Extended Nursing Support Thread part 4

[Fiver]

Hi Claire and welcome

[*Ali*]

Welcome Claire.

[Khalam's Mama]

Welcome Claire. Cant believe we are extended nurses. I still remember being on the TTC threaad with you. How time flies.
I have weaned night feeds completely. We are still getting a brief 5.30am wu but settling quickly - quicker than a feed so i am hoping he will get there. He does take his time over his wu boob now though, he supped for 50mins back and forth (RLR) this morning. I didn't mind because i could continue snoozing for that time. He lets me know when he wants to swap though (after 20min or so). I feel so much less full now that I have weaned the last NF though, I guess NF are good for supply  after all.

[Solene]

Khalam's Mama, I want to continue nursing at least until next spring (first winter in daycare, and past 2 yo.), and that's why I'm still nursing at night with no plans to stop.
He only eats one time, or two, at night. But I don't wanna risk the supply with stopping it.
I know many stop BF'ing at night with no change in supply, I'm just not risking it.
Mum thinks I'm crazy. :p
But honestly it doesn't bother me, I hardly wake up from that feed, he sleeps right next to me and kinda just helps himself.

[amayzie]

I reckon Solene that if it suits you then keep it going! I was finding that for us the night wakings were turning into more more than one, and becoming extended... so we ditched them... but if it's no problem then keep it up!

[amayzie]

Ok= so i feel like the breastfeeding equivalent of a teenager again! I didn't give DS his ?BT feed as we were out and he was with mum- and now he's woken in the middle of the night- that's not odd- the odd part is than once i put him to bed again i realised tht i was LEAKING quite a bit- AND engorged!!! That usually never happens! I had to dig out a nursing pad!! So since our ban on night feeds i really didn't want to feed him, so i've had to dig out the PUMP!! Now i have about 150 or so mls of EBM- WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THAT!! DO you think he'll drink it in a cup? He doesn't drink much milk during the day... should i save it for someone to give him when i'm not here? That seems a bit over the top... AND i've packed up all of the bottles, so i don't even have a storage lid!

I also can't believe it as in what i would term 'the dying days of the pump' i really wasn't getting anything much out at all- so i thought i'd get nothing now!! ANyway- off to bed to sleep in only slightly damp comfort. (ew! TMI! )

[*Ali*]

Lol Katy. Can you put it on his cereal or something?

[ZacsMumme]

Lol, I'm still lurking (sorry stalker ish arent I!) but this happened to me on and off Katy too luckily it settled as quick as it started so hopefully it's a 1 off for now lol

[Fiver]

I was going to suggest on cereal or something as well.

[*Ali*]

Sara, it is great to have BTDT advice so please do stick around

[amayzie]

Yeah- i might go the cereal.. It just amuses me that I still have this 'ebm is like gold' mentality! Even though it's really not at this point!

[Erin M]

Put it in dh's coffee and see if he notices.

No seriously, I'd mix it with food.

[amayzie]

LOL! We ran out of milk for DHs coffee- so i did suggest that- he wasn't keen! It probably wouldnt taste that different... I'm not tasting it though... ew! I don't like milk though,... so i don't think i'd like it...

[Papaya]

Haha! Yeah, I'd just use it with his food. I personally dislike the smell of ebm so wouldn't be keen to have it in MY coffee! 

If any of you are down to mostly just one feed a day, when did you do that? I'm thinking of dropping the BT feed soon but would like to keep the WU one for a few more months. I think most people do it the other way around but this would work better for us: we usually have more time in the morning for nice long snuggly feeds (when F is in the mood for them) whereas fitting in milk between dinner and bath can sometimes mean bedtime is a bit of a rush. She's often not super keen if she's had a big dinner anyway. And I thought it might be better for keeping up the supply?

[amayzie]

We do our BT feed after bath so it's not too tricky... Still on 2 here though- so no advice!