[greymama]

Has anyone here ever restarted nursing their toddler after they had stopped for a while. Reason I ask is my oldest son is 28 months and he self-weaned around his 1st birthday. I became pregnant with DS#2 when #1 was 10-months and #1 started to lose interest in nursing shortly thereafter. I pretty much forced the issue for a few more months since I wasn't ready to stop.

Anywho, now that I'm nursing #2, #1 is fascinated with my breasts. He's always sticking his hands down my shirt, pushing them, etc. So last night we were in bed (#2 cosleeps/#1 not into being with everyone...yet) and #2 started touching my breasts. I ask him if he wants to nurse like his brother and he says yes, he usually says "no" when I ask if he wants to nurse. He kinda acted like he was going to but didn't actually. So, I was looking forward to bonding with my toddler like that, and then disappointed that it didn't work.

Has anyone ever reintroduced nursing to their toddler, or should I just give up on that dream?

 

[pugmommy7]

i went through the same thing.
my 1 yo nurses and my 2 yo is very interested. i always tell her she is welcome to, but she never does

sometimes she starts to, or puts her mouth on, then stops. she totally forgot how to latch.
but still it breaks my heart. i feel that as long as she knows she is welcome any time, it is not a rejection thing.
sometimes we cuddle and it is the next best thing, she still nuzzles in and i try not to wish we were nursing and enjoy the moment.
you know when they get older those moments are fewer and fewer.
i can really relate.
( i do give her ebm though... i got pg w/ dd#2 when dd#1 was only 9 mos old.)
I did hear about an adoptive mom who bf'd her 2 yo (she adopted her at 2) till 7. i think anything can be done,if you both want it

hugs to you mama

 

[crunchyconmomma]

#1 weaned at about 16 mos and i am still certain he wasn't ready to. i always wondered. he had tried on a few rare occasions but had forgotten how. #1 was 30 months when #2 was born. about 2 months PP, #1 came around looking longingly again at what his brother was doing and i told him he could. he latched on like he never forgot. now he does sometimes. not always.

so there is hope. if you want her to be able to and she wants to, it could work. where there is a will there is a way, but i am pretty sure it has to be her will - the law of the toddler!

 

[pugmommy7]

awwww. that is so sweet

 

[magentamomma]

My situation is a little different. Iweaned my dd when she was 2 1/2, she was not ready but I was . I got really sick in april and she started nursing again, I didn't feel up to argueing so we nurse every night before bed now.

 

[Terion]

my two babies are 15 months apart. when I was preg. with Dillan the youngest my milk dried up and my then 9 month old (cassidy) was left high and dry and none too happy, after dillan was born cassidy watched very closely at her nursing, I would ask if she wanted to nurse and she seemed to want to but had forgotten how or something, but she kept looking, hugging etc, finally one day (about 3 months after the birth of her sister) she just latched back on and has been nursing ever since (almost literally!) she was always a power marathon nurser and still is...

 

[mom2fourwildones]

My two babies are 11 months apart and I never BF DS but I do exclusively nurse DD. And my older one is curious about what DD is doing always at mommys breast. So I wanted to see if I could get my DS to latch on, I just didnt know what people would think.... I know I shouldnt worry about what people would think. Anyway this thread has helped me to know Im not the only one curious about this. Thanks! Maybe next time DS is watching me feed DD I will pull him up there and let him have a try.

Tandem Nursing...that would be interesting.