Hi All,
I'm new here and just starting to look around. We have a 6-year-old daughter and 10-month-old non-ID boys. I only recently found Mothering mag, and I went to the web site to look for info on breast feeding twins. My daughter self-weaned between 18 months and 2 years. The boys are still nursing at 10 months, and we've no plans to change anything! I had an experience at our YMCA today though that made me question my "nursing" style or wonder -- Am I nursing too much? I never really thought about it before and maybe I am just being overly sensitive. I got the vibe from a mom who breastfed her twins, so I took it more seriously than I would someone who didn't know from breastfeeding. My guys still nurse A LOT. They are eating baby foods, cereals, etc. They eat 4 meals a day and nurse... I don't actually count, because there are times when they really nurse and times when they just kind of crawl up and nuzzle and then go away. Really nurse? Maybe 6 times or so a day? Maybe more? What happened today made me feel like I should cart the boys off and get them out of there before nursing them so I don't have to be 'judged.' Dunno. I never questioned what was 'normal' before... just did it. Now I find myself questioning and I don't like it!
Anyways... hello to all!
Zoelda
I'm new here and just starting to look around. We have a 6-year-old daughter and 10-month-old non-ID boys. I only recently found Mothering mag, and I went to the web site to look for info on breast feeding twins. My daughter self-weaned between 18 months and 2 years. The boys are still nursing at 10 months, and we've no plans to change anything! I had an experience at our YMCA today though that made me question my "nursing" style or wonder -- Am I nursing too much? I never really thought about it before and maybe I am just being overly sensitive. I got the vibe from a mom who breastfed her twins, so I took it more seriously than I would someone who didn't know from breastfeeding. My guys still nurse A LOT. They are eating baby foods, cereals, etc. They eat 4 meals a day and nurse... I don't actually count, because there are times when they really nurse and times when they just kind of crawl up and nuzzle and then go away. Really nurse? Maybe 6 times or so a day? Maybe more? What happened today made me feel like I should cart the boys off and get them out of there before nursing them so I don't have to be 'judged.' Dunno. I never questioned what was 'normal' before... just did it. Now I find myself questioning and I don't like it!
Anyways... hello to all!
Zoelda