Extended nursing thread part 3

[First Time Mom]

I may just hold off a while on the cow's milk for ds, he's bfing well and is now drinking water from a sippy, I need to ask our ped about the reflux and if we need to continue the meds, if the reflux is not over (and I don't think it is) then I'm holding off.

[sparrow]

Hi all, jumping on here as dd will be one in a couple of weeks.  She still BF 3-4 times a day and 1-2 times at night!  She's never STTN.

I'd like to BF till age 2 (or as long as she's interested) but I really want to cut those night feeds. Problem is she really seems hungry.  Last night she woke at 11, I tried PD for an hour, she finally passed out, only to wake up ten minutes later so I fed her.  She then fed again at 5 a.m.

I'm thinking of getting some goats milk because she loves her sippy cup and drinks tons of water, so maybe she'd go for the milk and hopefully -?- not want to BF at night. What do people think of this?  She does eat lots of solids, but she hasn't gained much in the last few months.

[*Ali*]

Welcome Sparrow. Not sure about the goat's milk. Do you mean you would offer her the sippy at night when she wakes?
Does she go to sleep independently? Maybe post on the props board if you think she is using the BF as a prop to get back to sleep.

[sparrow]

Oh, what I meant was I was thinking of giving her goats milk during the day instead of water, to up her milk intake during the day in hopes she'd stop wanting it at night.  She falls asleep independently for naps and BT, but for her NWs I usually BF her to sleep.  I do think it's a combination of habit and hunger.  I was hoping upping her calories in the day would solve the issue but I think I need to work at it from both angles.  I found out this week that she doesn't like goat milk, almond milk, or coconut milk so I'm outta luck with that approach anyway!

[Khalam's Mama]

At one I would up solids rather than milk esp high calorie ones.
She may be hungry if she is used to feeding at this time. I wuld use the pupd as you did but you might have found the second time it wouldn't have taken an hr. If you are going to commit to the night and stick with it. Can your DH/DP help with NW as she won't expect the feed from him? Ds always settles much quicker for DH.

We were on holiday last week and DS was supping for all he was worth.

[First Time Mom]

Ladies, I'm having a terrible time bfing the past 3 days. Graydon is teething (he now has 2 top ones that have broken the skin) and is fighting bfing all the time. He will bf when he wakes in the morning but not for very long and he will bf before bed decently. During the day, he will struggle to get off and is hardly taking anything yet he's not drinking any water out of his sippy. Today I gave him cow's milk in a bottle because I was desperate and he drank about 2.5 ounces. I make his food so it's pretty thick- it's not like the baby jar food that has lots of water, so I can't figure out why he won't take in anymore liquid. I'm really worried that my supply will be gone, I pumped last night and only got 2 ounces (mind you it was late and I was really tired).

[Khalam's Mama]

I went through a period where K seemed to be losing interest. I think teeth definitely do that. Are you medicating for the teeething pain? Maybe try feeding when he first wakes in the dark room so he is less distracted? Remind me how old he is? I can bearly get 2 oz with pumping these days so that may not mean anything. Can you try feeding before nap when he is tired to get some extra into him?

[First Time Mom]

I figured out what our problem was, he seems to hate nursing for the 3 days before my "time of month"- he's fine on the first day of, but just not the 2-3 days prior. I've noticed a pattern now the past few months. All is back to normal now and he's back to nursing around 4x a day. It's funny how my supply seems to dip the few days prior too, it wasn't like this with my dd- she hated nursing the days of, not the days prior.

[Khalam's Mama]

Oh I heard something like that. I only had 2 PPAF so haven't seen a pattern. Glad he is back on the boob though.

[MommytoJashn]

My supply definately dips , but havn't seen a pattern.

also need suggestions on how to keep my supply up, though we are at the fag end of our BF, with DD reaching the 18 month mark ( i had taken the target) but the off and on feeding  , has led to a drastic fall supply.

will fenugreek tea help ? any other tastier suggestions ?

[First Time Mom]

I started taking the Fenugreek in pill form, there's no taste to it. The one I have is to be taken 2 pills 3x a day and you're supposed to smell like maple syrup but I didn't hit that point as I stopped taking day 3 when Graydon went back to normal nursing. Back when G was younger and I felt a dip in my supply from time to time I drank more water and ate lots of oatmeal, I swear the oatmeal helped!

[MommytoJashn]

Thanks ftm

[*Ali*]

I have done the fenugreek capsules and oatmeal too. And staying hydrated really helps me too.

[gogomama]

Hi there ladies!

DS turns 1 in a few days so I thought I would hop on board. DS is still doing 4 solid feeds a day..sometimes 5, but reading through all of your pp it looks like ~4 is the avg ard this age. My question is how/when did you ladies start dropping down feeds?? Was it active weaning on your part or did you find that your LO just stopped showing interest? If so, what age did you go down to ~3?  DS doesn't seem any less "interested" in any of the feeds although I was able to push out the afternoon one a little by offering a sippy of fermented milk smoothie type thing after his nap. He only takes about 100ml though. He's not a big eater and snacks don't really distract him so much. Anyhow, happy to be on board and among all of you ladies who stuck it out this far

[First Time Mom]

My ds (now 13 mths) has only 2 really good bfs in a day and 3-4 additional "drinks" of bfs. I increased it because I really don't want him on cow's milk just yet and I don't want to offer too much water (he's only on the weight charts at 25%, up from 15% earlier though). The 4 middle feeds are sometimes only one side, I get the milk into him whenever I can, which can be hard with everything being a distraction! It's working for us and he's napping and sleeping great with no wakes. I don't want him to wean prior to 2 if I can help it and for us, the way to do this, is to limit drinks other than bfing.