Extended Breastfeeding Check-in, 2/2

[vvvvvfee]

1. How old is your LO?
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse?
3. Were you BF as a baby? Did your mom's BFing/FFing you have an effect on your decision to BF?
4. What is your favorite nipple cream? Do you still use it regularly or have you "outgrown" it?

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, suggested by lilyelayne: What is your favorite room in your house and why?

[billyhorrible]

1. How old is your LO? 19 months
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 2-4
3. Were you BF as a baby? Did your mom's BFing/FFing you have an effect on your decision to BF? I was breastfed for 3 months. It didn't have an effect on my decision, because my brother wasn't (illness made it so he couldn't digest it) and he's amazing.
4. What is your favorite nipple cream? Do you still use it regularly or have you "outgrown" it? I never used nipple cream.
Non-BFing question of the week, suggested by lilyelayne: What is your favorite room in your house and why?The "nursery." It has the best lighting and it's the cleanest since it's really only used for sleep.

[BabyStandish]

1. How old is your LO? 2
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 1
3. Were you BF as a baby? Did your mom's BFing/FFing you have an effect on your decision to BF? yes and yes. She BF'd all 5 of us kids and was there helping me in the beginning.
4. What is your favorite nipple cream? Do you still use it regularly or have you "outgrown" it? I don't use it anymore. I used lanisoh or whatever, but only used it for a couple of weeks.

Pregnant & BFing Moms: How are you doing this week? Any issues with supply, pain, aversion? Questions for other moms? I'm ready to be done. He only nurses for nap time right now. I just have no idea how to put him down for naps. I've tried limiting the length of his nursing sessions, but it just throws him into a tantrum. So far the only thing that has worked is putting him in the car and going on a drive.

Non-BFing question of the week, suggested by lilyelayne: What is your favorite room in your house and why? I guess the living room since that's where I spend the majority of the time. Looks wise I like our laundry room and guestroom since we've painted and taken down the popcorn ceilings in those rooms. Next up is the master bedroom.

[vvvvvfee]

1. How old is your LO? 18 months
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 4-5
3. Were you BF as a baby? Did your mom's BFing/FFing you have an effect on your decision to BF? I was BF. I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to nurse longer than my mom (around 12m) because I started sucking my thumb after I was weaned, and I wanted to keep LO from that habit. That all worked out with DS1, but now I have DS2, who spontaneously started sucking his thumb at 9 months, despite regular BFing.
4. What is your favorite nipple cream? Do you still use it regularly or have you "outgrown" it? I like the Earth Mama Angel Baby nipple cream. I used it when the kids were newborns, and I also used it after each pumping session at work. So I stopped using it around 14 months with each kid (when I stopped pumping).

Non-BFing question of the week, suggested by lilyelayne: What is your favorite room in your house and why? I like our living room. There is a big picture window with double-hung windows on either side, so there's lots of light. We have a birdfeeder in the hedge outside and we all like sit on the sofa in front of the windows and watch the birds.

BabyStandish, what is your current technique for putting LO down for naps? if LO is napping on his own, maybe you'd want to try having him nap in your bed, so you can lie down with him and cuddle until he falls asleep?

[BabyStandish]

vvvvvfee I'll try that. Right now I've been trying to nurse him to sleep in his bed, but since I am limiting the time it just makes him more mad when I pull away. I've tried telling him "milk is all gone/empty" and he just won't accept that. He also currently has a cold so I'm sure that doesn't help things.

[vvvvvfee]

BabyStandish, try keeping him in your bed- bonus: maybe you could also take a nap! have you tried offering a substitute beverage after nursing? warm milk with honey, or something else that's really appealing to him?

[lilyelayne]

1. How old is your LO? - 23mo on Sunday

2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? - 4+/day, 1/night thanks to illness except last night when it was 4x

3. Were you BF as a baby? Did your mom's BFing/FFing you have an effect on your decision to BF? - no. I was 12 weeks early and never learned to latch. Mom pumped for a while but I was mostly formula fed. She breastfed my older sister for 9mo, though, and told me I should absolutely nurse DS because she loved nursing my sister and was so sad I didn't/couldn't.
I can't say that influenced my decision but her support didn't hurt.

4. What is your favorite nipple cream? Do you still use it regularly or have you "outgrown" it? - I like different ones for different reasons. Lanolin was the best with a newborn. Now I use coconut oil if I need to, mostly for menstrual cycle related sensitivity.

Non-BFing question of the week, suggested by lilyelayne: What is your favorite room in your house and why? - can I say our back deck? It's attached to the house.

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DS has his first ear infection and is therefore taking his first antibiotic. Anyone want to recommend a pediatric probiotic? Or is yogurt for breakfast every day good enough?

[vvvvvfee]

lilyelayne, i'd go for yogurt, personally. but you can also just buy adult probiotics that come in capsule form, open the capsule, and pour the powder into LO's food or swab it on his gums.

[byjove]

1. 13 months
2. 8-10x probably more
3. I was until 18 months or so, and I guess it encouraged me to do so. Neither of my sisters were bf as long (my older sister just 2 weeks)
4. The earth mama baby angel nipple balm. I've only needed it in the beginning. I am sensitive to wool so skipped the lanolin.

What is your favorite room in your house and why? I guess our living room. At the back of the house, it is 2 floors up and we have several trees just outside the big windows in our post stamp size yard, so it feels kind of like you are in the woods.

[packmomma]

1. How old is your LO? 17 months
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? About 4-6 and no motn's right now (yay!)
3. My mom bf and pumped for the first year with me and was very supportive in my breastfeeding my son for the first year. Since he's over a year old she has decided it's weird and I should cover myself, not feed in public, etc., and it's quite strange to me. And asks me when I'm going to stop...a lot.
4. What is your favorite nipple cream? Do you still use it regularly or have you "outgrown" it? Earth Mama's nipple butter. I still use it when ds is teething or sick (he refuses most solids while sick) and my nipples are sore. It works and it's not greasy like lanolin and absorbs nicely.

Non-BFing question of the week, suggested by lilyelayne: What is your favorite room in your house and why? My whole house is in different states of construction and I'm an unsettled in all of them. But my favorite place is my recliner. We got it when I was pregnant and I've slept in it many times when ds was a baby and even now if my back or knees are hurting my dog and I will curl up together.

[packmomma]

lilyelayne does that work well for the menstrual sensitivity? I've been trying ny usual nipple butter and it's not helping and my cycle is killing me with sensitivity.

[lilyelayne]

Feb 3, 2017 21:02:49 GMT -5 packmomma said:

lilyelayne does that work well for the menstrual sensitivity? I've been trying ny usual nipple butter and it's not helping and my cycle is killing me with sensitivity.

Ehhh it's no magic cure but I find it helps. Maybe try applying more frequently?
You can also try a warm compress just before nursing if you know he's going to nurse or if he'll wait a couple minutes after asking.

Reading to DS while nursing is my best distraction technique.

If he'll let you, you might try snacking to distract yourself. Nuts or M&Ms maybe. Never tried it for nip sensitivity cause my kid would want my snack, but it's my go to tattoo coping mechanism :-P

[bluefairy5]

1. How old is your LO?
15 months (p.s. Hi! I'm sorry I've been so bad about participating over here lately.)

2. How many times per day does your LO nurse?
~3 on weekdays, ~5-6 on weekends.

3. Were you BF as a baby? Did your mom's BFing/FFing you have an effect on your decision to BF?
I was, and it didn't so much affect my decision to try as it did my soldiering through the early weeks. My mom was there to tell me based on lived experience that supplementing with formula early on didn't have anything to do with whether we had a successfull EBF relationship later. As were you ladies!

4. What is your favorite nipple cream? Do you still use it regularly or have you "outgrown" it?
I was all about bacitracin+hydrocortisone+coconut oil. I was able to stop using anything once she was about 8-10 weeks and her latch corrected a lot.

Non-BFing question of the week, suggested by lilyelayne: What is your favorite room in your house and why?
We're in an apartment, and we're on a high, east-facing floor, so it's really cheerfully bright in the mornings, and when the moon is around full, it stays in view most of the evening.

[lilyelayne]

packmomma do you take calcium+magnesium during your cycle? I usually do cause otherwise my letdown takes eleventy billion years, and I think it helps the nip sensitivity too.
Or maybe the dry nursing for 10 minutes makes it worse, and the Ca+Mg fixes that problem. Who knows.

[packmomma]

Feb 7, 2017 21:09:42 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

packmomma do you take calcium+magnesium during your cycle? I usually do cause otherwise my letdown takes eleventy billion years, and I think it helps the nip sensitivity too.
Or maybe the dry nursing for 10 minutes makes it worse, and the Ca+Mg fixes that problem. Who knows.

I don't but I'll check out kelly mom for recs. I can usually tell where my cycle is just based on how much it hurts while he nurses so I'm willing to try anything.

[lilyelayne]

Feb 8, 2017 15:08:47 GMT -5 packmomma said:

Feb 7, 2017 21:09:42 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

packmomma do you take calcium+magnesium during your cycle? I usually do cause otherwise my letdown takes eleventy billion years, and I think it helps the nip sensitivity too.
Or maybe the dry nursing for 10 minutes makes it worse, and the Ca+Mg fixes that problem. Who knows.

I don't but I'll check out kelly mom for recs. I can usually tell where my cycle is just based on how much it hurts while he nurses so I'm willing to try anything.

kellymom.com/bf/can-i-breastfeed/herbs/natural-treatments/#calcium

[sunfrogger88]

1. 14.5mo

2. I can't remember. 4-5? On days we just hang she does a LOT of drive by. But in busy days she's just fine.

3. Yes for 3 wks then my mom didn't anymore due to supply issues from a death in the family /stress. It is why I wanted to....

5. Bamboobles and medela lanolin. I don't use it anymore.

6. I love my daughters room. It's my favorite.

[BabyStandish]

I don't see a thread yet for today and I don't want to start one . But it looks like we are officially done nursing. I'm really proud to have made it to 25 months and to 24 weeks pregnant. It's been a week since DS has nursed. He still asks for it on occasion, but he's fine with me saying that they are all empty/gone. Nap time is still a struggle, but I know over time that will get better. Thank you for all the support over the past year. Hopefully I'll be in the NB check-in here in 3 months.

[lilyelayne]

Congrats BabyStandish!

[bluefairy5]

BabyStandish, Congrats! That's a huge accomplishment!

[byjove]

BabyStandish, Congrats! I hope you are able to enjoy a couple months of boob freedom

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Haven't been around for a long time. Hope it's cool if I check in.

Super proud of you BabyStandish!

1. How old is your LO? 2
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? Once or less
3. Were you BF as a baby? Did your mom's BFing/FFing you have an effect on your decision to BF? I was breastfeed for about 6 months with formula. My sister for less time. Breastfeeding is just how you feed babies in our family so there was no other real thing I thought of doing. My mom was weirdly not the most supportive though and she frequently asks "he's still getting boobies?" I think extended nursing just freaks her out.
4. What is your favorite nipple cream? Do you still use it regularly or have you "outgrown" it? I used Lanisoh at the beginning as needed but didn't love or hate it. I'm open to trying others next time.


Non-BFing question of the week, suggested by lilyelayne: What is your favorite room in your house and why? It's not my house so I don't know that I have a favorite room. I like different rooms for different things though I guess our living room is my favorite since it's where we spend time as a family.