How many still nursing and pregnant here?

[tschecter]

Is anyone else really feeling like thay almost wish they weren't? I totaly plan to let ds CLW, but with this pregnancy, I am too tired to be up all night with him anymore. During the day, I can handle it, but at night, its like, just go back to sleep! We actually put him in his own twin bed a few months ago, before that he was in our bed literally nursing all night, and I was getting some wicked back pain. now, DH puts him to bed (after nursing) and then during the week, he is mine if he wakes, and on the weekend he is DH's if he wakes.

When DH takes him, he goes back to sleep no problem. When I take him, he wants to nurse all night asgain, and if I get to sleep at all, I wake up in pain. And DH refuses to do more than he is doing now.

Last night, I got fed up, and brought him to bed, but didn't nurse him. I don't know if it the right thinkg to do, since he screamed for several hours.

Should I be trying to night wean him? I think it would be easier if DH would just get up and deal with him more, but his excuse is "I go to work" I keep saying, yes, and I take care od DS, the house, and my business, all at the same time, this is less than you working? but he doesn't care.

I dont know what we'lkl do when the new baby comes... I told him, he will have to deal with ds1, an he sauys sure, but the new baby isn't gonna be in our bed. which I am still arguing. those first few months I would not have slept at all if not for cosleeping.

ok, enough of my rambling... anypone else in a similar boat?

[KatWrangler]

My daughter is 19 months old and is still nursing. But my poor nipples are in so much pain. She is also pushing against my stomach and my stomach HURTS! Doesn't help that I am queasy.

[Molliejo]

How old is your son, tschecter?

My baby just turned one and last night he nursed almost all night long due to molars. It's hard, but somehow I am handling it right now. My boobs aren't really that sensitive yet, though. I'm sure that has something to do with it.

I really dread giving up nursing, and I am determined to nurse throughout the pregnancy. But, we'll see how it goes.

[tschecter]

How old is your son, tschecter?

My baby just turned one and last night he nursed almost all night long due to molars. It's hard, but somehow I am handling it right now. My boobs aren't really that sensitive yet, though. I'm sure that has something to do with it.

I really dread giving up nursing, and I am determined to nurse throughout the pregnancy. But, we'll see how it goes.

HE is 17 Mos. and i don't think he is getting any new teeth atm, but you never know, he has 7. meantime, I do want to try to nurse throughout, I just can't handle waking in pain, not sleeping in the first place, or being woken up all night anymore. he wakes up less and less often in the night on the weekends, I think because his daddy helps him back to sleep and obviously does not nurse. but dh won't help in the week, and I am stuck with either a screaming baby, or a screaming back and boobs.

[thismama]

I'm nursing my almost 4 year old. So far so good, I've had some pain but nothing intolerable. She has really, *really* upped the nursing since I told her 'there is a baby in mama's belly.' I was a bit worried about that, but it's calmed down some, although still more frequent than it used to be.

Who is planning to tandem?

[tschecter]

Who is planning to tandem?

I have every intention of tandem, but my ds will have to deal by then certainly that he will not be nursing at night... I can only deal with one baby in bed at a time. during the day, he can nurse if he wants after the baby does.

[MamaJ2005]

I want to tandem!!! My DD (2) loves her boobie! It's rough sometimes at night when she wants to stay on my nipple. I've already noticed a dip in my supply and I think that's what makes it tough! I feel bad for her cause I know she's trying to increase my supply. Poor Girl!

[alegna]

Still nursing. I expect we'll tandem since dd says she'll nurse until she's 8- at LEAST. :lol

-Angela

[bluepetals]

Still nursing. It was pretty painful for a week or so, but I am watching the latch closely and it seems a bit better now (I am telling myself that it's the latch that's changed, not my nipple soreness...waning symptoms make me paranoid!). I am open to tandem but in the same boat as tschecter...DS is going to have to be completely night weaned if I am to cope with the tandem thing. We are working on it now, with success varying by the night....

[birdie22]

My 2.75 yo ds nurses a few times a day, mainly to get to sleep.

In the last week, he has really upped the frequency. I get the sense he's checking to make sure they're still there.

We haven't talked to him about the new baby yet, so I figure this change is either due to a supply decrease, or just anxiety that "something" is going on that he doesn't understand.

If he wants to tandem, I'm up for it, but I think ideally I would love for a peaceful weaning to happen before May. I'm just taking a day at a time.

[Shanana]

Still nursing, but dd has been slowly tapering off for a long, long time. It has dropped to almost nothing the last two days. I don't think it will go on for much longer.

[adtake]

He's 16 months old and going strong. I nursed through both my other pregnancies, so no reason not to with this one. I tandemed #1 and #2...and want to with this baby and #3..I hope he holds out!

[Tulafina]

Who is planning to tandem?

I am! I had to change his latch early this week though because the pinch was driving me nuts! He really loves his boobies and I can't imagine weaning him right before a huge change is about to take place in his life. I get the comments from family members..." Julie he's gonna be over 2, why are you not weaning him now?" And " Oh you know that it's easy to miscarry when you nurse when you're pregnant..." UGH. I wish people would just go back to talking about me behind my back because it's easier to deal with :lol

Anyway, I hope his sleep patterns stay the same or get better. He's been going 8 hours a night with just 1 waking for quick nugs(bb's) at about 5am and sleeping through til 9..thank goodness because he woke every 2 hours up until he was 1...

[Merriconeag]

I'm still nursing a 14 month old and I'm 13 weeks pregnant. My little one was up an average of 8 times a night. I was so tired it was making me sick, so I made the very difficult decision to try and night wean. She sleeps in a cosleeper beside my bed, so when she woke up that first night, I said "No no, night night time.Lay down." She fussed for maybe 10 seconds and I patted her back and she went back to sleep. This happened about 4 times. The next night, same thing, 5 seconds of fussing the first time, then no problem for the next 2 times she woke. Night three, she slept through the night and has ever since. If she'd been upset about not nursing, I know I would have nursed her and decided she wasn't ready. She nurses during the day whenever she wants, but this also improved her napping DRAMATICALLY and I'm just a happier, better feeling Mama. If she's still nursing when thebaby arrives (and I suppose she will, she'll only be 20 months old), then I will have no problem tandem nursing.

[arismom1029]

Still nursing my daughter, who will be 3 in October. She doesn't really nurse at night, just to sleep and during the day, oh and early in the morning. It's not unbearable so far, although it's hard. :)

[rachelsmama]

I'm nursing my 2.25yo daughter. I would like to tandem, but dd really needs to cut back a bit, and learn some boundaries for that to work. Ah well, a lot can change in 8 months.

[bluepetals]

Merriconeag, that is great progress on the night weaning! We seem to be taking two steps forward, one step back here. My husband really wants to work on getting him in his crib for part of the night, too, so we are kinda doing two things at once, which maybe makes it harder...?

A question....anyone know about using gentian violet while pregnant? I interviewed a midwife last night and mentioned how uncomfy nursing is right now, she asked if it was possible I have thrush. Nursing is uncomfortable even with latch correction, and my nipples look angry (pink) after a nursing session. The thought had crossed my mind before but I dismissed since it would be very coincidental that I would get thrush the day after I conceived, since I get sore nipples every month between ovulating and my period. But the midwife said the only time she ever had thrush was while pregnant with her second child. So I figured it might be worth a try, if it can't hurt me, DS or the baby....

[rach03]

I'm still nursing my 24 month old. I've been nightweaning him over the last few months after my miscarriage because I wanted to be a little stronger for my next pregnancy. He's doing really well, he only wakes up to nurse around 5:30 now when DH is getting ready for work. I nurse him back to sleep then because I just don't wanna get up yet. :D He may wake up once or twice during the night, but I rub his back and he goes right back to sleep.

He's only nursing 2-3 times during the day and only on my left side. I don't think the right has anything left at all and I don't think the left has much.

[Taedareth]

My 21 mo son is nursing, too. He cosleeps with us and nurses during the night. My nipples have not developed that pregnancy-soreness yet, so I don't know how that will all play out. His latch is bad and he freaks out if I try to fix it, plus his front teeth are chipped and jagged so nursing is already very uncomfortable for me a lot of the time. If I can manage it, I'd like to nurse through the pregnancy and tandem when the time comes.

[happyfrog]

my 20 month old is an avid nurser.

expecting to tandem.

[MommytoHHH]

Still nursing my almost 11-month old. Hoping to continue through the pregnancy and then tandem :)

[CholoMama]

Still nursing my just-turned 4-year-old once at night to get her to sleep. She would nurse all day and night if I let her she"s a total boobie-girl. But over the last six months I've needed to slow it all down and will wean her in the next few weeks, as gently as I can, but she's not one I can just say "no" to and pat on the back, she is extremely determined and feisty little character, so I'll have to be very creative. I feel its time and I've given about all I can of my poor boobies!

[theatermom]

Still nursing my 22.5 month old. He's a pretty avid nurser during the day, but is down to 1-2 times at night (though he tends to cluster feed in the early morning if I stay in bed too long, lol).

I plan to tandem nurse.

Tulafina, I hear you -- I'm much happier when people talk ABOUT me and my decisions rather than nag me about them! I can't pretend I don't know what they're saying if they're saying it to my face... :lol

[txtarheel]

I'm still nursing my 14 month old. I feel like I'm the only woman who hasn't had any nipple pain, but I'm definitely not complaining! I hope we'll tandem, but my son is so finicky, I don't know what will happen when we get to the point where my milk dried up. He's just never been much of a comfort nurser or cuddler.

I'm also on a pretty restricted diet (for me). My son is allergic to dairy, eggs and nuts and since I've been pregnant, I've had the worst cravings for cheese. I'm about to the point where I'm going to tell my husband it can't be in the house. But, the allergist recommends avoiding those products during pregnancy anyway to prevent the next one having so many allergies.

[APmom2Libby]

2 year old dd is still nursing.

We started the "daddy decoy" at night a week or so before her 2nd birthday (8/12), so I am able to sleep through the night and not have to do the nighttime nursings. It has helped a TON.

She still nurses a lot during the day, and we will continue to nurse throughout pg so we can tandem. She is a total mom/boob girl, so I can't see a depleted milk supply stopping her! :lol

No soreness yet, but I am attempting limit the nursing when I feel it is just that boredom nursing... but I am repacing it with special cuddle time and/or lots of reading books. I am also encouraging a gentle latch and gentle de-latch! :lol So, hopefully, when the nipples get sore, she will be more gentle.

[Merriconeag]

Merriconeag, that is great progress on the night weaning! We seem to be taking two steps forward, one step back here. My husband really wants to work on getting him in his crib for part of the night, too, so we are kinda doing two things at once, which maybe makes it harder...?


Thank you! She has actually been sleeping through the night since that 3rd night. One thing I made a point to do was to try and remove the connection between nursing and sleeping. I nurse her downstairs before we go upstairs to bed. I don't nurse her in our bedroom - which I really miss -- nursing the little one in our bed, but I thought that might make it confusing for her. So, even in the morning, when she wakes up with her little face peering over the edge of her colsleeper :throb :throb :throb I tell her good morning and pick her up and love on her, but we all go downstairs and I nurse her down there.

[ferretfan]

still nursing dd who will be 2 in 10 days. i nightweaned her last week, just in time for my bfp :) it was a LOT easier than i imagined it would be. one of the first clues i had that i might really be pg (i was having 'imaginary' symptoms :lol ) was her (TMI) diarrhea, i heard milk changes in early pg can have a laxative effect.

i wont wean her, i have a feeling she's gonna be mad if my milk dries up. i'm more than happy to tandem nurse though.

[Shanana]

Anybody else's nipples starting to hurt? Ouch! It doesn't help that dd switches sides every 10 or 15 seconds (and I am not exaggerating). So there's lots of latching and de-latching. She has nursed this way for well over a year, so I don't think there is any hope of changing it. Sigh. At least it's only a few times a day.

[alegna]

Anybody else's nipples starting to hurt?

A little I think. Though with a big one I always wonder if it's something she's doing.

-Angela

[Shanana]

A little I think. Though with a big one I always wonder if it's something she's doing.

-Angela

Any suggestions on changes I could implement? I'm already asking dd to stop pinching, poking and prodding me about every 5 seconds, though :lol.

[thismama]

A little I think. Though with a big one I always wonder if it's something she's doing.

-Angela

That was my situation a week or two ago. Things have calmed down now though.

[birdie22]

A little I think. Though with a big one I always wonder if it's something she's doing.

-Angela

DS only nurses on one side (long story), so I have the other side as a scientific control.:lol

It feels often like he's biting but he swears he's not. And the unused side hurts like the dickens, so I think it's just me.

[Galatea]

Ds2 will be 2 on Wednesday and he still nurses a fair amount. Two boobs upon waking, maybe 3 throughout the day, and to go to sleep and maybe once during the night. I just got my BFP yesterday so I don't feel any pain yet.

[cottontail]

Still nursing my almost 13-month DD. It's been so hard at night the last few weeks; instead of just wanting to wake up and nurse 5-6 times a night, she wants to just stay attached and gets very upset when I unlatch her. I'm getting hardly any sleep b/c I have a hard time sleeping while she nurses, especially if I'm drained. I'm not sure what to do or how to tell if my supply is dropping.

[Molliejo]

Still nursing my almost 13-month DD. It's been so hard at night the last few weeks; instead of just wanting to wake up and nurse 5-6 times a night, she wants to just stay attached and gets very upset when I unlatch her. I'm getting hardly any sleep b/c I have a hard time sleeping while she nurses, especially if I'm drained. I'm not sure what to do or how to tell if my supply is dropping.

Has her # of wet or poopy diapers changed? That's a good indicator of low supply.

[cottontail]

Has her # of wet or poopy diapers changed? That's a good indicator of low supply.

She has been pooping less now that I think of it. I have been visiting family and brought sposies, so I haven't been able to tell so much with her pee pee dipes.

Also, over the few weeks to a month, she has been shunning solids. Can't hardly get her to eat anything. Just holds out for nursing. Lately too she is not as enthralled with her water sippy. I'm only 4 weeks.

[merry-mary]

I'm still nursing my 16 1/2 month old. I had some serious pain earlier on but I feel better again.

I'm not sure about tandeming. Just not sure. I am committed, pain or no pain, to nurse him til he is 18 months. We'll see what happens and how I feel after that.

[tallulahma]

my 26 month dd still nurses all night and about 5 times everyday!

Im trying to night wean, but she is relentless, so im going with the belief that she will nurse straight through this pg & tandem.

[heatherRN]

Still nursing my 15 month-old. I really hope to tandem nurse, but my supply is going down and I fear he may get frustrated (I pump 3 days per week at work). I am going to try the Mom's Milk two tincture, I really hope it helps. I am sadder about my supply dropping then I thought I would be.
Glad to know I am not alone!
Nipples are okay so far, but I remember they were painful last time around. I wonder if nursing actually will stave off my nipple soreness?! I sure hope so..

[1babysmom]

I'm still nursing my 18 month old DD, and although I'm not far enough along to really experience the negative stuff, I'm really hoping to tough out as much as I can (although I'm a wimp...we'll see LOL). DD does NOT eat a great diet so even though she simply LOVES nursing still, she pretty much needs it as well.

[Korimomto2]

I'm nursing TWO and pregnant! It's still early so I don't have any discomfort or supply loss but that will come. I'm REALLY REALLY REALLY hoping my ds will wean PRONTO but we will start being proactive about it when he turns 3 in January. I am NOT Triandem nusing. No sir no way no how.

um....unless non-clw doesn't go well :lol :duck:

I don't see dd weaning anytime soon, but tbh, I really hope she does before the baby is born. We will not encourage it (maybe subtly, as I haven't been a huge fan of tandem nursing) but if it happens that would be great.

that's my story. :lol

[Shanana]

I am NOT Triandem nusing.

:lol

[Molliejo]

I'm nursing TWO and pregnant! It's still early so I don't have any discomfort or supply loss but that will come. I'm REALLY REALLY REALLY hoping my ds will wean PRONTO but we will start being proactive about it when he turns 3 in January. I am NOT Triandem nusing. No sir no way no how.

um....unless non-clw doesn't go well :lol :duck:

I don't see dd weaning anytime soon, but tbh, I really hope she does before the baby is born. We will not encourage it (maybe subtly, as I haven't been a huge fan of tandem nursing) but if it happens that would be great.

that's my story. :lol

:bow :bow :bow

[Shanana]

Man, nursing is REALLY starting to hurt :(. DD is cutting back, too. It hurts to say this, but part of me is not sorry. I've stopped offering. We only nurse when she asks ...

[heatherRN]

I just want to say that I bought "more milk two" by motherlove and after 24 hrs taking it my ds has had more wet diapers and more dilute looking urine in the potty. I work weekends, so I will be curious to see how much I am able to pump since it was decreasing last weekend.

[mamamilkbar]

still nursing here! and we will tandem nurse again after the babe is born.. i don't see DD2 weaning anytime soon she is only 14 months...so she'll get to nurse with her younger sibling just like she did with her older sister :) I am just happy I am not tandem nursing and pregnant. lol, that would probably be a different story... :)

[CholoMama]

My 4-year-old hasn't breastfed for a week. It has all been pretty gentle really, she's been going without her daytime nap so really exhausted by about 6.30 and I get her all ready to sleep then we drive to pick up her dad from work and she falls asleep on the way home. He carries her to bed, cos if she smells me she asks for a drink. I think that's it cos I can't see myself going back once this week has gone by now, especially since my nipples are on fire. I was ready for this so I'm quite glad about the timing, any earlier though and she wouldn't have been ready so it has all worked out quite well.

[joyfilledmomma]

Hi...I'm just checking out this thread since I'm around 6 weeks pregnant and dd is still nursing at 21 months. I'm having a lot of nipple tenderness and I'm wondering if I'm losing supply already because she's been really frantic about nursing. Sometimes I hear her swallowing, but often it's just frantic sucking. I can usually distract myself during the day, so it's not too bad, but she's started to wake up much more at night to nurse than she has for a long while, so I'm going a bit crazy with that...and feeling quite sleepy!

[barefoot mama]

I nursed one toddler through my second and third pregnancies, and nursed two toddlers through my third, fourth, fifth, and sixth. I am now nursing two and on my seventh pregnancy.

This time around, I am trying to gently wean my 2 1/2 year old, while the 14 month old continues to nurse. I'm just getting tired. And it's hard to nurse two kiddos while pregnant.

joyfilledmama, I also lose my milk early. Right away the babies start to act funny, and I think it's because the taste or quality changes. At about 6 weeks, my supply begins to diminish, the quality of sleep goes down for everyone. By 10 to 12 weeks, my milk is completely gone. I do have a friend who managed to keep her milk her entire pregnancy. I wish I could do that!

[iachica]

I can definitely relate with the waking up more at night bit!!! My 12 month old wants the boob in her mouth all night long, and since I can't sleep through it, that's just not going to cut it. I'm getting to the point where night weaning is weighing really heavily on my mind. Luckily, I don't have too much soreness.....yet!!! :)

[alegna]

Dd is still nursing tons, but it is definitely getting less comfortable...

-Angela

[sadiesmom]

Still nursing here too, dd will be 3 in December. I'm not sure about tandem nursing, just going to see how it goes. She had been slowing down lately. She only recently stopped nursing in the middle of the night, and that's when I got pregnant. The last couple of nights she's been waking up again and wanting milk though, so who knows? I mean she calls the shots around here anyway, so I figure making any concrete plan is pretty pointless.:lol

[somanyjoys]

I've been meaning to jump in on this thread. I'm nursing my 28 month old. I just finished Adventures in Tandem Nursing (started when we were TTC to be prepared). I'm going to continue some gentle mama-led weaning over these next months. We have limits now -- don't nurse during the night until daddy's alarm goes off, don't nurse in public anymore. I'd like to get down to nursing for naptime and nursing for bedtime soon, and then hold on to those or drop them if I just can't take it anymore. I hope those two-year molars come soon because I don't want her to go through that without the comfort of the boob! Though I do think she'd dry/comfort nurse if the teething starts after my milk is gone.

[littlemama06]

My dd is almost 15 months and still nursing.The past few weeks she had stopped at night but started back.Iam so tired.My midwife emailed me and siad to be sure to eat for three:dizzy:
Kaitlin

[alegna]

:bouncy

Oh my goodness! I just saw that you're here Kait. Nice to see you again. Should be fun in the same DDC :D

-Angela

[june'smom]

Yup, me too. Ds is 27mos. I really planned on letting him CLW, but it is getting much harder. I had a hard time tandem nursing with the first two, but did it (mostly) successfully for 18 mos. I just don't know that I want to go through that again, but I know it will make the transition so much easier. Ack. Both kids still wake up at least once every night, so lack of sleep is part of the problem.