I think you can do both. Just might take slowly dropping your day pumps/ feeds and getting lo on whole milk or frozen bm by the conference, pumping twice a day, and bringing the milk home. You can't control whether lo will still nurse- but she could give that up anytime.
Post by SpinsOffResonance on Jan 20, 2015 9:11:09 GMT -5
I breastfed DD1 for 15months. Sometime around 11-12m she dropped to only a wake up and bedtime feeding. No nursing during the day at all. I went away for 2 days. Left DH pumped BM for those two feedings. She never took the bottles, refused them all. When I came back she happily went back to nursing. So like becole said if you don't want to quit you might not have to entirely.
I have a feeling she's going to self wean in the next few months. Last night at bedtime, which is usually one of her best nursing sessions, she just wasn't having it. Likely what lead to our crap night of sleep. But nothing I did, dim lights, no noise, regular routine chilled her out enough to focus. So who knows, maybe I'll get to May and just be done by no will of my own. All that aside, both of you becole and SpinsOffResonance gave me great things to think about and provide a ray of hope. You're the best ladies.
SpinsOffResonance (or anyone else with experience), when they drop a feeding like you described, does that mean that you offer the breast and they just don't take it? I don't really understand the concept of self-weaning I don't think.
SpinsOffResonance (or anyone else with experience), when they drop a feeding like you described, does that mean that you offer the breast and they just don't take it? I don't really understand the concept of self-weaning I don't think.
Kind of wondering about this too after a weird day. What exactly does dropping a feed look like?
I would think its when lo stretches their feeds so far you've dropped one? I normally prompt lo to eat these days, not the other way around so idk how this works. Especially with bottles and daycare.
SpinsOffResonance (or anyone else with experience), when they drop a feeding like you described, does that mean that you offer the breast and they just don't take it? I don't really understand the concept of self-weaning I don't think.
When DD1 started weaning she just wouldn't nurse. I used to always offer the boob first when she was hungry then give her solids (we did BLW) .The first feeding she dropped was the afternoon nursing session. One day she was crying, hunger cries. It was the usual nursing time. I tried to nurse, she would latch for 2seconds, come off and scream. Tried again, same things. Tried again,still wouldn't nurse but kept screaming hunger cries. So I gave her raspberries and she was all smiles! Three days in a row same thing happened, so at that point I stopped offering the boob for her afternoon snack and switched to yogurt and fruit at that time of day
I would think its when lo stretches their feeds so far you've dropped one? I normally prompt lo to eat these days, not the other way around so idk how this works. Especially with bottles and daycare.
I'm sure there are babies who do it this way, but it didn't work this way for us. Probably because I didn't space out nursing from solids throughout the day. We always did nursing followed by solids as a meal. So DD1 always ate every 3 hours. But all of a sudden she started refusing the boob even though she was clearly hungry.
SpinsOffResonance (or anyone else with experience), when they drop a feeding like you described, does that mean that you offer the breast and they just don't take it? I don't really understand the concept of self-weaning I don't think.
When DD1 started weaning she just wouldn't nurse. I used to always offer the boob first when she was hungry then give her solids (we did BLW) .The first feeding she dropped was the afternoon nursing session. One day she was crying, hunger cries. It was the usual nursing time. I tried to nurse, she would latch for 2seconds, come off and scream. Tried again, same things. Tried again,still wouldn't nurse but kept screaming hunger cries. So I gave her raspberries and she was all smiles! Three days in a row same thing happened, so at that point I stopped offering the boob for her afternoon snack and switched to yogurt and fruit at that time of day
Thanks for the description. I think I'll be so sad when that happens!
When DD1 started weaning she just wouldn't nurse. I used to always offer the boob first when she was hungry then give her solids (we did BLW) .The first feeding she dropped was the afternoon nursing session. One day she was crying, hunger cries. It was the usual nursing time. I tried to nurse, she would latch for 2seconds, come off and scream. Tried again, same things. Tried again,still wouldn't nurse but kept screaming hunger cries. So I gave her raspberries and she was all smiles! Three days in a row same thing happened, so at that point I stopped offering the boob for her afternoon snack and switched to yogurt and fruit at that time of day
Thanks for the description. I think I'll be so sad when that happens!
This is what pretty much happened for us. Both DD and DS just lost interest themselves and in their own time - DD aged 10 months and DS at just over 6 months. Both were great eaters and once food was introduced they only really wanted the boob at night and then eventually not even then. I just made sure they got plenty milk to drink from a cup or bottle thru the day. I was heartbroken - more so with my daughter. With my boy, he timed his lack of interest to coincide with my wedding! I was dreading having to express on my wedding day or leak onto my dress. But in the end he'd fully weaned by then and didn't give me a second glance all day!!! I left it to the grandmas to fight it out over who got to feed him his wedding dinner! Joking aside - it's heart wrenching when they do stop and I still really miss it.
When DD1 started weaning she just wouldn't nurse. I used to always offer the boob first when she was hungry then give her solids (we did BLW) .The first feeding she dropped was the afternoon nursing session. One day she was crying, hunger cries. It was the usual nursing time. I tried to nurse, she would latch for 2seconds, come off and scream. Tried again, same things. Tried again,still wouldn't nurse but kept screaming hunger cries. So I gave her raspberries and she was all smiles! Three days in a row same thing happened, so at that point I stopped offering the boob for her afternoon snack and switched to yogurt and fruit at that time of day
Thanks for the description. I think I'll be so sad when that happens!
Ditto - thanks for the descriptions.
DD is suddenly very into food, and eating a lot. I usually nurse her 5 times - wake up, after each nap, once between naps, and bedtime - and once motn. Yesterday she refused the between nap feeding so we dropped to 4 daytime feeds. She hardly nursed at bedtime and fought it, until I put her to bed, then she yelled til I offered again. She still woke around 2:45, but fell asleep on the first side so I just put her back to bed and she slept til 6:45. So it seems like a transition is happening.
I think my biggest worry is knowing how much she needs and making sure she's getting the right things. BFing is all I know and it seems so simple now.
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