Extended BF check-in 2/19

[jfresh]

Hi everyone! Sorry I am a day late this week, Oliver and I have both been sick and my mind is kind of mush.

For the purposes of this check in we are defining extended breast feeding as beyond one year. As always, if there is a question you'd like to see added please put it in your post (and tag me so I'm sure to see it!)

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse?

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy?

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF?

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it?

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? (you can tell I need to meal plan...)

[casey]

Sorry for the sickies, jfresh.

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse? 19 months, 2-3 times on weekdays, 4-5 times on weekends

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy? She is allergic to almond and WCM. She has oatmilk at DC and for usually one meal at home.

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF? We've been very fortunate - the dietary restrictions were not fun tho.

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it? She did it on her own after we did some gentle initial sleep training around 13m. She still nurses at night if sick.

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? (you can tell I need to meal plan...) You should ask DH. I usually do weekly meal plan, but he told me Sunday that planning for Thursday was silly. My guess is randoms.

[vvvvvfee]

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse? 30 months, 1-2

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy? He drinks a cup of WCM with his lunch at daycare.

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF? The early weeks were pretty grueling. Nursing while pregnant has also not been my most favorite thing.

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it? DS mostly did it on his own around 18 months. I encouraged him by trying to pass him to DH for MOTN comforting, and by limiting nursing session length.

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? (you can tell I need to meal plan...) I dunno. We have some leftover soup in the fridge, but I'm about to go to the supermarket, so maybe I'll get some inspiration there.

[mrssqueegy]

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse? 29 months, once or twice a day

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy? WCM

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF? Dealing with tongue and lip ties early on

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it? We partially night weaned around 14 months by only letting him nurse after 2am. By 17 months he was STTN on his own.

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? Thai green curry with chicken

[litzo27]

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse? 12 months, 3 times per day + 1 overnight.

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy? Just started WCM in a straw cup, she's not super into it.

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF? With DS1 it was the first two weeks: latch and falling asleep. with DS2 and DD it was several repeating clogged ducts.

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it? If she wakes up before 2 I usually rock vs. nurse and she's been sleeping longer lately. At some point (soon). I'll drop that last session at night cold turkey.

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? (you can tell I need to meal plan...) No idea. It was baked salmon yesterday but need to pick up something on the way home today. Maybe ground beef for tacos?

[lauranicole91]

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse? She will be 3 in three weeks! She nurses 3-5 times a day. She had cut back to 2-3 but my milk is starting to come in again (I'm 25weeks pregnant) so she has started asked for more again.

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy? About 16-20oz WCM a day.

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF? My biggest struggle was when I was pumping at work. I just barely pumped enough to keep up with her. And there were days DH had to bring her into my work so I could nurse because there was no milk at home. And o struggled a lot to GET my pump breaks at work. I really had to fight for them and got shit for it from 90% of my managers.

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it? I didn't night wean until 18m. We sleep trained at the same time and used a form of CIO and explaining to her that mmm-ahs will come back in the morning.

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? (you can tell I need to meal plan...) This is embarrassing, but I work nights (5:30-10pm) and usually just eat some snacky food at work as "dinner".

[Sparkly]

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse? 14 months today! Still on demand, but 3-5 times on work days (+ I pump once) and maybe 5-7 on weekends.

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy? No. We've been trying to introduce other milks but haven't found something she likes. She takes a sip or two, spits it out, then turns her head away every time I re-offer the cup. ATM I make her a little combo beverage of 3 parts WCM and 1 part hemp milk. It's had the most "success" and is quite delicious. I don't know why she won't drink more of it!

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF? I had a battle with thrush that lasted a month and a half, and that was probably my biggest challenge because my husband was traveling for work at the time, so I was very frustrated, tired, and alone. Other than that, it's been pretty much smooth sailing.

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it? not yet

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? (you can tell I need to meal plan...) I'm not sure...which is bad because it's in an hour and a half.

[jennlin]

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse?
i've officially passed the 3 year mark....i'm nursing a 3 year old!!!! and i'm also nursing a 16 month old...which means i'm nursing all the time.

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy?
no. on occasion, they might take a sip of my almond milk, but it is not part of their diet. i pump for my little one (he takes a bottle) and my big one just drinks water while i'm at work.

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF?
my FIL accepting NIP (he still doesn't), and my SIL who lives overseas visited us for about a minute and complained right away about NIP.

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it?
nope. i prefer night feeding..i wish they nursed all night and very little during the day.

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? (you can tell I need to meal plan...)
i don't know........i don't meal plan either.

[melody330]

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse? 13 months today! He is all over the place with nursing. If we are out and about hes too busy to be interested. Mostly bettwen 4-7 time a day and 1-2x overnight

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy?Since I stopped pumping last month he gets WCM at DC. If there is any left over from the day he can finish it with dinner, but he drinks water at meals when we are together

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF? We have been so lucky to not have too many issues. I had mastitis at 6 weeks, and that was horrible. Fighting for my right to pump at work (I am a teacher) was by far the hardest.

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it?Oh this is a process. I will have DH go in a put him back to sleep if it is before 3, but sometimes that doesn't work.

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? Left over chicken & broccoli alfredo from last night

[telos]

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse? DD is 22 months - we're down to 1-2x per day with a recent second-trimester supply drop, typically in the morning and/or when I get home from work.

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy? DD drinks WCM like a pro, with the occasional plea for chocolate milk. We haven't had any problems with the dairy.

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF? DD is and always has been an easy nursing baby. DS, on the other hand, struggled for the first three-five months, and then it was smooth-sailing until he self-weaned at 22 months. Biggest issues with him were poor latch, bleeding, repeat mastitis, thrush, oversupply and OALD.

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it? Yes! For a few months now. DH and I switched off, so that he put DD to sleep and I put DS to sleep. If DD woke up in the night, DH agreed to tend to DD. After a few nights, she was OK with the arrangement and now doesn't expect to nurse when I put her to sleep or if/when she wakes up in the night.

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? Fish chowder tonight, made with cod (+celery, carrots, corn, potatoes, etc.).

[Deleted]

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse? 35 mo, 1 or 2.

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy? He loves cow milk (we drink 2%), in fact I have to push water on him or he'd just drink milk all day. He's never liked any of the alternative milks we've tried.

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF? The early days were really hard. Sleepy nurser, shallow latch, OALD/OS. Then MSPI and criticism for nursing him "too much". I was too stubborn to give up and I'm glad I didn't.

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it? Yes, unless he's sick. We did sleep training and night weaning (sending DH in, instead of me) around the same time.. it took forever because he's as stubborn as me, so we worked on it from about 13 mo to 15 mo.

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? I dunno, we are always last minute.

[honeylemon]

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse? 18 months, 1-4 times a day

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy? She gets a sippy with WCM in the mornings. Mostly because that's what her brother gets and she wants whatever he has.

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF? With my first, it was flat nipples and a bad latch. I haven't really had much of a struggle this time thank goodness.

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it? Yes. She started STTN on her own around 10.5 months and stopped nursing in the middle of the night then.

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? (you can tell I need to meal plan...) Leftovers. That's my answer to this question a lot lately.

[coconuthead]

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse?

18 months and 4-6 times a day.

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy?

He drinks soy milk. He can't have cows milk and the jury is out on tree nuts.

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF? We've had thrush and mastitis and those sucked a lot. But I guess the hardest has been him just not feeling well and needed to be with me and nurse constantly. Now we know what is going on with him and he is feeling better it's been easier.

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it? No...I don't want to think about it right now!

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? (you can tell I need to meal plan...)

Tofu again.

[melisx33]

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse? Almost 15 months, nurses 3 times a day when I'm home, 2 times a day when I work (I work 7/10 days in a pay period).

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy? WCM once a day when I'm home, twice a day when I'm not home.

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF? Pumping was a real struggle at times. I was glad for it to be done after a year

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it? I weaned 12am feeding around 1 year. Since then, no middle of the night feedings which is nice.

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? (you can tell I need to meal plan...) Cheesy chicken and rice casserole . I'm pretty proud of myself since I've actually meal planned lately.

[primpergirl]

Hope you don't mind I'm posting on this one a few days late I posted a few times on the dump in D13 and TTC. Mostly a lurker.

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse? 14 months - during the week he nurses 2-3 times a day on the weekends around the clock, I swear!

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy? WCM at daycare and mealtimes.

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF? At first the oversupply, then when I went back to work making sure I made time to pump. Now I'm dealing with lopsided breasts and engorgement on one side. Righty is a DD and Lefty is an A.

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it? He just started sleeping in his crib at 12 months. We co-slept and he nursed off and on throughout the night. He wakes up once for 15 minutes and then goes back to sleep. I feel like a new person ha!

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? (you can tell I need to meal plan...) Not too sure yet, my kitchen floors are torn up at the moment... so probably pizza.

[TheAnalyticalMommy]

1. How old is LO and how many times a day do you nurse? 12 months and probably 4 times a day plus WCM

2. Does your child drink WCM or another milk like almond or soy? YUp! But only while at school. He won't touch it around me.

3. What was/has been your biggest struggle with BF? I think because i have been BF'ing him, he pretty much won't go to anyone else if i'm around. He's very attached. He also won't touch WCM around me anymore (it lost it's initial appeal i guess). It's been tough because when i'm around him, i can't get two seconds alone (Don't get me wrong, i love the attention!) but i've learned to do just about everything while holding him!

4. Have you weaned yet at night? If so, how did you do it? Still trying with no luck. Everytime we make progress he gets sick.

Non-BF question of the week
5. What's for dinner? (you can tell I need to meal plan...) NO IDEA YET! I might steal some ideas from here myself.