4/4 Mommy Milk Monday

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO?

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

Solids?

Do you limit your nursing toddler, or even tell him/her no if they ask to nurse? Or do they never ask?

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what is something you miss about life when you were single? What about pre-kids life? What's something about your family now that makes it all worth it?

[agm04]

How old is your LO? 13 months

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? 4-5x a day

Solids? 3x + 2 snacks. i'm working on offering a wider variety for snacks instead of the same old things all the time.

Do you limit your nursing toddler, or even tell him/her no if they ask to nurse? Or do they never ask? DD just learned to say "milk", so she says it 100000x a day. i don't think she's always asking. i tell her "not right now" if we're in public and I don't feel like it, or if she's nursed very recently. I'd kind of like her to get used to morning, night, and at nap times or wake ups, and not an all day buffet now that she's eating plenty of solids.

Questions/AW? nothing.

GTKY: what is something you miss about life when you were single? What about pre-kids life? What's something about your family now that makes it all worth it? Just time to myself. Taking a nap or a hot bath on a whim, reading an entire book in a day, 2 hour long workouts. DD is SUCH a joy though. I truly love being her mom, and I wouldn't want to go back even though this is hard.

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO? - 13mo tomorrow

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? - I think he recently dropped to 4x day. Holding strong at 2x overnight.

Solids? - 3 meals, 1-2 snacks. He just asked for solid food at our usual nursing time and I'm having way too many feels about it.

Do you limit your nursing toddler, or even tell him/her no if they ask to nurse? Or do they never ask? - since around 10 mo, I haven't nursed between 5pm & bedtime (730) even if he asks. He used to have a 5pm feeding but that was the first he dropped, but I kept the same rule. If we're about to leave a store or we're driving down the road or something I'll tell him "milk, later" which is what I say/sign during the 5-730 time period too.

Of course I limit behavior while nursing. No pulling my hair, no pinching my nipple, no fingers in my nostrils.

GTKY: what is something you miss about life when you were single? What about pre-kids life? What's something about your family now that makes it all worth it? -
Single: only being responsible for feeding myself
Married, pre kids: ease of long car trips, lazy days
Now: oh man is it fun to watch this kid grow & learn, and it's really increased DH's appreciation of me. That sounds weird but I don't know how to say what I mean.

[dmorgendorffer]

How old is your LO? 13.5 months

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? 4-5x a day - either nursing if we are together or 25/75 bm/wcm bottles when she is at daycare.

Solids? 3x a day plus 1-2 snacks. She has been a very picky eater lately.

Do you limit your nursing toddler, or even tell him/her no if they ask to nurse? Or do they never ask? She doesn't ask. The only limit I enforce is that we don't nurse overnight anymore. Since we've cut back on nursing during the day she nurses forever first thing in the morning and before bed. We had stopped nursing to sleep but she nurses so long before bed that I end up cutting her off because she's sleeping.

Questions/AW? We've been mixing bm and wcm for daycare, started and 50/50 and now we're at 25/75. My freezer supply is starting to dwindle but she wont take 100% wcm and isn't even that fond of the 25/75 mix we've been giving her lately. Any tips?

GTKY: what is something you miss about life when you were single? What about pre-kids life? What's something about your family now that makes it all worth it?
Single: Living alone and the freedom of being able to eat whatever I wanted and watch whatever I wanted on tv with no judgement.
Pre-Kids: Vacations and traveling in general. Going somewhere with DD is not the same at all.
Now: Getting hugs and big smiles from DD, and seeing her giving hugs and big smiles to DH and our 2 pups.

[seamonster]

How old is your LO? 13.5 months

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

Solids? 3 meals and 1-2 snacks. He eats pretty much everything, but often won't eat if he can't feed himself and it's not from a bowl or packet.

Do you limit your nursing toddler, or even tell him/her no if they ask to nurse? Or do they never ask? He doesn't really ask so much as tries to bite my shoulder or sometimes pushes the boppy to me or bring me a muslin cloth (I use them to prop up my boob). Or gets really clingy. He has no words for milk and doesn't get signing. I offer at wake up, home from work or nap times, and bedtime. He does not like NIP anymore with crowds.

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what is something you miss about life when you were single? What about pre-kids life? What's something about your family now that makes it all worth it? I miss going out for drinks without needing a sitter or really doing anything at night. But DS is the light of my life and hearing him laugh totally makes my day and makes even the worst day better.

[Deleted]

How old is your LO? Almost 13 months

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? 1xday, before bed

Solids? 3 meals, 1-2 snacks and oatmeal before bed

Do you limit your nursing toddler, or even tell him/her no if they ask to nurse? Or do they never ask?
She claws at my shirt at bedtime, but she never asks otherwise. Since that's the only time we nurse I never refuse her.
But I've started to talk to her about the fact that we are ending this in about a week. A bit of mental preparedness, more for me than for her I guess

Questions/AW? Nothing.

GTKY: what is something you miss about life when you were single? What about pre-kids life? What's something about your family now that makes it all worth it
Single: Chicken dishes! DH is a vegetarian...
Pre-kids: What seamonster said about having to get a baby sitter. Also, being able to go to the gym whenever.
Seeing DD growing from a wrinkly little thing into an actual person is just so amazing! I wouldn't trade it for anything.

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Also, can I just say how strong you are, lilyelayne and seamonster (and anyone else who is still nursing MOTN)! Those night wakeups turned my brain into mush and I think I ended them earlier than DD would have liked. I think it's crazy amazing that you are still going!

[danitaec]

How old is your LO? 13m and some change

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? He gets two cups of frozen a day

Solids? Oh yeah!

Do you limit your nursing toddler, or even tell him/her no if they ask to nurse? Or do they never ask? Uh, n/a?

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what is something you miss about life when you were single? What about pre-kids life? What's something about your family now that makes it all worth it? I don't miss it much, but I'm more of a night owl than a morning person, so not being able to do things past 7:30 pm has been an adjustment. I can't imagine not having my little guy, so he's totally worth all the change!

[lilyelayne]

@alyllyra DS tricked me by STTN from 8 week to 6 months, so now I just keep waiting for him to do it on his own again. Sneaky kid.

[kartish]

How old is your LO? Almost 14 months

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? Bedtime and MOTN, naps if I'm home.

Solids? Yep, but he seems to be eating less at one time these days, molars bugging him maybe?

Do you limit your nursing toddler, or even tell him/her no if they ask to nurse? Or do they never ask? He hasn't really asked in a while, he used to bite my chin when he wanted a boob, but he did it the other night, a half hour before bedtime, I tried to push him off, but we ended up just doing bedtime earlier.

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what is something you miss about life when you were single? Not much
What about pre-kids life? Going on overnight trips to Wendover, haven't done that yet. Being able to move my days around at work, now I can't because of daycare. And spontaneous ease of date nights. What's something about your family now that makes it all worth it?
V is the light of everyone's day. He is such a happy baby, and he laughs all the time. I love watching him with DH or with my sister and brother. He is such a joy.

[kartish]

Apr 4, 2016 23:57:47 GMT -5 @alyllyra said:

Also, can I just say how strong you are, lilyelayne and seamonster (and anyone else who is still nursing MOTN)! Those night wakeups turned my brain into mush and I think I ended them earlier than DD would have liked. I think it's crazy amazing that you are still going!

Before he started working on his molars, he was only waking once at around 5 am, then he'd nurse and go back to sleep till 7. It was so lovely. But now he is back to waking three plus times a night. I am just praying that when all four finish, he goes back to STTN.

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[lilyelayne]

Apr 5, 2016 11:45:51 GMT -5 kartish said:

Apr 4, 2016 23:57:47 GMT -5 @alyllyra said:

Also, can I just say how strong you are, lilyelayne and seamonster (and anyone else who is still nursing MOTN)! Those night wakeups turned my brain into mush and I think I ended them earlier than DD would have liked. I think it's crazy amazing that you are still going!

Before he stayed working on his molars, he was only waking once at around 5 am, then he'd nurse and go back to sleep till 7. It was so lovely. But now he is back to waking three plus times a night. I am just passing that when all four finish, he goes back to STTN.

We were at one wake up around 430 before molars too. Sigh.
Though I will say I'm pretty grateful I can nurse him & be back in bed within 15 minutes most nights. I don't know what I would be doing if he were getting molars & not nursing. I'm not equipped for that!

[agm04]

lilyelayne kartish you guys are making me really fear the molars. i'm scared to say this out loud, but we've made some progress in the sleep department and i'm terrified of losing it!

anyone else out there still pumping?

[seamonster]

Apr 5, 2016 12:32:13 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Apr 5, 2016 11:45:51 GMT -5 kartish said:

Before he stayed working on his molars, he was only waking once at around 5 am, then he'd nurse and go back to sleep till 7. It was so lovely. But now he is back to waking three plus times a night. I am just passing that when all four finish, he goes back to STTN.

We were at one wake up around 430 before molars too. Sigh.
Though I will say I'm pretty grateful I can nurse him & be back in bed within 15 minutes most nights. I don't know what I would be doing if he were getting molars & not nursing. I'm not equipped for that!

It gets better once all 4 molars are in. We're back to one (ish since he takes forever to settle MOTN) wake up since the 4th molar erupted.

[krispy83]

How old is your LO? 14 months

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

Solids? 3 meals and 1-2 snacks. She's more likely to only nurse once if she eats well during the day, but she's a typical finnicky toddler and sometimes has no interest in eating during the day.

Do you limit your nursing toddler, or even tell him/her no if they ask to nurse? Or do they never ask? She signs for milk and sometimes she'll sign when she just nursed, but then it's usually for comfort so I'll give her a pacifier and some snuggles and she's okay.

Questions/AW? None

GTKY: what is something you miss about life when you were single? Not having to worry about anyone/anything else. Being able to basically do what I wanted, whenever, as long as it didn't conflict with school, work, etc.
What about pre-kids life? Traveling with ease. DH and I love to travel and did a lot of domestic travel before we had kids. Now, traveling anywhere is an ordeal and a half. It always sounds like a good idea in theory, but when we're lugging two carseats, a stroller and two kids through an airport, we always wind up looking at each other saying "why did we think this was a good idea?!?"
What's something about your family now that makes it all worth it? Snuggles, watching each of the kids learn something new, watching them play together.

agm04, I'm still pumping at work, mostly just because I work every other day and DD nurses during the day on my days off. So if I didn't pump at work I'd be horribly uncomfortable by the time I picked her up from daycare.

[mishka29]

How old is your LO? 14 + months

How often are you nursing / how often does LO get milk? Just before bed. Milk at meal times

Solids? Eating all the food or throwing it

Do you limit your nursing toddler, or even tell him/her no if they ask to nurse? Or do they never ask? LO never asks

Questions/AW? Not much longer now until our last feed

GTKY: what is something you miss about life when you were single? What about pre-kids life? What's something about your family now that makes it all worth it? Umm going out with friends more, not that I went out a lot. Getting out the door quickly. Giggles and hugs.