7 weeks pregnant and nursing a 2 year old.

[LINZNEWLIN]

I am 7 weeks pregnant and nursing my 2 year old has become very painful. Any suggestions or words of encouragement would be appreciated. I would like to get through at least the winter nursing in order to prevent illness etc. 

[LilMomma83]

You are in the hardest part right now...it WILL GET BETTER!!!!

DS1 was 17mos when I got pregnant and he was still nursing around the clock (like 4-5 times even at night). I did have to set limits. I night weaned him, and then during the day I forced him to "nurse nice" and I tried to avoid sitting in our regular nursing chairs etc...I would also ask if he wanted juice or water or a snack instead...sometimes he would be ok with that.

I am not going to lie-- it hurt SO BAD for like the first 15-20 weeks, but, then after that my milk started to increase again and the pain began subsiding...I went on to tandem nurse. It was so nice being able to calm his tantrums when I was huge and preggo and then I think it helped him bond with his baby brother once we got to tandem nursing (they nursed at the same time from day 3 or so after I gave birth...I have the sweetest pic of them gazing into each others eyes, each with a boob in their mouth) Haha not to mention I nursed him a lot during early labor to get things moving!