How many of you are nursing now???

[Kerlowyn]

I am nursing a 18 month old DS. Just this week nursing has gotten very painful, like he is latched on incorrectly (but he is not!)

I have mixed feelings about tandum nursing (for myself, not others!) I am secretly hoping DS will self wean by the third trimester. Right now he is still an all night nurser, and I am still not getting more than 2 hours straight of sleep a night. I am really tired now, being pregnant. I can't imaging meeting DS's needs for nursing all night as well as a new baby. :

DH and I have talked about night weaning, but he will have to do all the work! Not that he is opposed to it, but he gets up at 4AM every weekday to go to work (he has a long commute) We are trying to come up with a plan. So far, we like Dr Jay's night time plan. (NCSS I'm not to sure of, I do have the book)

Any of you in the same boat?

[Lula's Mom]

I'm nursing Lula, who will be 3 in August. So far I've only had a little breast tenderness, and the nipples are doin' fine. I do want to tandem nurse and I'm anxious that my milk will go away during this pregnancy. But if it does, I know she'll want to start up again when the new milk comes in! She loves nursing SO much.

I know she was at least 18 months when I night-weaned her. I had moved her to her own bed in our room around 16 months, but she was still waking once or twice to eat. She was actually really good about it. I started telling her no, she had to wait until the sun came up, and she would just go back to sleep. I hope it will go well for you too. It helps tremendously!

[laurata]

I am. Nova is newly two.

It isn't TOO bad, but I do get that sensation like she's latched on wrong from time to time. I'll ask her to say "Ahhhh" and try again, but it doesn't make much difference. We've been slowly trying to nightwean for about 6 months now- very gently. At this point, we occasionally have a night that she sleeps through, and if she doesn't, I can now unlatch her when she's almost asleep (but not quite) without too many theatrics. I am worried about nighttimes after the baby comes, and really hoping she nightweans as my supply drops.

During the day it's better. She probably nurses 3-4 times during the day, and I try to keep her busy because I like the level we're at right now. This is all new territory for me as Jade was "essentially" weaned at 18 months, and only nursed for comfort VERY VERY rarely after that.

[Larissa]

I nursed my first child during my second pregnancy, and it only hurt for a short time.

[Jessviola]

me!

my little nursling is 31 months and doesn't show any signs of slowing. my nipples have been sore since i O'd basically and the nursing sure doesn't help. it's not so much a sharp pain, as a touched out-cringe on contact pain.

[mamamoo]

I am! This will be my 3rd time tandem nursing(if ds doesn't wean)!! Yikes. LOL I am doing okay right now, but am so, so tired, and he still nurses a thousand times a night! It's not too terrible, nursing through pregnancy...I think it is almost worse once the milk goes down...when I was pg with Sam I barely let dd nurse, but she was almost four, and she nursed so hard!! I go back and forth about hoping/not hoping that Sam will self wean. I feel guilty for wanting him to, he seems soo little still. My ds#1 weaned at four and dd just weaned 2 months ago...

[Graceoc]

Well.....we actually weaned about 2 weeks before I found out I was pg (and yes it was more mommy lead then child lead.....) She has been fine with everything much to my suprise! And actually I offered to nurse her about 3 days before I tested (she had not nursed in a week) and it HURT BAD - it was one of my reasons for testing LOL!

I have had lots of friends who tandem nurse and I am all for it - just not for *me*. I have never had a desire to tandem - and *know* I am not cut out for it. I had a hard enough time nursing a toddler for a year (which is why we weaned after a year of really struggling with it on a personal level) - and know that I would not be able to handle two nurslings.

I nursed 3 months into my last pgcy - and then ds self weaned all on his own - I can't say I wasn't happy about that......

[Kundalini-Mama]

NAKing....

I'm really hoping to tandem nurse. And I'm also hoping I can maintain a supply during the pregnancy. Being that my ds nurses constantly : , I'm hoping it shouldn't be that hard. My son is a little over 2.

I'm experiencing discomfort and I'm hoping it won't get any worse. I'm hoping I'll be one of those lucky ones who has discomfort and not "cut your nipples off" pain.

I have 2 problems. My DS is a twiddler and despite the fact that I have gotten him not to touch them, I have to remind him constantly, all day and night, not to touch them. Its just plain annoying :

My other issue is that I can no longer sleep through his nursings at night. And being that he nurses constantly, I'm quite exhausted anyway, not to mention the general pregnancy tired.

So thats us in a nutshell.
Amy

[tarablesue]

NAK-I am nursing Makenna and this will be my second time tandem nursing. Bailee weaned after her 3rd birthday, Makenna isn't quite 2 yet so I am in no hurry to wean her.

[cinnamonamon]

...well, now I know I'm totally preggos...I posted the wrong response...thought I was in "what symptoms"... so

Ahem...I am nursing, but am hoping to nightwean -- at least somewhat before #2 arrives...we'll see -- I need to do some reading, etc..

[Kerlowyn]

Thanks for your replies Mommas!

I do feel guilt at wanting DS to wean himself before this baby arrives. Maybe I will feel different after DH and I night wean him, maybe I won't feel so overwhelmed. Right now, I am just so tired all the time because I'm hardly sleeping

[tarablesue]

I was Nak'ing when I responded so let me add that I was very uncomfortable of the thought of tandem nursing. But I realized that Bailee was still very much not ready to wean and I didn't want to take that away from her. ( Bailee was 21 mos when her sister arrived) IT WAS HARD in the beginning , I will not deny you that. I literally cried from feeling like a smorgasboard all day and night , but I re read Mothering YOur Nursing Toddler and I knew she would wean when she was ready. She weaned after her third birthday , and we have not regretted our decision to Tandem nurse....

[mommyheidi]

My 34 month old is still nursing, although I think she is starting to wean a bit (depsite the fact that she's nursing right now...) She nurses about 5 times a day, sometime more or less depending on mood and how tired we both are. I figure she'll probably wean on her own before the baby arrives, she'll be about 3.5 then. If not, no worries, I don't mind nursing a little during the day (which is where she's at.)

[thepeach80]

I'm still nursing my 10.5 mos old ds. My boobs are a little sore, but not bad. Most nights now he only nurses once, sometimes twice at night. I don't care if I tandem nurse or not.

[DalaiMama]

Mylo is 25 months old, and he's been cutting back a lot lately of his own accord. I think we're down to two nursings a day (looooong morning nurse and a short night-night nurse). I will admit that I hope he weans fully before the new bean comes. I'd like to have the nanas to myself for a few weeks before starting all over, ya know? That said, I'm not having any major discomfort, and won't push him to quit nursing if he's not ready.

[coleslaw]

I am still nursing my 40 mo. I have been making tiny efforts towards night weaning the past couple of weeks. Last night I actually denied her because she woke up after being asleep for 2 1/2 hours. Well, after screaming for 1/2 hour (with dh and myself right there with her), and realizing that she had a stuffy nose still from a bug she had a couple of days ago, I "talked to the snuggles" and they agrees to make just a little bit of milk for her. She neded up waking 3 more times that night. I really can't take it much longer, but I also can't take her screaming for snuggles. I dont' know, I really have to think about this one.

[Kerlowyn]

I'm right there with you cloeslaw s
Since I started this thread, DH and I have started baby steps in nightweaning. I can't take the screaming, but the lack of sleep is pretty awful too. I just wish that DS would sleep for more than 2 hours at a stretch, I think I could take it if he woke up 2-3 times a night and not 6-8 :

[StillForest]

I'm still nursing my 30 month old DD. In fact, she actually seems to be getting more and more interested in nursing since I got pg : : . It's been a bit painful when she latches on, but not unbearable. DD is also a twiddler and THAT has been getting increasingly annoying since I got pg . Ouch. I seem to be producing more milk and actually felt a let down yesterday for the first time in more than a year.

I'm not averse to tandem nursing---but also wouldn't be too disappointed if DD self-weaned soon . I'm still really hoping to do child-led or at least child-respectful weaning. She had actually been moving solidly in that direction. She'd started sleeping through from 8-9 PM till about 4:30 or 5 AM.

[taradt]

my 24 month old is still nursing but she did night wean last pregnancy so that helps a bit (she still wakes most nights for a drink and cuddle though). my milk dried up last pregnancy and it hurt for the first coupld of months to nurse, but it seemed to get better as the pregnancy went on, i am hoping the same thing happens
i am really looking forward to tandem nursing.

tara

[MammaV]

I'm still nursing my 32 mo old. She's down to once a day. I admit, it was mostly my lead, however, she hasn't been upset about it. Before she was nursing 3x per day and I cut out the AM and the nap time nursing. We just do the evening before bed. She stopped falling asleep while nursing at night and usually only nurses for 5 minutes and then says she's done and lays down and goes to sleep. I'm amazed because I thought she'd nurse til she was a teen ager. I couldn't do any more nursing than what I'm doing, my nipples are soooo sore and my breasts are way too tender. Normal nursing antics are extreemly painful now. I hope DD doesn't totally wean before baby arrives, but I'd like to keep the nursing down to 1x a day.