1/11 Mommy Milk Monday

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO?

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?

Solids?

Questions/AW?

GTKY: if you could speak any two languages other than your native one, what would they be?

[kartish]

How old is your LO? 11 months and 4 days, sniff sniff

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping

Solids? Yes trying to do more consistent meals for him

Questions/AW? So I'm pumping twice a day at work, but can I drop down to no pumps and still expect to be able to nurse on demand the rest of the time? V still doesn't sleep through the night and nurses three times overnight, and I don't see that magically stopping any time soon.

GTKY: if you could speak any two languages other than your native one, what would they be? French, I have taken french courses in high school and college, but I lose it quickly when I don't practice conversing often. And I think I'd like to learn Russian, based mostly on Burn Notice lol

[agm04]

How old is your LO? 10.5 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? nursing and pumping

Solids? 2-3x a day

Questions/AW? nope

GTKY: if you could speak any two languages other than your native one, what would they be? Spanish, and does sign language count?

[mishka29]

How old is your LO? 11 and 1/2 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? BFing. But I guess we are day weaning today since she's off to daycare and my boobies are at home with me lol

Solids? All the food.

Questions/AW?

GTKY: if you could speak any two languages other than your native one, what would they be? Hmm French and Spanish. No good reason for either.

[kartish]

agm04 I change my Russian to ASL, mostly because DH would actually learn that one with me.

[danitaec]

How old is your LO? 10.5 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? All frozen, all the time

Solids? Yep, we're pretty much in a habit of 3x a day, plus boob juice bottles

Questions/AW? Not milk related, but told my husband I am planning a construction theme for baby's birthday, and he is soooo excited about it. Like, coming up with ideas and such. It's cute.

GTKY: if you could speak any two languages other than your native one, what would they be? Spanish, because I was thisclose to double majoring in college anyway, and Italian because if I ever get to go there I'd like to be able to converse.

[seamonster]

How old is your LO? 10.75 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing

Solids? 3 meals and 1 snack, plus occasional other snacks if he sees us eating something. Trying to feed himself with a spoon but he likes to stick the handle in his mouth

Questions/AW? Dealing with a lot of night wakeups. I need to drink nursing tea again and it may be his teeth. Trying to get him to nurse more as it's hot but he wants to drink water from his cup. He's getting really independent.

GTKY: if you could speak any two languages other than your native one, what would they be?Spanish for sure. I wish I spoke German better, but it's not all that useful. Maybe French

[krispy83]

How old is your LO? 11.5 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping

Solids? 3x a day

Questions/AW? I am NOT used to a picky eater. DS always ate everything. DD is very finnicky and I'm having a hard time figuring it out. Sometimes she'll like something, then two days later she'll scream like I'm trying to torture her. Half the time, she screams when I put her in the high chair but if she sits on DH's lap (a habit I do not want to start!) she's fine. I'm hoping this is normal and she'll get past it because I totally did not have this experience with DS.

GTKY: if you could speak any two languages other than your native one, what would they be? ASL (I took level 1 in college and my H is fluent and teaches it so you'd think I'd know it by now...) and Norwegian.

[dmorgendorffer]

How old is your LO? Almost 11 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping

Solids? We've transitioned to table food because E was really hating the purees. She'll only let me spoon feed her yogurt. It makes meal planning a little more difficult but it is nice to all sit down to eat the same thing together.

Questions/AW? I second kartish's question above - I am hoping to drop down to only one pump and then stop pumping all together when we get to the 1yr mark, but I don't know what that means for us nursing when we are together. Will we still be able to nurse morning / night? Weekends?

GTKY: if you could speak any two languages other than your native one, what would they be? Portuguese definitely - and I think French. I would love to be able to speak French next time I'm in France. I considered Italian for the same reason, but Italians are definitely friendlier to people who don't speak the language than the French are.

[kaydee0402]

How old is your LO? 10 months and two-ish weeks.

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? All of the above.

Solids? We tried hummus last night and peanut butter over the weekend. Both were a hit!

Questions/AW? Weaning, eek. I know it's been discussed and I'm going to try and drop our after daycare feeding today. May the odds be ever in my favor.

GTKY: if you could speak any two languages other than your native one, what would they be? Hm, I'm going to go with Italian.

[lilyelayne]

kartish dmorgendorffer most of the extended BF ladies on the BF board stopped pumping at 1 year but continue to nurse (either on demand or at set times like only before bed/naps or only at wake ups) when together.

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO? - 10 mo + 1 week (edit- mistyped month)

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? - nursing.

Solids? - 3x a day

Questions/AW? - My awe of pumping moms grew even more during my weekend away from DS. You ladies are awesome. I'm so glad to be done with that thing for a while.
Also DS has discovered comfort nursing for the first time in his life. I don't know if it's the leap he's going through or our weekend apart, but he just wants to snuggle and nurse and pet my face.

GTKY: if you could speak any two languages other than your native one, what would they be? - ASL is such a great answer & I'm stealing it. I wish I had someone to practice with so my French weren't so rusty, but if I had to pick a language I've never studied, it'd be Arabic.

[Deleted]

How old is your LO? 10 mo

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Nursing

Solids? Yes, 4 meals per day + oatmeal in the evening AND motn. It must be a growth spurt or something because DD is hungry all. the. time.

Questions/AW?
Have any of you dealed with a baby who won't go to sleep with just nursing MOTN? How can I get her to stay full longer?

GTKY: if you could speak any two languages other than your native one, what would they be?
Chinese and spanish. I've studied them both (was actually quite fluent in Spanish) but now I hardly remember anything.

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[krispy83]

@alyllyra DD went through a stretch of waking to nurse more frequently during the night (2-3x instead of her normal 1. I think it was a combination of a growth spurt and her not eating enough at dinner. I try to make sure she gets something fairly filling at dinner and that helped a lot. If we're trying something new and she doesn't go for it, I have go to faves that I'll offer so that I know she'll still eat well.

[seamonster]

@alyllyra Except for his MOTN wakeup between 1:30am and 3:30am I try to rock him back to sleep before offering to nurse. The big wake up he's hungry and it takes an hour to an hour and a half to fall asleep because he nurses for a long time and wants to chat or play or have storytime. So I nurse and try rocking, but usually end up spending at least 20 minutes talking to him to keep him from waking up DH (who usually has a bit of trouble falling back to sleep). If he sees his stack of books on the nightstand (I put a dim light from the bathroom or hallway so I can see to latch) I have to read one to avoid fits. And then he wants to nurse again and be rocked. If he was still drowsy during the first nursing I could easily get him back down, but he completely wakes up. I don't know if you're in a similar situation.

I'd nurse if LO is actually hungry and do whatever you need to do to get LO back to sleep. We're sharing a room until the end of January when we will rearrange our apartment to give DS his own room so I've been avoiding any sleep training that involves crying.

You could try night weaning by combining sleep training with a small bottle of water. I have a friend that leaves her 1 year old with a bottle of water (just a couple ounces) so her baby will give herself a drink and go back to sleep.