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I nurse

Here it is.

http://nurshable.com/2014/06/09/just-for-comfort/

@Arden: I've been feeling some pressure to wean my 14 month old and I needed this. So beautiful.

I nursed!

Nurse. I had supply issues both times, so any nursing was good nursing. I think I would have done the same regardless, but it made it pretty desirable to nurse whenever they would cooperate.

I nurse because it gives me a chance to connet w/ my LO in a way that no one else can... And they will only be this little fir so long, so I cherish the time.

@hilsy85: this.

Also, early on I was more likely to just nurse. Once she was a few months I would or wouldn't depending on what else was happening, but I definitely would and still do nurse for comfort. She never took a paci and sometimes babies need to be comforted.

I usually nurse during the day, but for MOTN feeds, I don't unless she is in bed with me.

I often nurse, unless for some reason I can't. But she won't take a pacifier or anything, so it's the only thing that works sometimes.

I let her nurse, but I really think that it's one of those things that is personality dependent/dependent on your needs etc. My LO is a crazy comfort nurser, and always has been, and she's almost one now and still comfort nurses a lot more than most babies and I am okay with taking the time (and I have the time to give). I remember in the hospital with her a nurse I didn't like said something about how I "shouldn't let the baby use me as a pacifer" which didn't sit well with me and I have given her free range on the nursing ever since. I think some babies are higher needs on the comfort nursing than others, and it has to mesh well with your personality too. For me with a high needs nurser and me being a person who doesn't need a lot of time away to recharge it works fine, but even if she wasn't my first baby we would be in a different situation! So I think it's just one of those things you need to assess in terms of what the baby is into and what your needs are!

@ElbieKay: I wouldn't worry too much about setting a rigid schedule, just follow his cues and a schedule will likely develop organically

I nursed. And I also tried to put LO on a schedule at that age and it just drove me craaaaaaaaaaazy. The more you can go with the flow the better. Somewhere around 5-6 months, I suddenly noticed she was on a schedule.