https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 03:28:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1642294 Sat, 17 May 2014 21:14:59 +0000 Beehive 1642294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always offered - I think DS would have self-weaned earlier if I had waited for him to ask! We were down to morning and night soon after a year I think. I wanted him to keep nursing through the winter, so that's just the kind of milk he got upon waking up and before he went to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1642233 Sat, 17 May 2014 20:33:17 +0000 Silva 1642233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: she says "noo noo" (I've always asked "do you want to nurse?" So I think that's what she's trying to say) and pulls at my shirt or hurries her face in my chest. It's not subtle :wink:<br /> This started at maybe 11 months, before that it was fussiness or grabbing at my chest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1642226 Sat, 17 May 2014 20:29:30 +0000 Adira 1642226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once he turned one, I weaned down to once a day because I wanted to be done pumping. But when we did nurse, I always offered - he rarely asked! And then we weaned at 14.5 months because he started refusing when I offered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1642195 Sat, 17 May 2014 20:19:43 +0000 Applesandbananas 1642195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 13m and nurses in the morning, after daycare pickup, at bedtime, and for any MOTN wake ups during the week. </p> <p>He nurses on demand on the weekends which varies from 3-a zillion times lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1642150 Sat, 17 May 2014 19:59:42 +0000 ALV91711 1642150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 14 months I let him ask. His asking is usually putting his hand down my shirt. He does know the sign but usually by the time he wants it he won't do it.</p> <p>The only time I offer is in the morning and before bed. During the week those are his only nursing sessions as he is in daycare, but on the weekends he generally wants to nurse before his nap and one more time in the afternoon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1642078 Sat, 17 May 2014 19:23:40 +0000 Kemma 1642078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Miss A has always been a frequent feeder and at twelve months was still feeding every couple of hours, according to her own schedule. We're still nursing 4-6 times a day at nineteen months but I don't really offer unless it's been a decent while since she last nursed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1637958 Thu, 15 May 2014 19:14:45 +0000 heartonastring 1637958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We nurse twice a day (morning and after daycare), but I'll certainly let her nurse more often if she wants, although she's not super boob-obsessed so it's rare that she asks for more.</p> <p>She asks by grabbing at my shirt :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1637849 Thu, 15 May 2014 18:53:51 +0000 JerricaBenton 1637849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO asks by coming up and patting my boobs and looking pitiful lol ;-) Now she'll say mama? Mama? Or bub? (For boobies haha) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1637827 Thu, 15 May 2014 18:46:06 +0000 birdofafeather 1637827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we kept to our EASY routine until i day weaned around 15 months. now i just nurse on wakeup and bedtime. she asks by signing milk frantically, but i distract her with other things if she asks during the day at this point. @Foodnerd81: She didn't start signing herself until after a year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1637808 Thu, 15 May 2014 18:40:14 +0000 Mrs. Rabbit 1637808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: mine just grabs at my shirt. She knows the sign for it, but I think by the time she wants it, she gets too flustered to remember to use it. She also kinda says, "mah." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1637801 Thu, 15 May 2014 18:37:52 +0000 hilsy85 1637801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: He started asking around 13 months by pointing to the chair in his room where I always nursed him. Shortly after that he started saying "mahh" for milk, and doing this motion that kind of looks like he was grabbing his own boobies, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1637789 Thu, 15 May 2014 18:32:24 +0000 Foodnerd81 1637789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can I add to this question?<br /> How does your LO ask? Sign? Words? Grabbing your shirt? </p> <p>Curious because we are at 9.5 months now and the only way she "asks" is being generally fussy, but I pretty much nurse her at set times in our day anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1637770 Thu, 15 May 2014 18:25:21 +0000 Silva 1637770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just when she asks....but she asks often. Sometimes I say no if we've just nursed. I guess if it's bedtime or nap time I ask if she wants to. She always says yes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1637763 Thu, 15 May 2014 18:22:51 +0000 californiadreams 1637763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I offer morning and night but if I don't, he asks. He is now 18 months. Going back to work at 12 months weaned him off the lunch and supper sessions, though for the first month or so he asked as soon as I came home after work then it slowly dissipated. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1637743 Thu, 15 May 2014 18:09:43 +0000 hilsy85 1637743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I offered on our usual schedule (morning, before naps, and before bedtime) until I started dropping nap time sessions around 14 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1637737 Thu, 15 May 2014 18:07:20 +0000 Greentea 1637737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I plan to just keep offering like I do now (11 months). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1637685 Thu, 15 May 2014 17:47:51 +0000 katsupgirl 1637685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't offer and she nurses plenty. She is 19 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1637673 Thu, 15 May 2014 17:44:13 +0000 Corduroy 1637673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO's never gone more than a few hours around me without asking. That makes it tough on weekends since we're theoretically daytime weaned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1637671 Thu, 15 May 2014 17:43:05 +0000 Mrs. Rabbit 1637671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine's 14 months and I still have certain times I nurse her (after she wakes in the morning, before nap, before bed time, etc.). But sometimes the middle-of-the-day feedings are like 2 minutes or shorter, because she has better things to do and real food to eat) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1637632 Thu, 15 May 2014 17:25:30 +0000 JerricaBenton 1637632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still offer if she hasn't asked in a few hours. She never refuses lol. She's 15 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-after-1-do-you-only-nurse-when-lo-asks#post-1637622 Thu, 15 May 2014 17:20:56 +0000 Dagny 1637622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm just curious - for those of you who breastfed/breastfeed after LO is 1, did you continue to offer every few hours? Or do/did you just breastfeed when LO asked to? </p>