then got pissed when we took it away. (also i promise he eats other, non-sugary foods )

Non-BFing question of the week: You find $10 on the street and decide to spend it on a splurge for yourself- what would you buy with it? I want this Trader Joe's assortment of different honey varieties- but when I was there last they were out of stock.

[kensie5226]

1. How old is your LO? 13 months.
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 2
3. What is your LO's most annoying nursing-related habit/quirk (nipple twiddling, skin pinching, hair pulling, etc.)? Trying to pull down my shirt in order to get to my breast. Not cute.
4. What are your LO's favorite foods right now (besides mommy's milk)? She goes literally crazy for clementines. As in, if she see it before we get a chance to peel it she will chew off the peel and spit it out in order to get to the orange. She loves hot chocolate (I mean, who doesn't) peas, carrots, blueberries, yogurt, cheese.

Non-BFing question of the week: You find $10 on the street and decide to spend it on a splurge for yourself- what would you buy with it? A manicure (I found a $12 dollar one near my house so I'd have to chip in 2bucks plus tip).

[billyhorrible]

1. How old is your LO? 18 months
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 3-4
3. What is your LO's most annoying nursing-related habit/quirk (nipple twiddling, skin pinching, hair pulling, etc.)? putting his fingers in my mouth.
4. What are your LO's favorite foods right now (besides mommy's milk)? grapes and string cheese
Non-BFing question of the week: You find $10 on the street and decide to spend it on a splurge for yourself- what would you buy with it? I would probably take myself out to lunch.

[billyhorrible]

Dec 15, 2016 11:12:00 GMT -5 vvvvvfee said:

I want this Trader Joe's assortment of different honey varieties- but when I was there last they were out of stock.

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This same thing happened to me on Tuesday.

[BabyStandish]

1. How old is your LO? 23 months
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 6? I need to count one of these days. We've never had a schedule or certain time of day that he nurses. He did skip the morning/wake up feed this morning which is new.
3. What is your LO's most annoying nursing-related habit/quirk (nipple twiddling, skin pinching, hair pulling, etc.)? digs his fingers in my belly button
4. What are your LO's favorite foods right now (besides mommy's milk)? bananas, tortillas, cheese, eggs, cookies, ice cream, mac n cheese

Pregnant & BFing Moms: How are you doing this week? Any issues with supply, pain, aversion? Questions for other moms? I'm 17w and my supply is definitely continuing to drop. DS is still asking for it though. I've pretty much stopped offering the left side due to pain, but every once in awhile he'll ask for that side, but he never lasts long there.

Non-BFing question of the week: You find $10 on the street and decide to spend it on a splurge for yourself- what would you buy with it? 2 trips to a coffee shop and get a cappuccino each time

[sunfrogger88]

Hello!

1. 12.5mo
2. 4-6 x a day
3. Pinching my arm! And my nose!
4. We looove Mac and cheese!

GTKY: a coffee and croissant from Starbucks!

[seamonster]

1. How old is your LO? 22 months today

2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 0-1

3. What is your LO's most annoying nursing-related habit/quirk (nipple twiddling, skin pinching, hair pulling, etc.)? Hair pulling. I have to brush my hair before nursing otherwise tiny fingers get tangled

4. What are your LO's favorite foods right now (besides mommy's milk)? Crackers, cheese, raisins

Non-BFing question of the week: You find $10 on the street and decide to spend it on a splurge for yourself- what would you buy with it? Lattes

[geners]

1. How old is your LO? 12.5 mon
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 4-6 & usually once MOTN
3. What is your LO's most annoying nursing-related habit/quirk (nipple twiddling, skin pinching, hair pulling, etc.)? Right now, pulling my glasses off
4. What are your LO's favorite foods right now (besides mommy's milk)? Yogurt, cheese, meatballs, chicken

Non-BFing question of the week: You find $10 on the street and decide to spend it on a splurge for yourself- what would you buy with it? Nail polish and a bag of Dove chocolates

[vvvvvfee]

@amc25, from my own experience and from hearing about others' experiences here, it's common for LOs to lose interest in nursing during 2nd trimester. my DS1 did the same, sometimes going 2 days without asking to nurse (i had zero milk at that point), but once i started to get colostrum in in 3rd trimester, he regained some enthusiasm. i know you want to tandem nurse, so just trying to reassure you that if you have an enthusiastic nurser, he is probably going to hang in there through 3rd trimester.

[lilyelayne]

1. How old is your LO? - 21mo

2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? - he's sick so lots.

3. What is your LO's most annoying nursing-related habit/quirk (nipple twiddling, skin pinching, hair pulling, etc.)? - he's recently been really adamant about where we nurse, which is sometimes cute and sometimes ridiculous.

4. What are your LO's favorite foods right now (besides mommy's milk)? - tomatoes, satsumas, peanut butter


Non-BFing question of the week: You find $10 on the street and decide to spend it on a splurge for yourself- what would you buy with it? - nachos.

[lilyelayne]

DH and I are considering a week long trip to the Caribbean for our anniversary this spring. DS will be 2 years old (likely 25-26 months). It'll probably be the start for us TFAS.

I am having all of the feels about this. I'm leaning toward not going because a week is too long away. I don't think I want him to wean while I'm gone. Right now self weaning is still my goal. But if he weans in just a week then doesn't that mean he was ready? And I shouldn't feel bad?

Present illness aside he typically nurses ~4x during the day and none overnight. But he LOVES nursing. It obviously brings him joy. Which probably means he won't wean in just a week....? Right? And I could probably pump twice a day and keep enough supply..?

If it weren't for BF I'd happily take the trip.

ETA: considering taking a 2-3 day trip away next month to test the waters, so to speak.

[packmomma]

He'll be 16 months on the 22nd and nurses about 6 times a day (maybe once during the night too). He likes to pint at parts of my face and have me name them for him which is cute until he pokes me in the eye. Other than that he just likes to move a lot. He loves any kind of fruit and sugar snap peas. He also loves anything I put in a pouch because he gets to control it. He's very big into being in control.
I would buy a beautiful teal opi nail polish. I don't know the name of it but the last time I got a pedicure (over a year ago) I got it and loved it.

[packmomma]

kensie5226 +1 on the clementines. We've had to hide the bag because if he sees them he'll freak out. He does that with baby bell cheese too.

[seamonster]

lilyelayne He might be done by then. Maybe try putting him off for some of the feeds? Or ahprtening? I forced the issue on pre-nap nursing because he didn't need it at daycare to fall sleep. And at night I realized that he loves nursing, but he just needs a short time and it's more emotional then.

I think you should take the trip.

[vvvvvfee]

lilyelayne, i'd say see how it goes with a weekend trip first. plan to pump once or twice a day, and see how it goes when you come back.

my thinking would be that a week away from mommy and daddy PLUS weaning at that time is a lot to deal with for a 2-year-old. but it does depend on your LO's personality. my DS1 was still very, very into nursing at 2.

what about bringing him with you? i'm sure it would be easy enough to find a resort that had some kind of childcare. (that's my own hang-ups talking, though- i'd feel too guilty leaving my kid(s) for a week! but if you're hesitating, maybe it's something to consider.)

[byjove]

1. 12 months
2. A few times during the day and seemingly ALL night.
3. Face scratching and hair pulling for sure. Distracted nursing during the day is up there too.
4. We just offered pomegranate seeds for the first time and she LOVED them. She also just had her first cookie.

NonBFing QOTW: a 6 pack of evian

[lilyelayne]

Thanks for your input seamonster & vvvvvfee. I think I was unclear because my hope was to continue nursing as normal, be away for a week, and then resume nursing as normal. He's very independent & happy when away from me, but enjoys nursing very much when we're together.
But we're reconsidering the entire trip thanks to Zika, and I don't think there's anywhere in the continental US we'd spend an entire week sans kiddo. So it may be a moot point anyway.

[bluefairy5]

1. How old is your LO?
14 months

2. How many times per day does your LO nurse?
5-6 including overnight. Somehow we crept back up to 2 night feeds. Feh. I'm afraid to night wean her until after cold/flu season, though, because I have a feeling my supply will tank once I do.

3. What is your LO's most annoying nursing-related habit/quirk (nipple twiddling, skin pinching, hair pulling, etc.)?
Boobs = buffet. "This side. No, that side! No, this side! No, that side!" vvvvvfee I didn't realize that was an actual phase. That makes me feel better/like it will end eventually.

4. What are your LO's favorite foods right now (besides mommy's milk)?
Whatever I'm eating.

QOTW: Add $10 to weekend wine budget to get somethin' extra classy.

[hurricanerek]

Hi ladies! It's been a while but I'm still here! Just finding it hard to check in here as often now that I'm juggling two kids.

1. 2y4m

2. 0-4. She would nurse constantly if I let her. Some days if I keep her busy, she forgets to ask.

3. Lately her latch has been lazy and She's been leaving teeth marks.

4. Shrimp and French fries

Tandem: Things are going well. My big girl is sick so I'm super thankful she is still nursing right now. Little one seems to be keeping the germs away. @amc25 I though for sure my DD1 was weaned but as soon as my dd2 was born and she got a taste of my milk again, she was right back to nursing again. Kids are crazy.

GTKY: I guess it depends on location. Probably a soft pretzel and a Diet Coke.