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I'm at 7.5 months and can't believe I've made it this far. I didn't even want to breastfeed but I thought I would just try it. DS is a boob monster though. I want to wean at a year but I think he will have different plans.
DS "asks" for it by burying his head into my chest. I was trying to sign it so he could learn that but I keep forgetting.
He almost never "asks for it" in public though because I don't nurse in public so I guess that's a good thing. Maybe if he doesn't want to wean at a year we could just nurse in the morning and night since he isn't used to nursing when we are out in the first place!
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@mrsjazz: your post made me LOL I cannot imagine waking up to a latched baby
@hilsy85 I get bouts of soreness, it seems to be connected to if his gums are bugging him
I am constantly aware of how lucky we've been with a super easy nursing relationship (7.5 months). I'm struggling lately with wrapping my head around weaning since I SAH and can't really tell how much he eats. I know we're not close to dropping a session yet (and hopefully he'll drop the overnight one first haha!) but it stresses me out to not "offer" and then potentially have him try to reverse cycle at night!
I've been signing milk each time we nurse but frankly he's usually trying to pull my shirt down (only does it when he knows he's about to eat) and pays no attention to my hands.
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DS is 9 months and we're still going strong. I began working half days when he was 16 weeks until he was about 7.5 months old and I've now been working full days ever since. I feel so lucky that I'm able to pump enough and produce enough for him. Part of that is he has reversed cycled and nurses a lot throughout the night. We cosleep because of that. I won't attempt to wean MOTN feedings until afters he's 1.
Our biggest struggle right now is how distracted he is nursing during the day. I don't stress too much about it since he makes up for it at night. It's mostly just annoying. It has to be absolutely quiet for him to concentrate and even then he is still popping on and off.
Now he wants to try and stand and crawl all over me all while attached to the boob. It's a little annoying. Now I just whip out a boob and lay on the ground and just let him come over to me to nurse. lol I'm lazy now.
Oh and he likes to slap my boobs. He also grips my skin and it hurts! I have got some bruises on my boobs and arm from him pinching me. Little stinker.
@scg00387: I feel so lucky to have such an easy time nursing too.
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@FutureMrsMcK: My son is just starting to become a little squirmer while nursing! It is so annoying. He'll nurse and trigger a let down and then pop off and let it all spray out and all over me! So irritating. I feel your pain.
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C just turned ONE on Sunday and we're still going strong (kind of)! She is eating 3 meals of solids a day and I nurse her when she wakes up, before both of her naps, and at bedtime-- I think she only gets 4-6 ounces each session, but she seems happy. We have our 1 year wellcheck this afternoon, so I'm curious to hear what our ped will say (and how her growth is-- she was 90+ percentile up until 9 months, when she dropped to 70s. I feel like she doesn't drink as much milk as other babies her age).
Keep going ladies... you can do it!
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LO is 11 mos and we are still going strong. I honestly can't see him stopping anytime soon, and he's recently started wanting to comfort nurse again during the day. Most of the time, we are down to 4 times/day and none overnight. He wakes up really early though (like 4:45am) and wants to nurse but won't go back to sleep. Ugh. I'd like to drop the two daytime feedings after he turns one in a few weeks but am hesitant to start him on milk for some reason. I think part of me is sad to think he won't want to nurse anymore once he starts drinking milk and I really enjoy our time together
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@FutureMrsMcK: & @Beehive: My son became really distracted at 6 months and still is
People say, "oh you don't need to cover up for us." but then they see the way he nurses and understand why I use a scarf for some sense of decency. He's a drive-by eater as well @MamaJ: we actually do the sign and he's made the hand motion a few times, but "head-to-the-chest-and-throw-the-pacifier" is his preferred signal
@mrskc: my son slaps too! i think it's because the milk isn't coming fast enough. he used to pinch me *a lot*, but i started ending the nursing session when he did and he has stopped.
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@MrsKC: @Mewtill: Ohhh the pinching, yes! He loves to pinch the skin on my arms. I have all sorts of baby finger sized bruises there now. I would normally make him stop, but he's SO distractible that I don't want to do anything that might cause him to unlatch and not want to have any more!
I find that the quality of our nursing sessions actually affects my mood - when he's been good and drinks a lot, I am happy, and when he's really distracted and will only take a bottle of pumped milk, it's like a personal rejection! Silly, right?
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@Beehive: not silly! sometimes, when he refuses to nurse I'm like "why doesn't he LOVE me?!" But, at 2am when he's thrown his pacifier in my husband's face in a fit of wanting-to-nurse rage I'm like "ugg, why is it always ME?!" Totally ridiculous, but totally normal I think
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@Beehive: YES totally. And I feel like sometimes I "angry nurse", when he's thrashing around and being annoying and I just.want.him.to.latch...probably not good, lol.
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@Beehive: @mewtill: This morning, my feelings were totally hurt that she didn't want to nurse.
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@highwire: i think letting him self-wean is going to be a real blow to my ego!
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@Hilsy85: Oh yes, angry nursing!! I definitely sometimes do that. It usually results in shrieking (in a "I want to play, not nurse" sort of way) but *sometimes* it gets him to calm down and drink a good amount more. Other times it gets him to bite down with his gums (ouch, but fair enough).
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@mewtill: yeah I should probably try to nip it in the bud and stop his pinching behavior. I did that when he was biting me and he hasn't done that in awhile.
@Beehive: It's not silly! I feel like he's rejecting me and doesn't need me when he won't nurse during the day. I'm grumpy when he won't nurse during the days on weekends mostly b/c my boobs feel like they are going to explode. lol They are used to pumping during the day and not used to a finicky baby.
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@mewtill: If I had let LO self wean, we would have nursed for like 5 minutes. She's never loved it
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LO is 15 months and still nursing 5 or 6 times a day, though I have noticed her finally start to refuse a little if I offer it. She has never taken a bottle...I hope to go back to work at the end of Ausust, and will likely day wean at that point.
For those over 1 year and in daycare, did you replace BM during the day with another form of milk? Cow or otherwise?
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@hilsy85: Angry nursing! yes! Most of the time I get mad, annoyed and then just put the boobs away.
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@mrskc: ha yes, same! No boobs for you if you're acting that way, L!
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this is a great thread. R has become a pretty distracted nurser unless she's starved. she also pops off and on. how many time do you put them back on until you give up? i give it a couple gos, but i don't want to "fight" with her because like PPs said, it makes me feel bad. but i also want her to eat so we don't have to do it again in an hour!
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@bpcmarj: at our daycare they give the one-year-olds whole milk with each meal and no bottles (unless you request it, but when he goes to the toddler room, no bottles period)
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@birdofafeather: I'll usually offer 3-4 times, switch sides, offer 3-4 times, and then end the session. It is really annoying when you need to go somewhere! Of course, murphy's law, they'll want to nurse right when you can't/don't want to.
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@MamaJ: I also went into it like, I'll TRY to say I did then formula it is. I even had formula ready to go at home! Lo and behold I became stubbornly obsessed with making it work. I was more shocked than anyone lol. Now all those family members who pushed me to nurse can't believe I'm "STILL" nursing. Confusing!
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@MamaJ: @SorryCharlie: Me too! I thought I'd give it a try but if it didn't work out I was perfectly happy giving formula. I also had some at home ready to go, along with a couple different kinds of bottles, and no breast pump! I'm kind of amazed at how "into" it I've gotten.
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I'm dealing with biting! Ugh! I also feel a lot less guilt just giving her a bottle of formula at times. Shooting for a year. I'm starting to get the "you're still nursing"? Comments.
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@highwire: no way! I can't believe she flicked your nipple! I know I couldn't EP. Mad props to you mama!
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This thread is fabulous
We've been EBF for eight months so far. We struggled a LOT in the beginning but now A is an absolute boob monster. They're her buddies, she gets ridiculously excited when she thinks one is headed her way. But she hasn't learned to not bite the hand/boob that feeds her, and she has a thing for scratching them while she nurses too, ouch.
I don't feel breastfeeding is a struggle anymore - touch wood - and really hope we can continue until the one year mark.
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Hey mamas - hoping you have some advice.... I had clogged ducts in my right boob for a couple days, worked them out, but then got mastitis (this is about 2 weeks ago) right boob still feels a little off - can't feel a clog though.
Anyway, past few days when James nurses on that side he keeps pulling off, and I keep putting him back - I am also feeling some pain when he nurses.... This is not happening on the left - he doesn't pull off, no pain.
What is this??
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@hellobeeboston: I have no clue but I hope the pain goes away soon
Does anyone else still use a Boppy? I've used it since day one unless we're out and about. I think it really helps with distraction, to be honest - he sort of wedges in between it and I cross the leg on the same side as his head so it's firm support.
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@sgc00387: I still use a Boppy! I can't get him in a really comfortable position without it. When he gets distracted now, though, he'll unlatch and just sit up and look around.
It's so fun reading this thread and being totally shocked at how old everyone's babies are now. Weren't they all just born??
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@hellobeeboston: Not sure what it is - do you have access to an LC or a BFing support group? Have you tried massaging it and/or hand expressing? No real advice, but those are the first two things I do when something feels off.
LO is almost 10 months. I'm both happy and a little surprised that we made it this long. From months 5-7 I had continuous gashes on my nipples that got worse every time he nursed. Thank goodness that has healed. He's still nursing 6-8 times per day. I try to just do 6, but if he wakes up early it usually ends up being 7... and if it's a bad day, 8. He eats 3 meals of solids, but he always has room to nurse afterwards. I plan to let him self-wean, but I think that's a long way off.
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@regberadaisy: I'm lying to my mom, too! Sneak nursing rocks
@bpcmarj: we switched to goat milk at daycare at 12 months or so.- tried both cow milk and goat milk and she took to the goat milk. We did it because even though I am still nursing at home, after a year I really needed to stop pumping at work. We still nurse 3 times a day plus a night feed.
Regarding distracted feeding, it gets better! My LO was the worst 10-12 months. At 14 months she latches on and stays latched until that side is empty.
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Lorelei is almost 16 months and still nursing. I'm in no hurry, and she's about where Ellie was at that age, so maybe I'll have another exteeeended nurser? So neat to read everyone else's stories; there's so much variety which I think is just too cool!
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@lizzywiz: I've read that a lot of bf babies go back to nursing like newborns at twelve months to make up for all the distracted nursing they do between nine and twelve months!
Miss A is now nine months and nurses between five and ten times per day with her longest stretch between feeds being five hours from 10am (nursing to sleep) to about 3pm (nursing to sleep again).
I'm still in love with nursing at the moment and I'm really looking forward to nursing A as a toddler in the coming months. We still have our off days (like last Thursday when she bit me each time she latched on) but I can't see either of us wanting to wean anytime soon.
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@scg00387: I used My Brest Friend until C was 10 months!
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@Mrs. Twine: it's nice to see another extended breastfeeder in the crowd!
We're at 16 months and I'm thrilled to report that today was the first day I didn't bring my pump to work. Just two feeding sessions today and he was fine. I'm thrilled - I love breast feeding but I abhor pumping. I have enormous respect for exclusive pumpers- you guys are waaay more committed then I could ever be. I can't stand pumping. -
9 months and she's still very interested. It's starting to get embarrassing when she boob dives in public. She's also biting. Well it's more like clamping her mouth shut and dragging my boob out of her mouth over her teeth. Teething sucks! She does the back and forth switching too. Ugh!
Trying to go till she's one but I barely have a stash. I'm in a groove pumping at work but meetings screw up my timing. Taking it one day at a time.
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@lizzywiz: hahaha she's coming to visit at the end of August. I'm scared.
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@hellobeeboston: hmm is there pain when you pump?does it help if you do hot compresses?
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M is a little over 8 months and we are still going strong! I never would have guessed we would have made it this far- the first 2 months were SO ROUGH- oversupply, constant nursing/screaming fits, over active let down, etc. Now things are a breeze and I feel blessed that it has been such an enjoyable experience for the past 6 months. She is a total milk monster and would nurse all day if i let her. I am hoping she drops some nursing sessions around the year mark, so we could be down to 3 or 4.
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Well, I think the day might have come for us where I might need to stop nursing and supplement. Pumped yesterday and this morning and barely have 2 oz.
Daycare is going to freak on me today!
People say, "oh you don't need to cover up for us." but then they see the way he nurses and understand why I use a scarf for some sense of decency. He's a drive-by eater as well 
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