thread: All she wants is me to feed her when I am home!

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    BellyBelly Member

    Jul 2006
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    I can definitely sympathise with you mate..It can be so draining when ALL they want is boob. I haven't got a magical cure , but I would say can you take her down the park or out somewhere? I find distraction at home doesn't work a great deal, they really need to be in a totally different environment (out of the mummy feeding zone- your house!).
    I would also make healthy icy poles for my kids too as another diversion..Something they can suck on and it's not me! That works quite well for us.

    Hoping the feeding settles down for you real soon.

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    BellyBelly Member

    May 2008
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    Just get out of the house and take Jazz with you - when she's outside with you she knows you won't be going away in a hurry, and there's more to keep her interested in things other than your boobs too. It will reduce - but I still have a 2 year old who feeds at bedtime on the days when I'm working and 4 or 5 times a day on the weekends.

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    Registered User

    May 2008
    where the V8's roar
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    How did your weekend go Leash? (I know you still have one more day left )

    I also agree that it isn't all about the milk and could you say to Jazz just a cuddle and have some cuddle time? DS is the same... isn't worried when I am not about but if he has missed a feed time and I turn up the look on his face his priceless and he must feed straight away

    Now that she is a little older could you delay the feed by saying let's play ball or read a book? so she is learning that you can have quality time in other ways?

    It could also be that she is learning her boundaries.... you know the whole you say one thing and she wants another and they don't match so it is tantrum town?!.... how do you deal with her tantrums over other things? could you apply those strategies for when she doesn't 'need' a feed? (hope that makes sense)