Any other Moms who are due in July and still breastfeeding an older child? How is it going? What are your plans (if you have any)?
My daughter has not finished weaning, although she has definitely started. She is down to just 2-4 nursing sessions per day. Most days she nurses first thing in the morning (before getting out of bed), naptime, bedtime, and occasionally once during the night/very early morning. Not only does she nurse MUCH less than she used to, but each nursing session is shorter than it used to be. I don't think she goes longer than maybe 5-10 minutes per side now.
I'm unsure what my plans are. Part of me really wants her to finish weaning during the pregnancy. Part of me is sort of looking forward to tandem nursing. Part of me really still wants her to wean herself, even if I am encouraging her in that direction I sort of want the last step to be her own. I think I'd be satisfied if she just decided she could drop these last few nursing sessions. Too bad we can't pick and choose - I certainly know moms who were hoping their youngster would keep nursing through a pregnancy.
My daughter has not finished weaning, although she has definitely started. She is down to just 2-4 nursing sessions per day. Most days she nurses first thing in the morning (before getting out of bed), naptime, bedtime, and occasionally once during the night/very early morning. Not only does she nurse MUCH less than she used to, but each nursing session is shorter than it used to be. I don't think she goes longer than maybe 5-10 minutes per side now.
I'm unsure what my plans are. Part of me really wants her to finish weaning during the pregnancy. Part of me is sort of looking forward to tandem nursing. Part of me really still wants her to wean herself, even if I am encouraging her in that direction I sort of want the last step to be her own. I think I'd be satisfied if she just decided she could drop these last few nursing sessions. Too bad we can't pick and choose - I certainly know moms who were hoping their youngster would keep nursing through a pregnancy.
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and that has made my life a billion times easier. I was at the point that I wanted to just crawl in a hole and die it was so bad. But now that I am sleeping I don't mind nursing her during the day anymore. I have definitely limited it though. If she had her way she would nurse around the clock. We are down to 4-6 sessions a day. I don't particularly want to tandem nurse, but we will see how things go. I won't force her to wean before she is ready.
She was ready (ish) but I wasn't very happy about doing it. But my younger girl is still going strong, some days she only nurses twice and some up to ten times. I don't have any milk left so it's just about comfort right now for her. I imagine she'll pick it back up when the baby is born and my milk comes in which is what her older sister did.
while eating. I am going w/ the flow and seeing how things go. Some days I just want to be done and then we have a nice laid back nursing session and I think about how much I'd miss it. He seems to nurse on the fly for a few minutes at a time.
