https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 18:36:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1583317 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:18:06 +0000 Adira 1583317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: That's awesome to hear!!! I actually think when we wean, Xander probably won't even notice. He probably doesn't care now, I just make him do it every day, hahaha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1583246 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:59:54 +0000 sorrycharlie 1583246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: if it makes you feel better, Olivia was a total boob monster..I dread weaning both because of that, and because I lived in dread fear of blocked ducts/mastitis. However, we weaned without a hitch - she could not possibly have cared any less, and I never leaked a teeny weeny bit :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1583236 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:56:21 +0000 Applesandbananas 1583236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I didn't either. I remember in the early days saying that it was all cows milk after one but now I feel like I'm in an awesome spot of nursing but not pumping and not worrying about having enough milk for daycare, etc. so I don't really have any reason to stop. It's my go to for bumps, boo boos, tantrums, shots, teething, MOTN wakeups... Lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1582401 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 07:25:24 +0000 Pumuckl 1582401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Ha, this is me too. I'm pushing weaning back all the time 'cause I cannot imagine stopping. Glad Xander got to enjoy his milk snack this morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1582379 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 07:09:42 +0000 Adira 1582379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: Which is so bizarre to me because I never in a million years thought I'd still be nursing once Xander turned one! But now I can't imagine stopping!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1582365 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 06:58:34 +0000 Applesandbananas 1582365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: aww yay! </p> <p>I know what you mean, I'm not ready either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1582323 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 06:24:00 +0000 Adira 1582323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: So true!!!</p> <p>BUT he nursed this morning!!!! I feel so relieved, haha, though now I'm a little worried about what you said @MsLipGloss. I don't want to break his little heart when it comes time to wean, although he's never seem all that into nursing, so I don't think weaning will be that bad for him, regardless of when it happens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1581564 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:48:23 +0000 MsLipGloss 1581564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I know you don't feel ready, but it sure beats having to wean a LO who is crying and wanting to nurse. At least this way the heartbreak is all you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1581543 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:40:37 +0000 shopaholic 1581543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aww.. I would keep offering and maybe pump for a couple of days until he's not sick anymore, just in case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1581480 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:14:40 +0000 chopsuey 1581480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS started refusing to nurse when he was 10.5 months old.<br /> I stopped nursing and started pumping. Pumped for the last time on his 1st birthday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1581450 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 16:58:32 +0000 Adira 1581450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: Awww! :(</p> <p>@MsLipGloss: I'm not ready!!! haha, I was hoping for 4 more months before weaning. Though I know I can't force it if he's not interested anymore.</p> <p>@kiddosc: @Dandelion: @T-Mom: This makes me so sad. I don't want to be done... :crying: </p> <p>@Mrs. Twine: Thanks for the tips. The hardest part is that we only nurse in the mornings before work, so there's not really a lot of time that I can keep offering or try different things before I have to leave and just give up. Oh well... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1580324 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 09:23:28 +0000 T-Mom 1580324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When my DS started refusing at 13 months for our once a day nursing, I took it as a sign it was time to stop. He never ever even asked for it again.. :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1580193 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 08:27:46 +0000 Dandelion 1580193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's how I ended up being done with DS. he had a cold at 15 months and didn't want to nurse anymore. We were done after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1580186 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 08:25:14 +0000 Mrs. Twine 1580186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: When you are pregnant, the taste and quantity of your milk can change. It is not unusual for toddlers to not like the changes. There is often less milk, and sometimes you dry up completely (I did around week 10, though Ellie continued to nurse until the end of the pregnancy). If you would like him to keep nursing, I would just try all the things you would do during a strike--express some milk to maintain your supply, try nursing when he is drowsy or doing a "dream feed," try nursing in the tub (seems odd, but it worked every time either girl went through a strike)... don't push, but definitely keep looking for times he might be receptive. And, if you want, you can certainly use it as an opportunity to gently wean. If he's already striking it might be a really easy transition if it's something that you are okay with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1580148 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 08:02:42 +0000 kiddosc 1580148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That was the end for us. He just lost interest around 15 months and was more than happy to go without. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1580144 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:57:35 +0000 MsLipGloss 1580144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would take this opportunity to wean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1580140 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:50:25 +0000 autumnlove 1580140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was the end for me. :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1580139 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:50:22 +0000 Smurfette 1580139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would keep offering till he feels better. But if he still refuses then sounds likes he is over it. Or maybe he just isn't getting enough.</p> <p>I really have no idea. I dropped out at the nursing club at 7.5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1580133 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:48:14 +0000 tinyperson 1580133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: My pump never got much out, so that's part of the reason I didn't bother with it :) Plus, I also thought that maybe this is it, and I didn't want to force it.</p> <p>LO is 16.5 months btw. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1580129 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:46:36 +0000 Adira 1580129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: That's encouraging to hear that your LO refused to nurse and your supply didn't completely suffer from it. I hope the same is true for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1580127 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:45:19 +0000 matador84 1580127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nursed my son as long as I could while pregnant but dried up when he was a year--I was around 10 weeks I think? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1580126 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:43:39 +0000 tinyperson 1580126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not pregnant, but had a similar illness-related issue over the weekend. LO was so stuffy (and probably had a sore throat) that she refused our bedtime session on Saturday night, and both morning and bedtime sessions on Sunday. She woke up feeling a bit better this morning and nursed no problem when I offered. I didn't pump any of the times we missed, and just offered at the usual time to see what she would do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1580122 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:42:24 +0000 Adira 1580122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: I was wondering if maybe it's because I'm pregnant, or if it's just because he's still sick! I guess I'll try again tomorrow and if he still won't nurse, maybe it's over? I don't think I'll be able keep from drying up without his help since my pump got almost nothing out this morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1580119 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:40:00 +0000 travelgirl1 1580119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I was talking to a nurse this morning about the opposite issue actually, but she told me that when a mum gets pregnant again, the nursing child tends to wean themselves. She didn't know why, but she said it happens often (although obviously not always). If it were me, I would follow his lead and not push it, unless it's really important to you to continue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-once-a-day-and-toddler-refuses#post-1580112 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:37:04 +0000 Adira 1580112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What do you do when you're down to nursing only once a day and your child refuses to nurse?</p> <p>Xander's had a stomach bug and hasn't been eating or drinking as much as usual, but had been nursing just fine. But yesterday, he pretty much refused milk all day and this morning he wouldn't nurse at all. Every time I tried to nurse him, he would just start crying and fighting me.</p> <p>I ended up having to send him to daycare without feeding him so I pumped instead, but I only got maybe half an ounce out. Is this signalling the end of our breastfeeding journey? What do you do if you're down to nursing once a day and your child refuses? </p>