DD has never been a comfort nurser, she's always just fed for food or to get to sleep. We had been pretty much down to feeding at bedtime, once in the night, first thing in the morning, then before her nap, with sometimes one extra one in the morning but that was it - and she never wanted to feed in front of other people (her choice!) since a few months old. Then all of a sudden last week she started asking for '"mimi" many times a day, and being really clingy. She's even wanted mimi when other people are around, which really threw me as I hadn't thought through how I wanted to handle this at her age (I ended up taking her into a different room in front of male friends, and with female friends I've been feeding her in the same room). Now she's wanting to nurse maybe 6 times a day ( which I realise isn't a lot compared to some) and I just want some reassurance that this will settle down again. I've been trying to distract her but it doesn't work. To be honest I'm finding it quite annoying to feed her this much, I'd got used to having my body back more or less, and now I'm feeling quite tied down. Some of the time she asks if I'm busy doing something else, some of the time it's when she's got upset about something, sometimes I think she's just bored but it's driving me mad. Also, I work three days a week and if I've been feeding her six times a day, then suddenly go a full day out of the house from 7 - 7, my breasts will get really full and uncomfy by the end of the day.
Sorry this was so long, I'm just looking for reassurance that she'll settle down again to a less frequent nursing pattern - or that I can get used to this
Sorry this was so long, I'm just looking for reassurance that she'll settle down again to a less frequent nursing pattern - or that I can get used to this
