Extended Breastfeeding Check-in, 3/30

[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. How long do your nursing sessions tend to be?
4. Are you dealing with any BFing-related challenges right now?

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-breastfeeding question of the week: What are you most looking forward to about spring?

[geners]

I'm not days late for once!

1. How old is your LO? 16 months on Sat.
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 2-4x, including once MOTN (sigh) or very early morning, and once at bedtime
3. How long do your nursing sessions tend to be? Around 20 min is probably average
4. Are you dealing with any BFing-related challenges right now? Nothing BFing specifically, but C is going through more oz in a day than I can pump anymore (I still pump 2x a day most workdays, about to drop down to 1x with the goal of never pumping again after he reaches 18 months) so I imagine we'll burn through the remaining freezer stash pretty quickly - I think it is time to try WCM. I hope it goes well.

Non-breastfeeding question of the week: What are you most looking forward to about spring? Oh I love spring. Going from cold, grey, dreary to sunshine, blue skies, green grass, flowers blooming... it's the BEST. And I can't wait to play outside with C. I want to get him a water table, sandbox, pool, slide... I just want to be outdoors allll day long as soon as it's nice enough.

[billyhorrible]

kelltothekell, How's her weight gain? If she's gaining fine, I wouldn't worry too much about the 2% at daycare. She's still getting lots of good fats from nursing the food she's eating.

[sammysam]

kelltothekell Here (in Canada) whole milk is recommended until at least 2 years of age (because of the impotrance of fat content for brain development etc). That being said, because you're still BFing also it probably doesn't really matter. I would do whatever you feel most comfortable with!

[vvvvvfee]

kelltothekell, you shouldn't restrict fat intake at this age. if it were me, i would bring in my own whole milk. i'm also kind of a control freak and i would want to restrict how much milk they were able to offer. buuuuuut, if we're talking only 1 cup a day here, and LO is a good eater, i'm sure it's fine. ( Infants, Toddlers Should Not Restrict Fat Intake, Experts Say- this is an old article but the AAP still recommends no fat restriction before age 2).

when i stopped pumping (around 14 months for both kids) i was just sending approx 6-8 oz of WCM with their lunch and still nursing 4 or more times per day at home. you don't want to go too crazy with the milk, because it fills them up and then they don't have as good an appetite for other solids (which can lead to anemia).

[billyhorrible]

1. How old is your LO? 21 months
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 1-2, although yesterday he nursed twice during the day, which he doesn't normally do, but he was home sick and I thought it would help keep him hydrated.
3. How long do your nursing sessions tend to be? Anywhere from 15 minutes to 90 minutes. Depending on when they are and how tired he is.
4. Are you dealing with any BFing-related challenges right now? Not really. I'm definitely ready to be done when he starts sleeping better.



Non-breastfeeding question of the week: What are you most looking forward to about spring? Blueberry picking season!

[sammysam]

1. How old is your LO? 3 years

2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 2-4

3. How long do your nursing sessions tend to be? They are getting longer. Anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour. Over night only a few minutes (and only if she is having trouble getting herself back to sleep and asks for it)

4. Are you dealing with any BFing-related challenges right now? Nope. All good!

Non-breastfeeding question of the week: What are you most looking forward to about spring? We're TFAS so I'm looking forward to hopefully getting pregnant.

[jewel441]

1. How old is your LO? 13 months next week
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 6-8 with 1 overnight
3. How long do your nursing sessions tend to be? About 5 minutes, she was always a quick nurser
4. Are you dealing with any BFing-related challenges right now? I don't want to wean or anything but I wish we could cut back a little, it still feels like a lot of sessions, even through they are quick... I try to offer solids first for some but it usually only delays the nursing.

Non-breastfeeding question of the week: What are you most looking forward to about spring?
I am an East Coast transplant to Texas and we haven't been here long so I feel like our Spring was like 1 week in February before it became 85 degrees. It already feels like summer to me, although I know that summer here feels a bit different! But I am loving the sunshine and hot weather! We eat lunch outside almost everyday and have been planting new stuff every weekend!

[vvvvvfee]

1. How old is your LO? 20 months
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 4
3. How long do your nursing sessions tend to be? OMG i am in awe of you guys that can tolerate an hour-long nursing session! @_@ we are at 10-15 minutes tops. lately he hasn't been that interested in nursing before bed and sometimes only does 5 minutes.
4. Are you dealing with any BFing-related challenges right now? Nothing major- DS still switches back and forth between boobs a lot, which is mildly annoying.

Non-breastfeeding question of the week: What are you most looking forward to about spring? The kids getting run-around-outside time to tire them out!

[lilyelayne]

1. How old is your LO? - 2 years

2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? - 3-6x in 24 hours

3. How long do your nursing sessions tend to be? - depends on the session, if he's feeling snuggly, if I'm feeling snuggly, if I don't want to deal with parenting and would rather nurse & read or play on my phone. But if neither one of us is lingering for other reasons, maybe 10 minutes.

4. Are you dealing with any BFing-related challenges right now? - MOTN wake ups again. Zzzzzzzzz. I said I'd night wean after two years but I haven't found the motivation to deal with it.


Non-breastfeeding question of the week: What are you most looking forward to about spring? - been loving the warm weather, lots of meals outside on the deck. First beach trip of the year is next month!

[iqeb]

1. How old is your LO? 19 months (and 38+4)
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? A lot but only between 7am and 7:30 pm.
3. How long do your nursing sessions tend to be? Highly variable.
4. Are you dealing with any BFing-related challenges right now? Not really.

Pregnant & BFing Moms: How are you doing this week? Any issues with supply, pain, aversion? Questions for other moms? Not too bad. Since I can still easily squeeze a bit of milk out after my toddler finishes nursing I'm feeling more confident that I'll have enough milk in the first few days for the baby. My milk was slow to come in the first time and that was very stressful.

Non-breastfeeding question of the week: What are you most looking forward to about spring? Meeting my son? Otherwise, we're already enjoying great weather that makes it easier to be out of the house.

[byjove]

1. 15.5 months
2. a couple times during the day, ALL NIGHT
3. 20 minutes or so
4. Finally brought DD to the ped yesterday because sleep is just terrible. Severe double ear infection. But now she is reacting to the antibiotic and it's causing a bad reflux flare. She only wants to sleep hooked up to the boob and I just want to cry.

NONBFQOTW: Being outside all day. Getting our garden going.

[lilyelayne]

byjove hopefully LO is healthy again soon!

[billyhorrible]

Mar 31, 2017 20:00:10 GMT -5 kelltothekell said:

Thanks for the input ladies. I'll prob stay with 2% at daycare since it's provided and she still nurses and gets pumped milk. I looked at some literature from my doc and they said whole or 2%.

Dd is anemic though which worries me.

I don't think the type of milk is going to matter for the anemia. They have the same amount of iron in them (both very low)

[sunfrogger88]

1. 16mo
2. 3-4
3. Like 10 min at most. Usually 5-10. Except for bedtime.
4. Newp!

Nonbf - I just want to be outside! So does my DD.