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Jules the comments i got really annoyed me & you should have heard the comments i got when they found out she still had booby overnight or i fed her to sleep.
She was 1 & so what if she wanted to be fed to sleep or still had boob overnight, it's not like it was interfering with their life.
I could never understand why they would judge me.
I still feed my 15 month old overnight ... boobies are like some kind of highly effective sedative :)
This is the longest I've breastfed. I don't run into much anti-breastfeeding - but then I live in the country, and they make like the cows out here, there's always someone with a baby on the boob at the local kindergym. However I'm also quite antisocial and don't get out much and the last few months I haven't been feeding him during the day. Did get clucky looks from oldies at the cafes we have lunch at when I was feeding him and he was around a year old.
He's booked in for surgery at the end of this month so I'm procrastinating weaning him (as in, I'm not doing anything to stop him) until then, because I'm sure boobies make you feel better when they let him out of the OR.
Jules - I used to just say that I'm weaning him onto lasagne rather than bottles - it seemed to work!
Hey everyone, just wanted to join in for some breastfeeding support.
I'm onto baby #3 now. Have breastfed all three. Stopped at 8 months with my first, 9 months with my second (a lot of supply issues with her in the end) and my third is 3 months and it's been hard work this time. Her tiny mouth had a lot of trouble latching, coupled with "lazy sucking" which destroyed my nipples, followed by weeks on end of thrush, topped with mastitis. We had a few weeks of good feeds and then she started refusing one breast.
MCHN and I are sure it's to do with her neck muscles so have been working on tummy time and getting her strength up which has improved her feeding heaps!
Our aim is 12 months and then we'll see how we go from there. I could go longer but I know I won't have much support from those around us (it's the reason I weaned DD1 at 8 months!)
Sorry to ramble, will be back tomorrow!
Hi BMCMI!
Sounds like you have had a rough start this time. Great work on sticking with it and getting to 3 months, hope it is smoother from here.
My DD is 18 months old today, and still breastfeeding! :leap: i have her mchn appt on thurs and i think she will have reached 10kg this time. She started as a slow grower, but i just kept offering boob and we stayed exclusive breastfeeding til 6 months and then added in solids. She is strong and healthy and bright.
Hi BMCMI :)
congrats on reaching 18 months Hot1.
Bambi is 17 days old & back over her birth weight, she gained 400g in 2 weeks :D
Just got my information pack from the hospital and it had a little booklet from the ABA/Queensland Health. In the back it had a little section for combacks and I thought this one was brilliant so had to share...
"Are you still feeding?"
"Yeah, she's probably got another 10minutes to go"
"When do you plan to stop feeding?"
"Oh, in about 5 minutes"
Obviously only work if you are feeding at the time but still made me chuckle. It was a section about breastfeeding to 12 months and beyond.
Well done on 18 months HotI!
Cheshire, great news on your little one being over her birth weight.
Hi guys :) Wanted to join in. Looking forward to hearing about all of your BFing experience and share mine with you too.
We had a surprisingly rough start to bf but we are going strong now. My only bugbear is that we are still using a nipple shield. At first it was out of necessity, but now it seems DD has a bit of a reliance on it and won't take my nipple without it. I'm not really sure how I can go about getting her off it (if at all). I try her on my boob without it at the start of most feeds, and sometimes midway if she's particularly hungry. Any ideas?
PZ - wish I had some advice for you with the nipple shields, but my DS was exactly the same. We got to a point where he just didn't seem to recognise my nipple as being something to go in his mouth, he'd only accept the shields. But... we did still breastfeed successfully for 22 months. He only weaned because I was pregnant and my milk supply basically disappeared. So, it can be done in the long term :).
Oh wow Sterla!! That's awesome :) I think that's going to be how DD and I are...she too does not seem to 'get' what to do with the nipple anymore. My supply is awesome and her gains are great, so it's not actually causing any issues. Do you mind if I ask a few questions? How did you find public BFing with the shield? Sometimes it can be really frustrating when I'm out, hungry baby, and fumbling with the NS case, licking the shield and sticking it on :lol: It also is a bit messy for me, milk kind of leaks and breaks the suction. What about now, are you feeding with the shield again, or can it be different for subsequent children? The issues were with DD, she was born with a squashed head and had trouble opening her mouth, the LC and midwives all said my nipples were fine.
Oh goodness. She's started slapping. I don't think she does it on purpose, but the other night she was swinging her arm up and down (while almost asleep, mind you!) and hitting my boob every time. I tried to catch her at and hold it, but she didn't like me doing that so I had to let her slap me :rofl: Didn't hurt, just got annoying :p The pinching hurts, though. Mum keeps joking she's going to report DH to the authorities :rolleyes:
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PZ: I didn't feed in public heaps when he was really small, but as he got older I worked out a system. What I did was kept the shield in a case in my handbag, so it was always easy to get to. I'd have DS lying on my lap, get my top/bra and everything organised, sometimes even put the shield on under my top if I wanted to be extra discreet - so then all I had to do was lift up my top and get DS on. It took some practice, but eventually I was able to kind of get the shield on and DS on in a quick, swift motion, lol. As for the milk spillage - we had that too. I just put a spit up rag on my lap or wherever I thought the milk might spill. It only got easier as DS got older. Eventually I was able to do it all in the dark or with my eyes closed :).
TeniBear - my little one pinches aswell! Usually when she's exhausted and rubbing at her face she can't keep her hands away!
Nipple shields - I haven't used them but have heard if you let them have the start of their feed using them (so let down and a minute or so afterwards) then remove it and try to feed from the nipple. That way they aren't starving and flustered, usually calmer a few minutes into the feed. Hope that helps!
Teni- DD slapped and pinched from time to time. I found with her instead of stopping/ holding her hand I would tickle her palm down by her side. Sometimes it worked, other times it didnt but it saved me a few slaps :lol:
Teni: I get the slapping as well! And pinching oh and now the kicking my other arm with her foot
i get kicked in the face, pinched, scratched, slapped....oh the little boob tyrant haha!
I'm getting slapped/patted while he's sleeping! We co-sleep and usually when DS wants to sleep he'll roll over so his back his to me, but lately he's been turning around and patting my boobs in his sleep! Arghhh!!