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.:zzz I can't imaging meeting DS's needs for nursing all night as well as a new baby. :rolleyes:

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?:scratch

[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. :D 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! :zzz

[laurata]

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]

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 :rolleyes: , 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 :rolleyes:

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"... :nutso

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! :love

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 :zzz

[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 :hugs
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 :rolleyes:

[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 :rolleyes: :confused: . 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.

[Jessviola]

:hug keri

we're going through the same thing right now. dd has a stuffy nose and nursed *all*night*long* the other night. and woke countless times when she lost her latch. aaah!!! last night was a little better and the milkies got a few hours break this morning, but i sure hope she cuts back soon. this is definately wearing me out!

[kimkabob5]

I'm still nursing my two year old dd (she's two years old today, yay!) but I night weaned her several months ago. She nurses a lot during the day though, and sometimes it is pretty uncomfortable. I'm hoping she will wean sooner rather than later, but I'm not going to push it.

[cinnamonamon]

I HAVE NIPPLE PAIN


Just had to get that out there. Holy crap does it hurt! I knew you would all understand...

[laurata]

So, does anyone else notice that staying super hydrated seems to help with the nipple tenderness? Also, how do your supplies seem so far? I was noticing that my milk seems very THICK lately, and a little bit salty too. Odd.

[Ravenmoon]

I'm nursing my nearly two year old.I haven't had any tenderness or sensitivity yet.I hope it stays that way!

[Kerlowyn]

The tenderness has passed for the time being, to be replaced with nausea...ugh...
I have noticed I seem to be making more milk, because my letdown is very noticable now.

[ama]

I'm nursing a 4 1/2 year old, who says, "I want to nurse till I'm 18"... so, well, we've cut back recently but he still asks for it a lot. No pain yet. I don't mind if he continues, so far.

[Jessviola]

i feel like i can't stay hydrated enough. i feel like my supply has dried up a little despite dd's marathon nursing because she keeps saying they're empty and my breasts seem smaller :confused: i've been drinking water even more than normal, and i usually drink a lot. i carry around a 16oz glass of water everywhere i go in the house and drink well over 100oz daily. probably closer to 150 or 200 but i lose track.

[nikirj]

I nursed my first through my second pg. I had some nipple tenderness but it came and went (usually it would last a couple of days and show up once a month or so). It wasn't until just after DS was born that nursing DD started to really get on my nerves. But I still wouldn't have done any differently. DD still needed to nurse (she was 22 months when Tony was born) and I still remember how funny she thought it was when she could feel DS kicking. It even woke her up a couple of times :-)

[cassiemc]

I'm nursing my 2 year old dd. She is weaning with encouragement from me. I don't think tandem is for me. I nursed my oldest until he self-weaned at 21 months while I was pg with #2. I am hoping that dd will wean soon. She's almost there and is ready. You should have seen the dr's face t my pre-natal appt with #2 when I told her I was still nursing ds! She almost fainted. She said she had never had a patient who was pg and still nursing. I find that hard to believe!

[Jenb]

I am nursing Kylie, who will be 4 in July, and Jaden who is 17 Months.
Kylie only nurses at night now.

I nursed through my last pregnancy, and started to have some soreness at about 10-12 weeks-about the time my supply dropped.

I am hoping to only be tandem nursing when this baby comes;)

[cosmos]

I am nursing my 24 mo and only have soreness on the left side. I am also a little annoyed with nursing, which never bothered me until now. I tandem nursed for a year last baby. We'll see...

[supervee]

I'm nursing a 3+ year old a couple times a day. I hope it doesn't start to hurt! DS doesn't show any sign of (ever) quitting.

[umsami]

I'm nursing my 6.5 month old. I'm really nervous about my milk supply drying up.. .as I'd like him to make it to at least a year (preferably longer). I keep doing positive affirmations... I have plenty of mlk...I have plenty of milk...LOL

No nipple tenderness yet...but the little guy is cutting his first tooth, which is a frightening prospect :D

[2sweetgrrls]

Nursing my 8 month old, no pain here *knock on wood* so far. :) I'm more concerned about losing my supply!

[uccomama]

I'm still nursing my four year old, but only a couple of times a day at most, and for a few minutes only. I really think I am loosing what little supply I had, and really hoping he will wean. I nursed throughout my last pregnancy and tandem nursed for two more years (all my kids seem to wean at four), and really don't want to do it again.

T*annu

[Morwenna]

I am still nursing my 28 mos old and am on the fence as to whether I would like to tandem nurse or not....I can see benefits but I think it might not be for me. We have night-weaned however, and that was a big relief! Surprisingly easy too.