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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
Posted by Ophelia
sweet Jesus!!  
it was awful then...but he's a happy boy now.
I just posted that pic to let mom's of self weaining babies know that there is a bright side to it.
I took that pic to email it to my parents. My mother did not think he would realize it was gone. This face went on for days.
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JandJ1224
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
We cosleep and dont really discuss with ped. It is heartbreaking. I may try sleeping in another room for a few nights
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| Posted 1/26/10 6:16 PM |
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Kidsaplenty
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
For me, they only nursed at nap time or bedtime at that age.
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| Posted 1/26/10 6:17 PM |
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Janice
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
Posted by JandJ1224
I was just going to post a question to the same audience.
My DD is 16 mos and I am still bf several times a day especially when I am home with her. She asks for it/trys to take them. My issue is that my DD is still dreamfeeding several times a night. I recently found out we are pg and I CAN NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE ! If I dont nurse her at night she screams. I am at a total loss I feel like my body needs a break before the next baby. Can someone give me some guidance
I night weaned at 14-15 mos old. It was so hard to do, but once it was done that was it.
You have to first set bounds and stick to it. No nursing at all between 10 pm and 6 am. that was mine. no matter what, you cannot.
the first week is rocking them, singing to them...anything but nursing. i seriously got my *** kicked that week. hair pulling, punching, kicking...for hours! i just kept singing and rocking....
after a week, he was starting to get it. then at week 2...no rocking, just singing, back rubbing....
3 weeks...no back rubbing...just singing...
he still woke up at 2 am every night until 20 mos old to yell at me...but i felt so much better not nursing at night. they drain you at night and wake up angry in the am looking for more.
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| Posted 1/26/10 6:17 PM |
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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
added night weaning link for fam bed
we did not co-sleep, but i used this article as a model.
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| Posted 1/26/10 6:20 PM |
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ReiRei13
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
Posted by JandJ1224
We cosleep and dont really discuss with ped. It is heartbreaking. I may try sleeping in another room for a few nights
We co-sleep too My ped also doesn't know
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| Posted 1/26/10 6:21 PM |
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ReiRei13
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
Thank you for this
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| Posted 1/26/10 6:22 PM |
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Blissful
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
I've heard its harder to wean the night nursing when you are co-sleeping. We co-slept for a while but then Alexa needed more space and she transferred to the crib and sleeps straight through the night 13+ hours......
Not sure if you are ready to give up so-sleeping or not but that it may be more difficult to stop the night feedings when bed sharing...
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| Posted 1/26/10 6:24 PM |
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JandJ1224
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Jannette
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
Thank you so much for the article Janice!
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| Posted 1/26/10 6:47 PM |
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Lillykat
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
When DD#1 turned 1 she was BFing 2-4 times a day - She would BF 1st thing when she woke up and right before she fell asleep, then she would nurse 1-2 times during the day IF we were home. If not she would drink milk from a sippy cup for those feedings as well as multiple times during the day.
It was more routine than being asked. We only stopped at 13 months b.c I got sick and needed medicine and was told I could not BF on it for more than 10 days - I was weaning her down to 1-2 times a day at that point I wasn't ready to stop cold turkey but I was kind of stuck since I didn't pump- and didn't want to pump and dump.
I never had trouble with DD#1 taking regular milk from a sippy.
I plan to do the same with DD#2.
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| Posted 1/26/10 7:03 PM |
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randella
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
I nurse 3 times a day... I was doing 4, but we dropped the mid-morning one since she never seemed interested.
I nurse when she wakes up, at about 2/3ish (before or after nap depending on when she goes down), and at bedtime (6:15ish).
I am actually REALLY concerned about her fluid intake. Aside from nursing, she gets a bottle of of BM (about 2oz-- whatever I can pump which is not much), and 3 tablespoons of prune juice. I have started to put in a little water just so she gets more fluid. She gets this bottle right before her AM nap, which is why I think she has dropped the mid morning nurse session.
She won;t drink from the sippy-- so I started giving her water in a bottle, but I am unsure if I am giving too much, I don't want to spoil her appetite, and I don't want her to depend on the bottle when she should be on the sippy.
I have noticed that it's hard to keep her attention while nursing. She is very fast, and only does it for a few mins-- and even with that, she gets distracted.
I think it's time we go to bottles during the day definitely-- but, I want to continue in the AM and at night.
For those who nursed for 1+ year-- how did you introduce milk?
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| Posted 1/26/10 7:17 PM |
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KellyNYC
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
Posted by Blissful
Posted by SweetTooth
I am still nursing in the morning only. It was getting to the point where they really seemed to have no interest in nursing, they were too distracted by everything else.
I started off by dropping the nursing session after their AM nap, and they didn't even seem to notice. Then I started dropping the others one by one and they didn't care at all. Never tugged on my shirt or anything.
Yeah thats her... the only one she really shows interest is first thing when she wakes up, she smacks her lips any other time she could care less....
No advice, as my DD is only 7 months, but she's exactly the same. Only interested in morning/night but not at all during the day. I'm devastated to think she might be losing interest and self weaning already (???!!!).
Good luck.
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| Posted 1/26/10 8:52 PM |
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luckyinlove
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
Us too, well for part of the night -- from 3 or 4 till the am. All she wants in the middle of the night is the boob. If my DH even looks at her, she freaks bc she knows it delays the inevitable. I can't really take it anymore either, though. I work FT and barely sleep. I long for a full night's sleep like you don't even know!
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| Posted 1/26/10 8:58 PM |
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thiadora
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
I used this article as a guide to night wean also. I didn't night wean until my DS was older than Janice's. It took me 2 tries to finally night wean him. (He got sick during the first time and I decided to put it on hold.) He was 2 when I finally night weaned him. We also co-sleep.
One thing that helped was I started telling him a little story. I said that at night when DS went to sleep, the "boo boos" also went to sleep and that they didn't wake up until Mr. Sun woke up.
Telling him the "Boo boos are sleeping" was useful when I wanted to drop BFing sessions.
I should also add that my DS is almost 33 months old. I think that child lead weaning is a beautiful thing. However, I also have an addict so I have been leading some of the weaning since he turned 2. We are currently BFing right before bed only.
At 1 yr. he was probably BFing around 5 times a day and I was working FT too. He was also getting EBM at daycare 3xs a day.
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LoveBeingMrsT
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
my older ds was ebf (no bottle) till 13 months and my ds2 is almost 10 months and also ebf (no bottle). the no bottle is their choice not mine  . they both however drank from a straw sippy at 5 and 7 months.
i just stopped bfing my ds at night. the way i did it was i started only giving 1 boob for a week or 2, then i cut the nursing time in half for about 1 week, then even more, finally i only let him on for about 1-2 minutes and rocked him back to sleep for about a week and then i had dh go in to his room for 3 nights. he still wakes in the middle of the night but i just go in and rub his back now.
so now i only nurse 4 times (in the moring, before both naps and before bed.)
janice- i remember you helping me SO much when i bf'ed my josh, you always answered all my questions! and that pic is heartbreaking!
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| Posted 1/26/10 9:40 PM |
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MrsPornStar
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
It's funny you posted this. DS is 15 months and I am having the HARDEST time weaning him!
He nurses in the morning first thing and around 6:30 PM. If I am home, he tries to nurse all the time. He gets at least 2 bottles of whole organic milk while I am at work and drinks a lot of water. He eats solids without a problem and really loves food. DS asks for it all the time.
I am currently only trying to nurse in the AM for the next few weeks. Once he has gotten out of the evening feed I'll wean him from the morning and hopefully be done for good. I need a break before #2 comes.
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| Posted 1/26/10 9:44 PM |
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SweetTooth
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
If DS wakes up during the night and I go in there all he wants from me is the boob. The only way I can get him not to scream is to have DH go in there and rock him back to sleep.
He is still waking up somewhere between 3-6 looking for the breast. I really am trying to get him to stop this habit, so I've been sending DH in the middle of the night. I feel bad waking him up but I can't deal with it anymore after 13 months. I'd like to be able to sleep through the night some time soon!!
it seems to be working because I am getting more frequent nights where he won't wake up until 6 or 7 instead of 3,4, or 5.
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| Posted 1/26/10 9:52 PM |
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MrsS2005
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Re: BFing moms of 1+ years.....
At 12.5 months, I had been nursing DS 4 times per day. I really wanted to stop pumping though so I dropped down to nursing in the morning and night. Now, at 13.5 months, I'm just nursing him in the morning. He definitely wants to nurse in the morning, but doesn't have a problem drinking cow's milk throughout the day.
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| Posted 1/26/10 11:54 PM |
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