Extended Nursing Support Thread part 4

[Fiver]

Groan for NWs.  D was awake at 4.30am, quite happy chatting to herself and very much not going back to sleep.  Urgh.  Don't know if it's her weird BT feeding, teeth, room sharing, heat or something completely different, but it's driving me bonkers now.

[amayzie]

Oh how I HATE that!! HATE IT!! I really hate the 4.30 or later ones as you know that there's less and less time till they are up for the day!! Even a 2 hour waking at 1/30 am i like better.. doesn't do your head in quite so much!

[Papaya]

Yeah, 5 - 5.30am is the worst here - I know at that time of morning there's VERY little chance of her going properly back to sleep after a feed....but NO chance if I don't feed her And at least if I feed her straight away she'll take a nice long quiet feed so it means she resting for an extra half hour and manages the rest of the day better.

We're back to 1-2 NFs here - F is sick and has been running a fever so she needs the comfort and it's good for getting fluids into her too.

[Fiver]

Last night was even worse, if that's possible.  2.40am awake.  Still awake at 4.20am when I pushed off to the sofa!  I gave her some more teething meds before I went and assume she went back to sleep!!

On doing her teething meds tonight, I have found another tooth, so could've been that, but she was completely happy with it.  She fed better tonight too and was asleep by 6.15pm, so fingers crossed all this dodgy latch and whatnot has been teeth related.

[katyusha]

Nearly 2 y.o. here and still nurses am and BT, but very very quickly. Is it time to quit?

[*Ali*]

Do you want to wean Kate? If so, would he ask if you didn't offer and just distracted instead?

[Solene]

katyusha, what's quick?
And, if you both still enjoy it, then I wouldn't think much about it. If you feel done though, you can always just try distracting him if he asks? See how it goes.

[amayzie]

Kate- could you just drop one? then he might be happier to have a longer one at one time of the day? Unless you're ready to stop and then you might be able to just distract him.

[*Ali*]

Today at play group a mum who hadn't been for a few months asked me just out of the blue (to be nosy) in front of the whole room full of about 9 parents "You're not still feeding him?"
Me:yes
Nosy: But he's 1 now, no?
Me: No, he'll be one next week
Nosy: And then you'll stop feeding him?
Me: No

Then Nosy didn't know what to say and the conversation ended there

[Solene]

I tend to be very over-entusiastic just for the heck of it.
Like:
Busy-body: you're not still nursing?
Me: of course I am!
Busy-body: huh? But he's 1.5?!
Me: exactly! It's recommended until 2 by WHO. And has health benefits for both of us, and his first winter in daycare is excellent to nurse through, and it's an amazing re-connect for us, it's something just the two of us share, I love it! I hope he continues for another year at least!
Busy-body will usually look at me like I have said something very new they have to think hard about, but it shuts them up.

[*Ali*]

Ha! I normally drop in the WHO recs but I think I got distracted by ds1. I am proud to BF for so long, it just amazes me that a breastfeeding mother (Nosy is BFing her 9mo) would be so presumptuous and think I want to answer personal questions in front of all and sundry. I mean I am not really that friendly with this mama

[Solene]

Busy-bodies tend to do that.

[Erin M]

LOL Solene, love the enthusiasm!

[amayzie]

clearly she had agenda! I can't believe that the phrase 'who really cares what you do in the privacy of your own home' needs to be applied to this situation!! That's how people comment about outrageous Adult 'fun' practices!! Totally different!! I've been lucky i havent come upagainst much debate on the issue...

[Fiver]

Urgh, I'm so fortunate that I've not had to experience that.  I think people just assume now that DD isn't BF any more as she just has a BT feed.  Either that or I'm some sort of ogre and people are afraid to ask   *menacing growl*