Extended Nursing Support Thread part 4

[Papaya]

Still here with WU and BT feeds....and sometimes one NF as well. I don't mind giving one when she's badly teething, but she is such an atrocious teether that they come and go for so long and it's hard to figure out when she's really in discomfort and when she's just trying it on! So I've been being a bit firm on no NFs over the past week or so and she has started sleeping better.

How does she manage to suck and still get me with those bottom teeth??

Yes, you have to wonder, don't you?? F's latch has never been great and each time a new tooth is cutting we have problems...to the extent that when we sit down for a feed, F looks at me and preemptively says owww! Will you keep offering, Amanda, and see if she comes back to it?

[amayzie]

Hamish will look at me at the end of a side sometimes and give me the most delicate and deliberate bite! No idea why!! It's not hat he's cranky- or even being silly- it's just that he thinks this is sometimes required!!

Good job on the no night feeds Nuala- I was happy enough with a night feed to except it was just getting silly. We actally haven't found it that hard- the first night he guzzled some water- but since that he hasn't even wanted that! Much better sleeping without..

[Erin M]

Morning and night here too, though we're both somewhat half-hearted about it now so I don't know how long we'll keep it up for.  It's been nice to keep it up for this long though!

[Fiver]

Nuala, she's still going so far, just seems less interested.  She was really tired tonight, but did ok until it just got too uncomfortable

[C&B&E]

Hi ladies, I thought I'd pop on here and say hi  **waves**

I'm ebf Evelyn who is almost 13 months - about 4 feeds in 24 hours, including one night feed in the early morning still  .  I'm not really sure what to do about it as she takes a huge feed, and then will go back to sleep for another few hours  .  She's MSPI so I'm particularly happy to be still breastfeeding her but she hasn't slept through the night *ever* and I'd love it if she would start sometime soon!!

[Fiver]

Hope she does it for you soon, Claire.  D was similar and (touch wood) does pretty well now

[Erin M]

Hi Claire!  Hope she pushes out to a normal wu time soon!  Any luck trying to limit that early AM feed or are you just going with it for now?

[amayzie]

I have to share 2 things- One- VERY exciting- Hamish STTN for the first time in a VERY long time!! No feed, no waking!! Hopefully once he gets over this early evening waking because he went to bed too late (naughty mummy) tonight ill be the same!

And the other is an amusing anecdote that you would ONLY have when BFing a toddler- Apparenty hamish pulled at my mum's shirt on a number of occasions today saying 'go, go' ('mik, milk')!! Needless to say he got no joy there!

[Solene]

Heya, I'm just popping my head in.
I nurse my 17 month old, and I hope he continues through winter until next spring at least. But he loves nursing, so I think he will.
He nurses several times a day (whenever he wants), and once or sometimes twice at night.

[C&B&E]

yey, that's great he sttn  !  And very funny about your Mum lol!

Hi Claire!  Hope she pushes out to a normal wu time soon!  Any luck trying to limit that early AM feed or are you just going with it for now?

hmm, I've not really tried limiting it much as she was taking a full feed at 5.30am and then sleeping til 8 which was amazing.  But now its gradually slipping earlier and last night she woke at 3am  , so I think I'm going to have to start reducing it down.   She self settles the rest of the time for bedtime/naps/early evening but goes completely crazy if she wakes in the middle of the night and dh tries to settle her - does that suggest she really is hungry  

posted at the same time as you Solene - hi 

[Fiver]

Hi Solene

Claire, with the weather being warmer, perhaps she's thirsty?

[C&B&E]

Hi Solene

Claire, with the weather being warmer, perhaps she's thirsty?

Oh, unfortunately it's not the weather she's been like it for months  , and goes crazy if we try and give her water and then takes a good 15 minute feed!  she's a scamp lol!

[Fiver]

If she's taking a good feed, sounds like hunger to me!!

[*Ali*]

Welcome Solene

[amayzie]

Hi Solene!

well i spoke too soon- last night was up twice- and once even asked for milk!! Could have been teeth- who knows!