OOhh just noticed this one..who else out there is still breastfeeding post 12 months??
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OOhh just noticed this one..who else out there is still breastfeeding post 12 months??
How exciting! Our own forum!
Fantastic idea ....yaay.
Jo
Let's get started with a roll check then shall we? :)
I breastfed Marisa until she was a little over two (self-weaned just after I fell pregnant) and Elijah is almost 12 months and is still breastfed with no sign of him wanting that to change that yet!
Who's next?
I''m not yet breastfeeding but damn well will be in April next year.
I breastfed all three children, Ariani until 9 months, weaned onto a cup (she was a biter), Shay until 5 and a 1/2 months (I wasn't producing enough milk, and he was losing weight) and Zaki until 18 months.
I am hoping to definitely breastfeed for as long as I can with this one. Especially since it may be my last baby ever!
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sushee
I KNOW there are more of us??
I'm still feeding William! And he'll be 1 next week. (boohoo) :smt022
Well I'm not b/f anymore but I fed Mason till he was 12mths, he weaned himself then and I was pg with Angus. Angus weaned himself at 14mths.
I plan on b/f any other babies I am blessed with having for as long as they want it too.
I know someone that breastfed up until he was 4!! LOL. I'm not inclined to feed up to an age where they'll REMEMBER!! However I'm hoping I can get a good year in, if not more.
It was funny watching my nephew feed tho, around 1 year and after, he was climbing all over his mother and twisting upside down etc etc while feeding. Very funny :D
And my piano teacher!! She used to feed during the lesson.. and the kid must have been about 2, he'd run in and say 'booby' so she'd pop him on, then he'd say 'other one! other one!'. LOL. And it didn't matter who was there... this even happened in front of my teenage bro in his lessons!!
Unfortunately, Keenan weaned himself at eleven months (two months into this pg), but I was prepared to go on as long as he wanted. My Ob (also a lactation consultant) says the next one will probably feed longer - so fingers crossed, I'll be joining you here then!
Good on all you 'BF one year and over' mum's - I can't wait to be one of you!!!
Nadia I am so proud of you for getting to this satge after reading your journey and issues with breastfeeding! Did you think you'd make it to 12 months??? And still going strong! \:D/ =D>:
That is Felix..well he now does something even cuter..he signs "Milk" then he giggles with delight and he grabs at my top with glee and gets this look of complete pleasure when feeding..LOl it's so cute..and then to swap side he signs "milk" again andI know he wants the other one!:
It was funny watching my nephew feed tho, around 1 year and after, he was climbing all over his mother and twisting upside down etc etc while feeding. Very funny
LOL how funny! I always wonder how it could appear to a teenager..at least he found out the right way what breasts are really for! :D:
And my piano teacher!! She used to feed during the lesson.. and the kid must have been about 2, he'd run in and say 'booby' so she'd pop him on, then he'd say 'other one! other one!'. LOL. And it didn't matter who was there... this even happened in front of my teenage bro in his lessons!!
i breastfed my eldest son until 18months and second until 3. i let my kids wean when they were ready. my older two would often do the upside down feed or standing up feed. they would tell me they would prefer boosy milk to anything. it is so beautiful breastfeeding. i love it and so does oscar (and his older brothers when they were still breastfed) i think it can ease alot of baby and toddler problems. hunger, comfort, anxiety and little hurts. i love it now when oscar (3 months) has his feed and looks up at me and breaks the suction with a big smile with milk running out of the corners of his mouth. i love him so.
so glad to see this new forum i feel more at home in this one.
beckles
Hi I breastfeed my first till 3 1/2 and my second till he self weaned at 15 mnths :smt022 he was abiter aswell I send my sympathy to the other lady. I am sad that he didn't keep going even though he was killing me :-({|= but i love the smiles and the closness you get with the todler feeding and it truly is a cure for every bump or sadness throughout the day. I would be so happy if he just started again tomorrow and he has been off for 8 mnths (still got milk though if I needed too LOL)
Anyway Well done all you who have given your children the best gift you could :angel:
Oh Yolie, how sad for you that your youngest self weaned so early..:(
I have said to myself that in this second year I will encourage feeding, but if he replaced food with milk and self- weaned I would allow him, but to be honest I would find it devastating..especially the thought of all those antibodies not getting in!
After 2 I plan not to encourage but not discourage IYKWIM, and allow him to chose when to self wean(unless for some reason I decide to stop)..somehow I think we're going to be in it for the long haul as he's a VERY enthusiastic feeder still ;)
eliana is almost 12months old & i plan on breastfeeding her till she self weans :)
Hi Girls! This is just an "I think you're all fantastic" post.
Hannah's only 5 months - but I'm going to be watching you girls for inspiration! I hope Hannah is still bf after 12 months.
Well girls I wont be here for long but wanted to post to say well done.
#1DS feed till 11mths, self weened. DD #2 Is in the process of being weened by me due to me being preg and severelly needing a pick me up. Due to my ill health, (baby is growing fine) dr has encouraged me to ween dd so I can pick up, before #3 arrives. We dropped the night feed last week and plan to drop the morning feed in a weeks time. I am soooo going to miss it and she has been a real booooby girl. Never wanted the bottle and struggels to drink enough cows milk for the calcuim.
Anyway, good on you ladies and I am sure this is going to be a great little encouraginmg group.
I never thought i would still be breastfeeding after the first couple of months - both my sisters had alot of trouble.... I experienced quite a few painful problems in the beginning. I soldiered on & am happy to say still going at it - Jesse nearly 6mths O:)
I can truely understand the reluctance to wean .... i keep saying to myself - one more month, next month I will stop - but the thought of weaning fills me with saddness :smt022 , breastfeeding is such a beautiful feeling to share with your baby & i also love it - as Beckles said - when Jesse breaks suction & looks up at me with a big smile, milk running out the corners of his mouth - it is soooo cute. :smt055 ....
So you never know I might still be here in another 6mths time joining you all again.
I am sad and worried too. I work a few days a week and I express during that time to keep my supply up and keep Matty in EBM when I am not around.
Today I only expressed 70mls! I usually get more than double that so I was a bit upset. The last few days Matthew has been having such big drinks, it worries me I haven't enough anymore? He is still having around 4 feeds a day and for the days I am at work, one of those is a ff.
Should I be worried if I can't feed him during the day and be content with a morning and night feed? What are all you girls doing?
janelle just wondering if you were rushed today, stressed, tired or dehydrated, i know that can affect milk supply. we often express much less than our little darlings can suck out. they are so much more efficient than a pump! if you wanted to continue feeding him during the day when you are not working i know i used to just feed more often to build my supply up again on the days i was not working. it depends on what suits you and your little man. thats what i used to do cos that suited me. at the moment i am not in paid work and i demand feed oscar. do what suits you and your bub and relax, take a deep breath about your milk supply worry, remember our bodies fed and supported our bubbas in utero and we can give our bubbas enough milk when they are born we just have to try and trust ourselves.
HTH love beckles
Thanks for your post beckles, I have been a bit stressed about alot of stuff lately and yes, I realise that it could affect my milk. Today was around 120 mls so a bit better but it took aaagggeeesss to get that out! I am definitely preserving, there is nothing better i think for me and Matthew than me feeding him - just too good. :)
Can I ask a silly question? Several mums in my mothers group ae talking about weaning, and I dont understand it.
Why pay for formula when you arent working, bb works good, and baby likes it? I understand completely where babies are not growing as much as they should, but I got the impression that mums were doing it for their convenience?
How does a baby self wean, and how many feeds are you giving them at 12 months?
I dont see any sign of us stopping bfding, and Jenna is 7 months.
Fi
h Fi I'm so with you..I don't get weanng motivated by a mother desire to have more time to herself as I would find carting bottles around more hard work! I hated having to take expressed milk everywhere when I was experessing and supplimenting..
Every baby is SO different..alot of babies who are good solids eaters are down to just a nigt and morning feed by 12 months and this is enough to give them the antibodies and extra calories..
Of course others who don't eat solids as well may be still drinking 4 times a day ..
I think when you get to 12 months the rules of braestfedeing should be negotiated with your baby and yourself..some woman are happy for their child to have a quick thirst quench during the day..and othes would prefer their child to only breatsfeed at home and when they wake up and before bed..there is no hard rules..
My friend's little girl is 17 mths like Felix and was only having feeds at night and morning as her mother is working again..but wen she was really sick she'd feed during the day again and her mum just worked her down to the end of day feeds again..she is a super keen feeder but is okay with the rules her mum has set up..
I did plan for Felix to be down to 2 feeds by 12 mths but things didn't work out that way for us..
Fi - Funny you should post your question I was just talking to Mark about the same thing yesterday, I completely understand how some women have so many problems they have o stop but for the ones who don`t and decide to formula feed I don`t understand
Rails - I`m with you never thought I`d get this far as noone in my family could feed but here I am and I hope to continue until Matthew self weans, so I may be here as well in another 6 months time but it will all depend if Matthew still likes the taste once I`m pregnant.
I`d love to join all you long time feeders as I know I`m going to feel so sad when Matthew decided it`s enough, it`s all up to him but at nearly 6 months of age he`s not looking at stopping :D
Fi and Dee - i was too talking about this with my mum. All but one or two of the mothers in my MG are going to stop B/F at 6 months (two months or so away and they have already decided). They are of the mindset that their babies have received all nutrional value????? that they can and want their bodies back. Its really funny too cause they all seem so comfortable feeding ATM and have no qualms feeding in public etc. I am probably so the other way as i think of formula as poison compared to BM and dont want to have to pay for something that is abundantly coming from my chest!
I love BF my boy and am way too disorganised to bottle feed!!
Nellbe.
You can take Motilium/Domperidone to bost you supply so you don't have to give any artifical milk. 30mg X 3 for 3 weeks I think is the recommended coarse? I used this to bring my supply back up after a server asthma attack treated with steroids when my second was 9months and trying to wean which I didn't want to happen( it was bad enough when he refused at 15mnths) natural remedies also work like Fenugreek tabs or tea. Anyway thought you might like to know these things are around
Heather - you and I sound much alike. Bb is waaaaay to convenient for me! Blow all that sterilising ;)
Jenna's chucking has improved sooo much, I'm tempted to try a coffee tomorrow. It would be only the 4th I've had in 7 months!!!! I had a cup of tea the other day, and she was a bit chucky. The good news is, nothing I eat seems to make any difference anymore, so I'm back on cauli, capsicum, chocolate, and everything else. Oh - except onions. I'm still not convinced pickled onions are a good idea..... ;)
i can now officially say that im breastfeeding after 12 months!!! im so glad that eliana is still feeding well though a few people have said to "oh you are going to keep breastfeeding her?" don't know why they would just assume that i would stop!
OH Yay for you Mel!!!! and Eliana!!! Toddler feeding is just the best :)
Congrats on a year of a beautiful breastfeeding relationship! \:D/
yay mel well done, katanya's right it is the best! i agree why would people assume you will stop when it's so yummy for them and they love it so! =D> =D> =D> to you two.
love beckles
OOOh let me in here, I feel at home!!
I BF the twins til 14 months, I weaned as I was diagnosed with Mutiple schlerosis when they were born, and they wanted me to start medication.
I BF Rianna til 18 months, she was still 3 feeds a day, I was 6 months pg, and uncomfortable and tired, she has never drunk milk, but gets her calcium from cheese and yogurt ( she "had" to cut out lunchtime feed at 12 months as I started a new job, and was orientation, I regret not making a bigger issue of it, and finding the time to express at work, as I love my little "destiny child" concieved after the cutting out of this one feed !!
I am BF Dion now at 4 months, and an work friend whose baby is 3 days younger than Dion has just swtched to formula, coz, "well 4 months is enough" firat question to me, "are you going to wean soon?" WTF??? my answer, nope keep at it til we're finished LOL
Us too,
I realise that I am a bit late but I was thrilled to happen upon this topic. I am still feeding DS aged 16 months. I 'encouraged' him to drop to two feeds at 13 months as AF had not yet returned and we wanted to TTC #2. We are now 6 weeks pregnant and the nursling is still nursing strong.
Tandem feeding here we come!
Keep up the good work bestfeeeding girls! =D>
What a lovely thread,
I'm new to BB, and wanted to add my little bit in here...As you can see from my sig, I'm not with a little baby any more, and I'm not actually breastfeeding anymore either. BUT< my oldest son Sam breastfed right through my second pregnancy, and then for another 8 months, when he weaned himself. Every new mother should have a breasfeeding toddler at her disposal, no engorgement! Then Jake just fed and fed and fed...he stopped for good one night 3 months before his 4th birthday, sat up on my lap and said "I think I've just had my last mouthfulls"!!! What a joy and a pleasure it was to breastfeed for all that time, never in a million years when I was pregnant with #1 did I think it would happen like that, but I'm so glad it did...and I have 2 ridiculously healthy, and well adjusted boys despite, or as a result of it!
Cheers
Tania
yay tania nice to hear of someone else who has breastfed up to preschool. my second son zak weaned at two months short of 4 years similar to your jake. well done you. and yay to being an independant midwife. so great to have you around i look forward to hearing your wisdom on breastfeeding especially with all your 'hands on' experience.
love beckles
Yay! We made it :)
Jaykob is 13.5 months now and even though I did plan to wean him he is still having 2 feeds a day from me + 1 bottle of cows milk
Hey guys just dropping by to say we're still feeding ;) still during the day and morning and night
Good news is Felix sleeps thorugh most nights (we still co-sleep) and the feeding happens more during the day than night ;)
as we are heading towards 2 I am debating to whether i start to wean him during the day, I do find myself negotiating with him now when we are out and to be honest it's when I am home and sitting down he wnats to feed..
He copes well having days away from me(with his dad or CC) , he has his "pedisure" drink in the middle of the day.
so I guess we'll just keep going ! He says "please" and signs please to have a BF..it' very cute ..
OK - we are rapidly approaching 12 months (3 weeks to go) and I just dont know what to do about feeding her.
I'd like to drop the lunchtime feed - especially sicne I'm back at work full time, and it means my lunchtime isn't taken up with either racing home to feed her, or expressing.
I'm probabyl ok to keep feeding her during the day in the weekend, but ideally I'd liek to drop it.
I'm happy to do a morning feed, as this is her best, and the nighttime feed is just so a part of the routine, I'm reluctant to drop that too.
I'm very conscious about conceiving again, and not overloading my body. I think with the last one (and subsequent miscarriage) I was just trying to do too much, so when I got hit with the gastro, I had nowhere to go but down. I ended up on an IV through dehydration, and probably lost the baby as a result.
So - what do I do? Keep feeding?? I personally dont want to do the 3yo feeding thing, already she is twisting and carrying on, and starting to pull up/down my top, which is a bit annoying, esp in public!! And she is rather fixated on other womens bb's.
And my MCHN isn't too much into extended feeding, so I know she'll tell me to wean.
ARGH - too hard basket!!!
Fee honey, take a deep breath, not too hard basket, just stress!!!
Lets see, I weaned Rianna off her lunchtime feed as I was doing orientation at a new job for 2 weeks during the day, she just had a cup instead. she was 12 month and 7 days!!!!
I fell pg the next cycle ( NOT PLANNED was on the mini pill!!)
Fed morning, night and arvo snack until 18 months ( Gave up as I was physically uncomfortable with her lying on bubs)
Bubs was born and she seemed to have no idea what the bb was for ?????
If she wriggles juts pop her down, and dont let her back on til she knows she has to sit still, Dion can fiddle around like this too ( he been doing it since 6 months) and I just take him off when he's really hungry, and ready to feed he sits still and does it properly IYKWIM>
You'll be fine, do wht YOU think is best not MHN or anyone else!!!!
I still bf Miya 18 months and my gosh she is a pain at times I often end up with her feet in my hair pulling out between her toes as she stretches :( owch
I think the worst is when I feed her on the recliner and she decides to jump of while attached to the breast. I think that's what makes it a little dawnting when I feed her, she cant keep still.
I cant stop though I love "our time" I will probably bf till she weans herself :-k :-k
Fi, have you read the BellyBelly article, 'Your Period and Ovulation After Baby?'
You breastfeeding wouldn't have contributed to your miscarriage, but I would say the gastro did. When we start to become fertile again after a baby and through breastfeeding, our body takes time to build up our good old hormones; first we have enough hormone to be able to ovulate. Then we have enough hormone to ovulate and conceive; then we have enough hormone to ovulate, conceive and sustain the pregnancy. The thresholds for each woman are unique so the time it takes to do this is unique.
Enjoy breastfeeding your gorgeous girl and don't let it stress you - she obviosly sees her boobies as being important to her right now so it's okay to give this to her. You're doing a great job!!!
Thanks for the tips.
Kelly - what I meant was that the reason the gastro hit me so hard was because I was breastfeeding. I ended up dehydrated in hospital with an IV in cuase I had to feed Jenna (specially as she had gastro too) and I couldn't get any fresh liquid in. So yes it was the gastro, not the breastfeeding, but silly old me sometimes just overloads herself. It was very, very draining feeding and being pregnant. I was totally exhausted all the time, very ill, and had to keep eating and drinking despite the sickness. I know I can't change it now, so I can't beat myself up, but its tough.
I am ovulating, and I understand all the prolactin stuff. My period returned about 8 weeks after Jenna was born, but it still took us about 4 months to get pregnant (about the time we introduced solids!!), so I'm hoping that nothing will stop us this time TTC.
As for feeding? I'm thinking (especially with this thumping hangover) that its too easy. She had a EBM bottle last night, and I had to pump and dump, but thats about the most I ever touch bottles and things. I just couldn't go through all that cleaning and stuff when I make it, and distribute it quite efficientyl ;)