Hi Wise Mamas,
I have thought of myself as a pretty close to choosing the CLW path. My DS (27 mo) has proved that I'm not.
Our situation; I have good supply, but not really sufficient to be the sole food of a 37 pound, active, 27 month old kid. DS says (adorably) that mama milk is his drinking food, and he doesn't want anything BUT mama milk. I just can't supply that. I have moderately severe nipple eczema. Frequent, extended nursing will cause a flare up without fail. DS has, with difficulty, managed to accept not night nursing until 4 am. I was ok with that, until it became clear that he was waking TO nurse, and that it was then keeping him from falling back asleep, because there wasn't quite as much as he wanted, so he keeps nursing and nursing and... If I can get him to desist quietly, he'll go back to sleep with a few songs, usually. If he decides to scream, then he wakes up DD, and then that's it - we're all up. (DD tries hard to pretend she's asleep.)
He gets SO desperate to nurse that it's making me want to wean him just to get him to leave my breasts alone, which is not overall what I want. He frequently delays eating real food, even favorites, until he's starving and I'm on empty. Then, if he eats, he feels way better, and everyone is fine for a few hours.
He's a very verbal, bright kid, and we've talked about it a lot. It's helped some, but it's also added him screaming at me to "MAKE MORE MAMA MILK!", which is not terribly helpful or endearing.
I'd be grateful for any ideas that anyone might have on helping him to a level that works a bit better for both of us. I do not really want to wean him (he's obviously not ready to wean willingly), but it's been flitting around my head recently....
I have thought of myself as a pretty close to choosing the CLW path. My DS (27 mo) has proved that I'm not.
Our situation; I have good supply, but not really sufficient to be the sole food of a 37 pound, active, 27 month old kid. DS says (adorably) that mama milk is his drinking food, and he doesn't want anything BUT mama milk. I just can't supply that. I have moderately severe nipple eczema. Frequent, extended nursing will cause a flare up without fail. DS has, with difficulty, managed to accept not night nursing until 4 am. I was ok with that, until it became clear that he was waking TO nurse, and that it was then keeping him from falling back asleep, because there wasn't quite as much as he wanted, so he keeps nursing and nursing and... If I can get him to desist quietly, he'll go back to sleep with a few songs, usually. If he decides to scream, then he wakes up DD, and then that's it - we're all up. (DD tries hard to pretend she's asleep.)
He gets SO desperate to nurse that it's making me want to wean him just to get him to leave my breasts alone, which is not overall what I want. He frequently delays eating real food, even favorites, until he's starving and I'm on empty. Then, if he eats, he feels way better, and everyone is fine for a few hours.
He's a very verbal, bright kid, and we've talked about it a lot. It's helped some, but it's also added him screaming at me to "MAKE MORE MAMA MILK!", which is not terribly helpful or endearing.
I'd be grateful for any ideas that anyone might have on helping him to a level that works a bit better for both of us. I do not really want to wean him (he's obviously not ready to wean willingly), but it's been flitting around my head recently....
