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Question for BF moms
DS just turned a year this month and I am still nursing. I normally nurse 4x a day (first thing in the morning, after each nap, and before bed) and want to try to drop the second feeding....he doesn't seem to care for whole milk so I'm not sure of what to do at this point? He gets upset if I don't nurse him after his naps so I think I am in for a challenge.....any advice???
Also, his pedi made a comment about the nursing at his 1 yr appt...basically surprised that I am still nursing so much....but I'm not working right now so it works for us and I never really thought it was so strange. She wants him on cow's milk asap. Anyone else nurse past a year and receive different advice?
Re: Question for BF moms
I nursed Lilly until she was 13 months?I had been pumping and freezing the expressed milk until she was about 10 months old then I had enough of a stash in the freezer to allow me to stop pumping and just nurse her when I got home from work and before bed.
Around 11-months we decided to try her with some cow?s milk?with the pedi?s permission we did a ?1/2 and ?? bottle?half cow?s milk and half expressed milk to get her used to the taste change. She took well to that and eventually as we moved closer to that 13-month mark we reduced the amount of expressed milk?we were also slightly warming the cow?s milk to get it to resemble the temp of the expressed. By about 13 ? months she was on full cow?s milk and by 14-months she was able to take it from the fridge.
Not sure if that will work for all kids but it worked for Lillian. Good luck and great job for making it to the 1-year mark! I don?t see anything wrong with LO being a year old and you still nursing?I?m really surprised that the pedi has that attitude. It?s sad really. But great job?it?s such an accomplishment and it?s so fulfilling!
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Also, the reason I stopped nursing was b/c I still hadn?t had a post-partum period and my OB was concerned that my nursing was suppressing my system so she suggested that I start to wean to jump-start my system so to speak. If I didn?t have that issue I?d prob. have kept nursing her after work?so again, I see nothing wrong with extended nursing and your decision to do so!
What happened to breast is best??? I can't believe your Pedi was surprised. Was it the frequency or the timeline? I know when I was home with DS2 he definitely nursed frequently and it was ok with me bc we were home together. It is what ever works for you. I know even now DS2 only takes about 4 oz at a time out of a bottle. A BIG bottle for him is 5oz. Maybe it was the frequent feedings that did it for him all those months.
I aimed for at least a yr with both boys. I am hoping to make it beyond a yr with DS2 while supplementing with cow's milk. I know with DS1 my supply went on me around 10 months due to stress at my old job. I had DS1 on formula from there and he didn't like milk so we actually did a year of Go & Grow in place of milk.
I also know my niece refuses to this day to drink milk. She did go & grow also. After that my sister just bulked up the yogurt, cheese & ice cream intake to make up for the lack of milk.
I hope you get some advice for the milk issue. Regarding past a year & BFing...I say GOOD FOR YOU! Way to go! That is a huge accomplishment!
Shannon didn't care for milk either. Her pedi suggested adding juice or something else to it so that it would sweeten it. She didn't like the milk-juice combo.
It took Shannon until she was more than 2 years old before she started liking/tolerating milk... and, the only way I was able to get her to drink it was to put a little vanilla syrup (Torani) in it so it tasted like vanilla ice cream.
Now, if she's thirsty in the morning, she will drink a glass of milk that way... but unless she is going through a growth spurt, she still doesn't ask for or particularly care for milk. She likes other dairy -- cheese, yogurt -- so I do make sure she gets that in her diet.
Meant to include: Shannon self-weaned at 14 months. I would have nursed longer, but she was done. I plan to nurse Kyle until 12 months, and then go by his cues to wean. That might be at 12 months, or much later. We'll see.
i think after the 1st nap ( thats the one you want to drop , right?) i would bring him out of his room and offer water or water juice... even a little chocolate milk with some fruit, cherrios, puffs or yogurt melts. it will give him the little snack that he is used to and also distract him from the boob.
i nursed mila until she was 22 months and i am still nursing isla (she is 22 months). she nursed anywhere from 1- 3times a day, but only for 5 minutes each time. for most of her second year it was a lot more frequent and longer. i think its great for them! you will get there with the milk. i stressed too, but try not to worry too much.
try the chocolate syrup, and always offer it. if he is having yogurt and cheese you are ok.
This sounds just like my situation with DS! Except I stopped pumping at 11 months, and we worked off the freezer stash until he was about 13 months. We mixed breastmilk & whole milk for him starting at 11.5 months, and we are doing it with DD2 now as well. Neither took to the whole milk right away, but now DS (he is 3) likes it a lot and DD2 (she is 13.5 months) is starting to drink it a lot more too, recently she'll even have it cold from the fridge.
I'm curious who your pediatrician is. Mine was kind of weird about it too, because I choose to continue to nurse as well until we're past the cold weather and/or until DD chooses to wean. She basically said the breastmilk isn't giving her much nutrition at this point (?), and it doesn't count at all towards her milk intake (which should be 12-16 oz). I'm nursing 2x a day when I'm at work, and 3x a day when I am home with her. I figure eventually she'll start drinking more whole milk like DS did, and I'm not overly worried at all!
Thanks so much for your advice, everyone! I think I am going to try a few of the things you recommended. Around one year were your LOs drinking milk from a bottle or sippy cup? I haven't had to give him a bottle in over a month....he drinks from me or water from a sippy (and only one with a straw...doesn't like the others.)
We see Dr. Ammar at Tollgate Pedi. I really like her but was a little surprised by her reaction. After leaving I wondered if I was doing something wrong...and prior to that I was really comfortable. Actually, I have started feeling the need to defend my decision to continue nursing ever since he turned 1....like all of a sudden a button was pushed and it is weird. I want to continue nursing but just cut back a bit since I am looking for a job and don't want it to be a battle later on if I need to stop during the day.
Thanks again for all of your help - I feel a lot better now!!
Nah, you're not doing anything wrong at all!
DH just said yesterday that he was going to try weaning DD off her one bottle (it's still a mix of breastmilk & whole milk) today and just stick with the sippy. All of her other cups of straight whole milk are in a sippy. With DS, he was done with bottles before he turned one; but he was also in daycare and lots of the other kids in his room had already transitioned to the sippy cup. I think that helped make it easier for him.
Good luck!