Nursing Mamas?? - Page 6

[lil_stinkyfeet]

Thanks :) The logest I nursed any of my children before this was 6mos so for me it was quite the accomplishment!   Yes I cringe right now remembering the pain of latching on!  It is probably good that I will have a short break before I have to start over lol

Originally Posted by kawa kamuri 

I'm glad the two of you reached a good place. Almost 15m is great! 

My 14mo is still nursing but a lot of her daytime nursing are distracted and disinterested. I continue to work on night weaning - sometimes I'm too tired to do anything but nurse rather than settling her in other ways. I'm very happy with the progress we've made. Before bedtime last night I asked if she wanted to nurse and she signed "no nurse more" and went about playing. Naturally I thought my baby is a genius! I want to nurse as long as it's working well for both of us while at the same time cringing when she latches on three hundred times a session because my nipples feel like they've been rubbed raw with sandpaper. 

[wake_up]

Well, today is DS's 3rd birthday, and we've very nearly weaned!  I'm happy about nursing him this long, and happy about being done.  He does ask every couple days to "try ni-nis" but is content with just a few seconds of sucking.  Mostly I think he's just making sure I'll say yes.  It hurts bunches though, and he knows that, so he's ok with just a taste.  So relieved to have a few months break between years of nursing! :)

[sashag]

Hi, well I am not nursing this preg but I did nurse my first son while preg with my second. 

My advice would be to night ween asap. This can be done in a gentile manner. With both my boys (well into their second year) I told them that the milk needs to sleep at night and when the sun comes up we can nurse. This was a suprisingly effective method and other then a little complaint the first couple of nights, it worked smoothly.

Even if you continue to tandem nurse your children you are going to need to reduce the nursing of the two older children when the baby is born and I would suspect this would be better to do before the birth of the baby as delaying could create anamosity twords the new little one.

My take away message after seven years of nursing continuously is that when you are feeling the urge to ween or feeling any anymosity twords nursing it is the time to think about transitioning your little ones. I alwayse thought that my boys would self ween, but this realy didn't happen. Sometimes you need to look out for your own health and the health of the baby first. You have done a great job nursing this long and maybe you need to give yourself permission to ween.

Best of luck!

[aleatha5]

Sadly, I think my milk is all but gone.  My DS may get a little in the a.m. but, I don't think he gets much.  Is this pretty much normal for being 12 weeks in?  He's 16 months and I'm sad in a way, because he still likes nursing, but he does it a lot less (I've been not offering not refusing). We still cosleep, but he largely sleeps through the night now.  And even if he does wake up, he nurses for a while but then asks for "wawa" so I know he's not getting a lot.

[Mamatoabunch]

Nursing Finnian is going well. We are nursing once a day, down for nap. I have lost my milk, but since I have always had to use a nursing supplementor he has not noticed. I will now work on weaning off the supplementor before the baby comes. Most of mine have nursed until 4 or more, but Eiley weaned at 15 months. Finnian is not big into nursing either so I am not sure how it will go. Honestly, I am not too committed to tandem nursing as I once was. BTDT many times and don't mind too much if he does wean. I am not going to put as much effort into it all as I have previously.

[tashantx]

Hi mama's! We are still doing pretty good. Ds is mostly nursing at night and first thing in the am. I have a bit of pain upon latching but, he says I still have milk. I'm 13 weeks ...one day at a a time =).

[CowsRock]

Hi all!  I'm finally joining in.  I've been careful where I've posted because not all of our family even know I'm pregnant yet and many, many of our friends still don't know.  But it is driving me batty to only lurk and most of those people don't even know about mothering let alone know my screen name, lol!  My son will be 3 in another couple of weeks and he is still nursing.  He had a cold last week and was too congested to latch and didn't nurse for 4 days.  I was worried there wouldn't be milk when he decided to nurse again but it turned out fine.  His nursing frequency varies from day to day.  It sure hurts when he latches on but after a minute it doesn't hurt.  He says there is still milk and he says it still tastes good.  I wonder how long the milk will last.  Thankfully a normal night for us includes nursing to sleep and then a long session in the early morning, but there are still many nights when he'll nurse a few times over night as well.  We all sleep together so it doesn't mess up my sleep too much, but sometimes that jolt of pain wakes me up too much to easily fall back to sleep.  It is definitely an interesting adventure.