'Demand' feeding an older baby??

[BellyBelly]

I always found Elijah would get more obsessive just before he would come down with something, if he wasn't feeling well, teething etc. Thank god for the boob - he'd never eat anything when he was sick and would never have medicine when sick. Thats what kept me going - knowing I could help him in a special way that didn't require medicine and he'd have the comfort of being with me too. They really do seem to increase/decrease with their needs, be it emotional, physical etc.

[StrawberryMumma]

Thanks for responding guys..

Bath- yeah, we definitely have a lot of comfort feeds her too..And you're right in saying BF is an easy comfort.

Kelly- That is a great thought, the fact that it is kinda like medicine in a sense when they are sick...an amazing comfort.

Sometimes I think what the heck would I do without boobs..you know those moments when NOTHING else will settle them..Boobs are definitely a great invention

Well, now I'm pregnant too! so I'm interested to see what my little miss does with her feeds now because of that. And am wondering if she will drop her feeds or wean..She really does love a good booby snuggle still so I'm hoping she'll keep going for quite a while yet..Guess we'll see!

[Matryoshka]

Congrats on your pregnancy Lee!

I'm 27 weeks and so far breastfeeding is still going strong. I agree about the sickness thing, DS recently had tonsilitis and wouldn't eat or drink anything except breastfeeding, i am so thankful he would still BF.

[BellyBean]

I am so pleased I found this thread! I am demand feeding DS 18months old, and have hit a wall of negativity! I am so pleased to hear that there are others of you out there.

[lilbean07]

I don't mind feeding bubs during the day but am finding the night feeds tough going. He's 12 months and was sleeping through the night (not feeding) but lately he's starting to wake up the way he did when he was a newborn.
I'm not sure what to do.
I really need my sleep to cope with the day.

[SweetPea]

I'm still demand feeding my 14 month old ds and am also pregnant too, he pretty much has 3 feeds and day and a every now and then he wants a 'snack' in the afternoon. Around 10 months he also become very obsessive about the boobies and it seemed like he was demanding them all day, I didn't think it was fair to start enforcing routine on him as all along we've just taken his led in regards to feeding! It's exhausting work breastfeeding and being pregnant!

[Bathsheba]

Update; still regular feeds for my 2yo... but the return to early morning snack feeds is getting to me... but he had a chest infection recently and I'm sure this is why he is doing it... he knows that his body needs a bit of extra 'medicine' with the antibodies in my BM. Like MummaB I was really relieved that when he was at his worst and refused all food for about 2 days at least he would BF.