So I am expecting baby #2 any day now. My ds is almost 3 years old and still nursing to go to sleep (one nap a day and at night for bedtime). He has also started nursing throughout the day again (for the last 2 months of my pregnancy).
My question is this....how, in detail, do I get through the first week or so once the new one arrives??? Iread "Adventures in Tandem Nursing" (the LLL book) but I still don't feel like I understand how to deal with the first few days! Do I need to make sure that the newborn always gets the colostrum first? Will I have less colostrum if both are nursing those first couple of days? After my milk comes in, do I need to nurse new babe first or second or does it even matter??? HELP!
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Also, my ds is VERY attached to the idea that he can switch from breast to breast whenever he wants....every few minutes he might say "this one'' and point to the other breast and he is pretty insistent upon this. I know some tandem moms say that they just keep one breast for toddler and one for newborn but I don't think that will work for us.
Ds also 'insists' upon twiddling/squeezing the other breast while he nurses. It is close to impossible to get his hand away, he gets very frustrated and then I get frustrated and we are all upset. But what about 'germs'???? He is out there in the 'big world' hanging out with other kids, people, etc. I am not sure I feel comfortable with the idea that he is going to be twiddling nipples with his hands and then the baby is going to be nursing from that nipple (even if we are good about washing his hands). Is that just me being overy fearful about germs??
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Basically, I want to have some idea ahead of time of how best to handle the first week at least. My midwives have never tandem nursed so they don't have much info for me and I don't personally know any moms either. Can anyone give me the nitty gritty details about how to actually do it those first few days? And any words of wisdom about passing germs around when a toddler is nursing from the same breasts as a newborn? This is especially on my mind right now because my ds is sick with a nasty cough and I am ready to go into labor any day now
Thanks so much
Adrianna
My question is this....how, in detail, do I get through the first week or so once the new one arrives??? Iread "Adventures in Tandem Nursing" (the LLL book) but I still don't feel like I understand how to deal with the first few days! Do I need to make sure that the newborn always gets the colostrum first? Will I have less colostrum if both are nursing those first couple of days? After my milk comes in, do I need to nurse new babe first or second or does it even matter??? HELP!

Also, my ds is VERY attached to the idea that he can switch from breast to breast whenever he wants....every few minutes he might say "this one'' and point to the other breast and he is pretty insistent upon this. I know some tandem moms say that they just keep one breast for toddler and one for newborn but I don't think that will work for us.
Ds also 'insists' upon twiddling/squeezing the other breast while he nurses. It is close to impossible to get his hand away, he gets very frustrated and then I get frustrated and we are all upset. But what about 'germs'???? He is out there in the 'big world' hanging out with other kids, people, etc. I am not sure I feel comfortable with the idea that he is going to be twiddling nipples with his hands and then the baby is going to be nursing from that nipple (even if we are good about washing his hands). Is that just me being overy fearful about germs??

Basically, I want to have some idea ahead of time of how best to handle the first week at least. My midwives have never tandem nursed so they don't have much info for me and I don't personally know any moms either. Can anyone give me the nitty gritty details about how to actually do it those first few days? And any words of wisdom about passing germs around when a toddler is nursing from the same breasts as a newborn? This is especially on my mind right now because my ds is sick with a nasty cough and I am ready to go into labor any day now

Thanks so much
Adrianna
