Tata Tuesday...a day late

[fish8412]

Hi ladies!  I didn't see a thread from yesterday so here it goes!

1.  How many times a day are you nursing/pumping?
2.  Does nursing/pumping frequency increase on the weekends?
3.  What other type of milk (besides breast milk) does your LO drink?
4.  What is something cute that your LO does while nursing?

[fish8412]

1. How many times a day are you nursing/pumping?
nursing 2-3 times a day

2. Does nursing/pumping frequency increase on the weekends?
Nope.

3. What other type of milk (besides breast milk) does your LO drink?
Just breast milk. Freezer stash is still alive.

4. What is something cute that your LO does while nursing?
Before bedtime nursing we read to LO and she sits in my lap. When she is ready for milk she pulls down my shirt, points to my boobs and has a huge smile on her face. It is so cute. I'm so glad she still enjoys nursing.

[Deleted]

1. We are still nursing at least 6 times a day. Sometimes she will add a quick session in the evening making it 7. My nipples are getting pretty sore. I'm pretty sure that has something to do with me being pregnant. My supply seems to have dropped some. I'm hoping that we can start dropping some sessions if she will ever decide to like WCM,

2. Since I am with her all day everyday, the frequency is the same.

3. She will take sips of 1% milk. I am starting with that and then I plan to slowly transition to whole milk with vitamin D.

4. She holds my boob between her finger and thumb.It is so cute but kinda weird at the same time. she also plays with my with her feet. I always love it when she looks up at me and smiles. All wonderfully cute moments that I cherish!

[fishbulb]

Thanks for getting the ball rolling, fish8412! It's finals week here and I'm beyond busy. Plus our kitchen sink decided to start leaking everywhere today so I had to interrupt my grading to trek out to Home Depot.

1. How many times a day are you nursing/pumping?
3 or 4, depending on if he wakes up MOTN and want to nurse.

2. Does nursing/pumping frequency increase on the weekends?
Yes - he likes to nurse to sleep when I'm around, so he'll comfort nurse for a few minutes before each nap.

3. What other type of milk (besides breast milk) does your LO drink?
WCM. Took to it like a champ at 11 1/2 months when the freezer stash ran out and formula gave him diarrhea.

4. What is something cute that your LO does while nursing?
If he's tired he rubs his head. If he's really tired he squirms and flails around while barely hanging on to my nipple. I refer to it as Toddler Cirque de Soleil.

[katka512]

1. She is nursing once a day, in the morning.
2. Nope, I sah so the frequency is the same.
3. She just drinks wcm and BM.
4. When I get her out of bed in the morning and start walking toward my room to nurse, she starts signing milk, pointing, and gets the biggest smile on her face. It's so cute. Then she tries to pull up my shirt when I sit down.
I'm glad she still enjoys it and I love that it's the first thing we both do every day.

[katka512]

I finally bought my first non nursing bra since lo was born! I went to Soma to get fitted and I'm back to prepregnancy size. Although my prepregnancy bras I already have don't fit quite the same. My Soma bra is so comfortable. I've never had a nice, fancy bra before and I love it :-)

[ellabee]

I'm late to the game. This week has been crazy busy.

fish8412, I'm so impressed that you still have a freezer stash! It was a sad day when I used mine up. I always liked opening my freezer and seeing all of my bags lined up.

1. How many times a day are you nursing/pumping?\
Twice. Morning and bedtime.

2. Does nursing/pumping frequency increase on the weekends?
Nope.

3. What other type of milk (besides breast milk) does your LO drink?
WCM. I'm pretty relieved that it's going well. We went through so many months of the "is it dairy intolerance/sensitivity" game, that it's nice to feel like we have a definitive answer.

4. What is something cute that your LO does while nursing?
I love when something makes her smile while she's latched on. It's adorable how she tries to smile and nurse at the same time. I also love how she giggles when I ask her if she wants milk from mama.

[fish8412]

@ellabee Thanks! I pumped A LOT. It was tons of work, but worth it. Like you, I will be sad when my deep freezer is empty. My husband on the other hand, is excited to use it for meat. Lol. That is so cute that your LO giggles when you offer milk!

[ellabee]

May 14, 2015 19:21:03 GMT -5 fish8412 said:

@ellabee Thanks! I pumped A LOT. It was tons of work, but worth it. Like you, I will be sad when my deep freezer is empty. My husband on the other hand, is excited to use it for meat. Lol. That is so cute that your LO giggles when you offer milk!

Hahah yes - my freezer stash space has already been claimed by meat. DH thought it would be a good idea to split a cow with some friends... Seriously like the most meat I've ever seen.

[sanibel21]

How do you know when its time to wean? I've started getting nervous about it getting more difficult to wean the older she gets. So I cut out the daytime sessions and just nursed morning and night yesterday. But I'm a little sad!

[katka512]

I've wondered when we'll wean totally too. We are just nursing in the morning. I like it since it's really the only time she'll snuggle with me. And she still signs milk when waking.
I think we'll probably end up weaning when we have a night away from her sometime this summer. It's seems like more of a natural time to stop.
So that brings me to my question: has anyone who just nurses once a day missed that session, then started again a day or two later without drying up?

[jtizzay]

I've been taking a break from he board to get over my loss. I'm on fb bc it doesn't bug me. When I'm on here I am reminded of my non bmb d15. Does that make sense?

I nurse am and pm. I dropped my pumps.

Yes on the weekend I nurse one extra time.

She gets almond. No wcm for me

I love her bird open mouth when she's looking for boob. I also love the smiles

[jtizzay]

May 14, 2015 19:21:03 GMT -5 fish8412 said:

@ellabee Thanks! I pumped A LOT. It was tons of work, but worth it. Like you, I will be sad when my deep freezer is empty. My husband on the other hand, is excited to use it for meat. Lol. That is so cute that your LO giggles when you offer milk!

I pumped a lot too. I am going to be so sad. B gets one almond milk bottle for supplement just so the stash last longer and we have some flexibility but I think I'm going to cry

[jtizzay]

May 21, 2015 10:30:59 GMT -5 katka512 said:

I've wondered when we'll wean totally too. We are just nursing in the morning. I like it since it's really the only time she'll snuggle with me. And she still signs milk when waking.
I think we'll probably end up weaning when we have a night away from her sometime this summer. It's seems like more of a natural time to stop.
So that brings me to my question: has anyone who just nurses once a day missed that session, then started again a day or two later without drying up?

I've skipped nursing her at night and honestly by the am I was super uncomfortable. Like not rock hard but uncomfortable. I am hopeful I will wean when I get pregnant again ;/

[fish8412]

May 21, 2015 19:45:22 GMT -5 jtizzay said:

I've been taking a break from he board to get over my loss. I'm on fb bc it doesn't bug me. When I'm on here I am reminded of my non bmb d15. Does that make sense?

I nurse am and pm. I dropped my pumps.

Yes on the weekend I nurse one extra time.

She gets almond. No wcm for me

I love her bird open mouth when she's looking for boob. I also love the smiles

I'm glad that nursing is still going well for you!  When I stopped pumping it was such a relief.  

[Deleted]

I have some exciting news!!! E is drinking skim milk!!! I am so relieved. No I feel like I can wean without her missing any necessary nutrients. I will slowly transition her to whole milk but I started with skim milk bc it's thin like BM.

Also, I am starting the weaning process. We were nursing 6 or more times a day and now we are down to 4. I was hoping she would self-wean due to my pregnancy but it doesn't look like that is going to happen. I want her to be fully weaned for a few months bf the new baby arrives so she doesn't feel completely displaced.

Edit: stupid autocorrect corrects my words to something that shouldn't go there. So frustrating!

[sanibel21]

May 22, 2015 7:37:55 GMT -5 @babylentilbean said:

I have some exciting news!!! E is drinking skim milk!!! I am so relieved. No I feel like I can wean without her missing any necessary nutrients. I will slowly transition her to whole milk but I started with skim milk bc it's thin like BM.

Also, I am starting the weaning process. We were nursing 6 or more times a day and now we are down to 4. I was hoping she would self-wean due to my pregnancy but it doesn't look like that is going to happen. I want her to be fully weaned for a few months bf the new baby arrives so she doesn't feel completely displaced.

Edit: stupid autocorrect corrects my words to something that shouldn't go there. So frustrating!

That's awesome she's drinking skim milk! I'm gonna try it!

[fishbulb]

Is anyone else having issues with sore nipples? I even noticed some blood in the first few drops of BM. I feel like he has forgotten how to latch properly now that he has a bunch of teeth. Any advice?

[Deleted]

fishbulb, my nipples have been sore but I think it's more related to being pregnant.