3/28 Mommy Milk Monday

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO?

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk?

Solids?

Why did you keep nursing / giving BM after one year?

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what's your favorite & least favorite kind of candy? Any weird combos you love?

[mishka29]

How old is your LO? 14 months

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? BFing before bed.

Solids?

Why did you keep nursing / giving BM after one year?

because she loves the boobies

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what's your favorite & least favorite kind of candy? Any weird combos you love? Gummy stuff. Yuck to black licorice

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO? - 12.5 mo

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? - dunno. Probably 4-5x during the day and 2x MOTN.

Solids? - 3 meals, 2 snacks. Current favorite is string cheese but only if I give him the whole thing. He gets offended if I try to give him little pieces.

Why did you keep nursing / giving BM after one year? - neither of us showed any signs of being ready to wean. I love the snuggles & the immune support.

Questions/AW? - y'all probably know I run the newborn check in on the BF board, but twice in the last week two people I know IRL reached out to me for BF help. Made me really happy to have some answers for them :-)

GTKY: what's your favorite & least favorite kind of candy? Any weird combos you love? - discounting chocolate, I love jellybeans. I'm planning on hitting up Walmart this afternoon for starburst jellybeans now that Easter is through & they'll be on sale. Hate cinnamon flavored candy.

[agm04]

How old is your LO? 13 months.

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? when i work, we nurse twice a day, and sometimes a little snack when i get home from work. on weekends/days off, probably 4-5x total.

Solids? 3 meals, 2 snacks. DD also loves string cheese.

Why did you keep nursing / giving BM after one year? I guess I thought, why not? My goal was one year, but as it approached, it seemed natural to continue.

Questions/AW? We survived my trip to NYC and 5 nights apart! DD did great. Now that it's behind us, I want to start weaning from my last pumping session. It's exciting, but I have to admit I'm a little sad that I'll have to start watching my diet a little more closely. The breastfeeding free-for-all has been fun. Haha.

GTKY: what's your favorite & least favorite kind of candy? Any weird combos you love? Milk Duds might be my favorite, but I also love chewy fruity stuff, like starbursts and sour gummies. I may never get over the fact that the green skittle was changed from lime to apple.

[duckker]

How old is your LO? 13 months

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? Nurse 2-3 times a day.

Solids? Errything except wheat/gluten/sugar. Easter was rough for her...

Why did you keep nursing / giving BM after one year? A couple of reasons. In no particular order: I really just gave up pumping because I hated it so much--nursing was never the PITA that pumping was; I'm with lilyelayne on the immune support, especially since Babygirl is in daycare and has asthma and severe allergies, I figure she needs everything she can get; I feel like I have such a limited amount of time with her that our cuddles and nursing time are more special to me. I'm not sure when we will wean entirely, and I don't care when it is. And it's reeeeaaallly nice to still have the golden boob to calm her down or comfort her. It's the "nuclear option"--or whatever the opposite of that is.

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what's your favorite & least favorite kind of candy? Any weird combos you love? I adore jelly beans, especially jelly bellys. I hate Peeps and anything that is chocolate with an effed up filling like fruit cordial. Also Cadbury eggs. Any chocolate/caramel or chocolate/coconut combo gets big ups from me, especially if it's dark chocolate.

[duckker]

Mar 28, 2016 12:12:56 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Questions/AW? - y'all probably know I run the newborn check in on the BF board, but twice in the last week two people I know IRL reached out to me for BF help. Made me really happy to have some answers for them :-)

That? Is awesome. Did you ever get that textbook you wanted for Christmas? And are you considering IBCLC route? 

[duckker]

uhhhhh, I just realized I definitely haven't been on in a LONG time. That siggy gotta go...

[lilyelayne]

Mar 28, 2016 19:28:25 GMT -5 duckker said:

Mar 28, 2016 12:12:56 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Questions/AW? - y'all probably know I run the newborn check in on the BF board, but twice in the last week two people I know IRL reached out to me for BF help. Made me really happy to have some answers for them :-)

That? Is awesome. Did you ever get that textbook you wanted for Christmas? And are you considering IBCLC route? 

I did! I got Hale & Hartmann's Textbook of Human Lactation.
The next one I have my eye on is Supporting Sucking Skills in Breastfeeding Infants (Catherine Watson Genna) which will have more practical advice. The one I'm reading now I love, but it's mostly biology & organic chem.

I don't think I could become an IBCLC without basically being a nurse first & actually working in a professional setting, which I wouldn't want to do until babies are grade school age (and probably never, tbh) but a lesser LC is still on my mind.

[danitaec]

How old is your LO? 13 months and a week

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? He gets 5oz un the morning and 5oz at bedtime.

Solids? Yep. He's really ramped it up lately.

Why did you keep nursing / giving BM after one year? Because it's still in the freezer, and with his dairy allergy I'm glad we don't have to think about alternatives yet.

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what's your favorite & least favorite kind of candy? Any weird combos you love? Agreed that black licorice is the worst! I love Skittles and Hershey's chocolate the best.

[kartish]

How old is your LO? Close to 14 months

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? Bedtime, MOTN and naps on my weekends

Solids? Yes, all the things, but he does have his favorites.

Why did you keep nursing / giving BM after one year? Well around a year he started resisting daytime sessions, so I thought we were nearing weaning. So we cut out all bit nap time sessions and he was happy. And he still wakes up at night, and for now, I like the magic boob that puts him back asleep with little fuss. Plus he refuses all milk in cups or bottles, so I still wanted him to get some milk for the fat and nutrition.

Questions/AW? Has anyone donated their milk? I need to get mine out of the freezer while it's still good, but not sure of the donating process.

GTKY: what's your favorite & least favorite kind of candy? Any weird combos you love? I mostly love dark chocolate. I hate fruit filled chocolate though, that's disgusting.

[lilyelayne]

kartish I donated everything in my freezer to my BFF for her little girl. If she hadn't wanted it, I would've posted on Human Milk 4 Human Babies or Eats on Feets - both have fbook pages per state. Sorry I know you're someplace cold but can't remember where. You post where you are & what you've got, and typically the page shares it & moms in need PM you.

There's no milk bank near me, and I knew I didn't have enough milk to go that route. There's more paperwork and they want to know all the meds you've been on, etc. Milk banks are wonderful because hospitals can buy that milk for their NICUs. Mom to mom donation is wonderful because purchasing donor milk from banks is either impossible (some banks only sell commercially) or prohibitively expensive.

[danitaec]

kartish, my state has a very active Eats on Feets facebook page. You might try yours out.

[Deleted]

How old is your LO? 12.5 mo

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? 1x day, before bedtime

Solids? 3 meals and 2 snacks, plus oatmeal just before bed.

Why did you keep nursing / giving BM after one year? We'll, it's only been 3 weeks since she turned one so I don't really feel like I've made a conscious choice or anything. We're just going with the flow and what currently works for us.

Questions/AW?
I'm going to Amsterdam alone for four days in two weeks time and have decided that that's the end of BFing for us. It's kinda nice to have a plan for weaning because I'm a procrastinator. The thought of quitting is giving me all types of feels though, and I need to find a way to deal with that.

GTKY: what's your favorite & least favorite kind of candy? Any weird combos you love?
Dark chocolate is my favorite! There is also a milk chocolate bar with popcorn that I find weirdly lovable.
I can not stand stuff artificial lemon flavor (tastes like dish soap to me).

[seamonster]

How old is your LO? 13.5 months

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? 3-5 times a day and at least once MOTN

Solids? He eats everything, but goes through phases where he doesn't want to eat a certain thing.

Why did you keep nursing / giving BM after one year? I'm not so good at soothing my child otherwise and I love the snuggles.

Questions/AW? It's spring time and I can't seem to help pointing out to DS at the zoo all the baby animals that are nursing. It's not like he's asking me

GTKY: what's your favorite & least favorite kind of candy? Any weird combos you love? Chocolate and gummy things. Even together like muddy bears. Down with black licorice and fruit filled chocolate

[lilyelayne]

@alyllyra I think it's totally normal to have mixed feelings about weaning. Hope it goes smoothly for you!
seamonster I think it's cute pointing that out to LO. He may understand better than you think!

[krispy83]

How old is your LO? 14 months

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? Usually 4x a day and 1-2x MOTN

Solids? 3 meals plus at least 1 snack, sometimes 2

Why did you keep nursing / giving BM after one year? Neither of us was ready to wean at 1 year. Like a few others mentioned, I love the immunity benefits, especially since DD has had a rough winter with colds, ear infections, etc. And the magical calming power of the boob.. I'll be sorry to see that go. DD signs for milk if she bumps her head, falls, etc. or if she's just getting upset for whatever reason - that's her go-to calming method.

Questions/AW? DS was never a hand-in-the-shirt baby. DD CONSTANTLY has her hand down my shirt. Like, all the freaking time. This weekend, my mom saw her do this and asked when I was going to wean. I shrugged and said whenever she was ready. She replied that she weaned all of us before 1 so we didn't do that. Umm.. okay? Sorry I'm not weaning just because I don't love the hand-in-the-shirt thing... Lol as a side note, has anyone figured out how to gently discourage that?

GTKY: what's your favorite & least favorite kind of candy? Any weird combos you love? Love me some Reese's. All things peanut butter and chocolate - get in my belly! Also, the Reese's Pieces Eggs that came out a few years ago. Least favorite - Whoppers or anything with a malted center. Yuck. I don't really have weird combos. Though I do love M&Ms with Diet Pepsi, not sure if that qualifies as weird. Not IN the soda, just together.

[lilyelayne]

krispy83 DS doesn't stick his hands down my shirt either, so no tips other than redirect redirect redirect. Have her pet your shoulder or play with the hem of your shirt instead? Also one of my friends whose son was a hand-down-the-shirt says he'll still stick his hand through the neckline of her shirt and rest on her collarbone if he's particularly tired or needs physical comfort, and he's 5. She weaned years ago. It's not necessarily about the nursing as it is cuddles/comfort/mom being a safe spot. Though I'm sure nursing kinda encourages that particular quirk forming.

[agm04]

krispy83 right there with you. DD is a down the shirt gal. it drives.me.crazy. I try to stay super calm and consistent and say, "No, please don't put your hand in mommy's shirt" x100000 and redirect, but she still does it, so...

What's worse is that she does it to our au pair and my MIL too. I'm not grossed out by boobs, but I'd rather not have her grabbing other peoples' nipples. It's even harder because I'm not sure how consistent they are about telling her no.