Not sure where to post this, but I thought people feeding toddlers might know what to do.
My son is 2.5 years old and has been feeding three times a day for at least a year, morning wake up, nap and bedtime.
We live in Australia and my husband is American and we went to the States for Sept/Oct (still jet lagged, actually!). During the 14 hour flight and after, my son did not feed at all, and my breasts, esp my right one, was painful. He finally fed from the right, but our feeding schedule was messed up royally for the three weeks of travel. He didn't nap while travelling so there were only two feeds a day, most nights he was so exhausted he barely fed from one breast and fell asleep feeding (he never used to, he used to feed, pull off, roll over and go to sleep).
So no doubt my supply decreased during that time, however now it seems to be all but gone. The morning feeds seem ok, he hasn't complained. He feeds from the left breast in the morning. He has no nap feed now, as he naps briefly in the sling or he is too hard to get to sleep at night. The night feed was a problem last night and a bigger one tonight. Last night he complained while on the right breast, he calls it moogies and was calling out "moogies!" so I changed him to the left side (he does both sides at night). Tonight, he fed for a moment on the right, moved to the left and then started crying and kicking and screaming "moogies!" and I tried massaging some out but he said "no! No! Don't want moogies!" which is how he behaves when he wants something but can't have it. He snuggled into my chest and went to sleep.
I'm fairly sure my milk is drying up, and he isn't ready yet apparently. He seemed very upset by the lack of milk. Any ideas? He doesn't understand supply and demand and won't just feed without reward. I hate pumping, he's never had a bottle in his life, I find it hurts and is a pain in the arse. I have some weleda bfing tea... and that's about it. I am dehydrated, I think, too. But I always have been.
Thanks for reading. Part of me would LOVE to be over this whole bfing thing. But I need for it to be on his terms, so this isn't working out to plan.
My son is 2.5 years old and has been feeding three times a day for at least a year, morning wake up, nap and bedtime.
We live in Australia and my husband is American and we went to the States for Sept/Oct (still jet lagged, actually!). During the 14 hour flight and after, my son did not feed at all, and my breasts, esp my right one, was painful. He finally fed from the right, but our feeding schedule was messed up royally for the three weeks of travel. He didn't nap while travelling so there were only two feeds a day, most nights he was so exhausted he barely fed from one breast and fell asleep feeding (he never used to, he used to feed, pull off, roll over and go to sleep).
So no doubt my supply decreased during that time, however now it seems to be all but gone. The morning feeds seem ok, he hasn't complained. He feeds from the left breast in the morning. He has no nap feed now, as he naps briefly in the sling or he is too hard to get to sleep at night. The night feed was a problem last night and a bigger one tonight. Last night he complained while on the right breast, he calls it moogies and was calling out "moogies!" so I changed him to the left side (he does both sides at night). Tonight, he fed for a moment on the right, moved to the left and then started crying and kicking and screaming "moogies!" and I tried massaging some out but he said "no! No! Don't want moogies!" which is how he behaves when he wants something but can't have it. He snuggled into my chest and went to sleep.
I'm fairly sure my milk is drying up, and he isn't ready yet apparently. He seemed very upset by the lack of milk. Any ideas? He doesn't understand supply and demand and won't just feed without reward. I hate pumping, he's never had a bottle in his life, I find it hurts and is a pain in the arse. I have some weleda bfing tea... and that's about it. I am dehydrated, I think, too. But I always have been.
Thanks for reading. Part of me would LOVE to be over this whole bfing thing. But I need for it to be on his terms, so this isn't working out to plan.
Mine would have been upset too at that age.
