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« Reply #15 on: January 07, 2006, 09:53:13 am »
sabrina and monika, how long do you plan on bf your bubs for?

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« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2006, 11:44:12 am »
I plan on breastfeeding until ds's 1st birthday and then wean him directly to the cup and with whole milk...
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« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2006, 22:12:33 pm »
I don't have a plan; I'm on dd's schedule.  When she's ready, she'll wean.  She's already significantly shortened both her morning and bed-time feeds, so she may be gearing up to quit, or then again maybe not.  I'm now starting to TTC and am hoping I'll be able to keep it up through the pregnancy if that's what dd wants/needs, so we shall see how that goes.  I'd love to make it to the two-year mark, but again, I have no hard-and-fast plans.  Ffunny, before I got pregnant and knew anything about nursing, I thought I'd just nurse for the first six months, then call it quits.  Then I found out you have to give formula if you wean before a year, so I figured I'd make it to the year mark.  But by the time we got there, neither one of us wanted to stop, so we both kept going, and I wouldn't change it for anything.
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« Reply #18 on: January 08, 2006, 01:14:56 am »
I found that my appetite did decrease now that I'm done breastfeeding. I get the "munchies" more than being hungry. It is hard to go back to eating well and counting calories!  :shock:  I'll let you know in a few months about weight loss.  :wink:
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« Reply #19 on: January 08, 2006, 03:26:06 am »
I am also not making any plans, I love breastfeeding and so does Anna. I don't really see a reason to stop until she is ready. I am also TTC now and I know that pregnancy can affect my dd's desire to continue nursing, so if she weans during my pregnancy, it is OK with me. If she doesn't, we will do a tandem nursing when a new baby arrives.

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« Reply #20 on: January 08, 2006, 12:10:39 pm »
I ran into a bit of a problem yesterday....I discovered ds's first tooth after he took a big chomp on my breast!  OUCH!  He's been biting me with every feed since.  I had said to my dh that once he bit me, and it became a game I would stop bf, but not that it's happened I don't know what to do.  I want to bf for his first year, but  I can't keep getting chomped on!

What did you ladies do? ( Those whose nursed once teeth came in )
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« Reply #21 on: January 08, 2006, 19:18:56 pm »
Almost all babies experiment with biting when teething. Tracy suggests saying "mommy doesn't like that" or "ouch that hurts mommy" but a simple "no biting!" usually worked for me. You can try to determine when it happens, if at the end of the feed, then get your finger ready to insert into mouth and save your nipple! It usually is short lived, and if you nip it properly it often doesn't recur. No reason to stop nursing!
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« Reply #22 on: January 10, 2006, 21:32:37 pm »
I also said "no biting" or "ouch, that hurts mommy" and took my breast out of her mouth.  Then I latched her back on.  If your ds is chomping down on you, he can't get milk at the same time, so you can end the nursing session if he does it repeatedly.  But if it's just a once-in-awhile thing, he's likely just experimenting with his brand-new chompers, and a reminder not to bite before resuming nursing will probably do the trick.  Definitely no need to stop nursing!  Just let him know it's not okay and get on with it.
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« Reply #23 on: January 10, 2006, 22:20:19 pm »
Good to know, I do feel silly telling him my emotions, what with him being 6 months old, but I rather feel silly than to stop bf.  I put the 1 year goal and really want to accomplish it.  None of the women in my family bf for more than 1 month! Can you believe it?!?!?  So the fact that I'm coming up on the 7 month mark is amazing!

Thanks for the support!

 :!: I've been trying a "diet" for the past 2 weeks and even though I won't weigh myself becuase I think of it as a mental set back, my clothes are fitting more losely!  I eat yogurt with pineapple chunks and walnuts for breakfast and dinner, and a sensible lunch.  With all 5 food groups, but less quantity.  And if I get hungry I'll munch on some walnuts or pineapple sweetened with Splenda.  And lots and lots of water!  I won't work out like I used to becuase I have it in my head that it will affect my milk supply and/or the taste.  But I do walk for about 45 mins with ds in the afternoon. 

Just passing along the yogurt tip in hopes it can help someone else!

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« Reply #24 on: January 11, 2006, 12:49:27 pm »
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I am glad that I am not the only one who is bf and dieting. All that I would say to do is not fry your food in oil let them cook in their own fat, eat at least 5 fresh fruit and veg a day and make sure you have 2 different fishes each week and eat eggs for protein and nuts. Take moderate excercise and if possible swiming is a good one as the water takes your weight so you can just swim and take time for yourself if you have some one to look after baby for you will you go swimming

But if you have asthma, excema or hayfever the medical experts to recamend that you avoid peanuts for the first year will breast feeding as your child could develop a nut allergy.

Good luck and keep up all the hard work that it takes to loss weight will breast feeding. I have managed to loss 2 kg so far out of 22kg. Also if you don't need to loss it for health reasons just take it slow and easy I have got to loss mine for health reasons but I am still going to take it slow and easy as I aim to loss 1 kg each week as I can  not work in pound and onces. Let us know how you are doing
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