Oklahoma Nesties
llizzyb
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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Breastfeeding
Sorry to the non moms on the board...
Did anyone here nurse into toddlerhood? What did that look like for you? How often? How much did your kid drink from a sippy or cup since she or he was also getting fluids from you? Did you find that extended BFing affected their intake of food? Anything else you want to share? I don't have any friends who nursed past a year IRL, except for one, but she limited it to bedtime only at a year. G still nurses four times a day when I'm home, 3 when I work.
Did anyone here nurse into toddlerhood? What did that look like for you? How often? How much did your kid drink from a sippy or cup since she or he was also getting fluids from you? Did you find that extended BFing affected their intake of food? Anything else you want to share? I don't have any friends who nursed past a year IRL, except for one, but she limited it to bedtime only at a year. G still nurses four times a day when I'm home, 3 when I work.
Re: Breastfeeding
It was different with each of my kids. From about 15 months on, V nursed when he woke up and before he fell asleep. Nursing didn't really replace food or drink at that point. M, nursed sort of sporadically and G asks to nurse about 8 times a day still.
B slowly weaned somewhere between 18 and 19 months but I was PG and I think that is why. It was very gradual, just when I thought she was totally done she would ask again.
I never saw myself going past a year either but it i