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Offline Kimberly®

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weird question
« on: July 15, 2006, 22:42:01 pm »
This is some what embarrassing.

OK here's my story, some of you may already know it. I tried bfing my DD until she was about 3 months when we finally decided it just wasn't working, I had milk (I pumped as long as I could) but DD just wasn't getting enough and she was not a great latcher.

Most of my friends do BF and DD sees this all the time. In the last 3 weeks she's suddenly taken to trying to latch on at every chance we get. She even pulls my top down so she can.

I never really dried up completely and am starting to engorge again. She's doing this more and more often and its usually when she is upset or she gets hurt.

My question is.. is this normal? how to I encourage her to stop? am I doing the right thing by stopping her??

I still deal with a lot of guilt from not succeeding and find myself a bit confused here. What do you guys think?

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Re: weird question
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2006, 23:37:48 pm »
Hello,

I guess the question is 'do you want to stop her trying to bf' You don't sound so sure.
It seems pretty normal natural behaviour to me.

If DD is doing it as a source of comfort and you don't want her to carry on, then you will have to find an alternative that suits you both.





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Re: weird question
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2006, 10:14:28 am »
I would agree that you sound a bit unsure about what you want - if you were definitely against it I'm thinking you would have stopped it on the first occasion.

It's certainly certainly 'normal' (Sam's friend who isn't bf is also going through a phase and I was talking about it with his mum just on Friday).

I think if you want to stop it - sooner is better than later before it gets even more established. Does she have any other 'lovey' or security thingy you could substitute or introduce. 'Mummy and Kayla give teddy/dolly a special squeezy cuddle' and you could wear clothing that's difficult to access. When she tries - make a joke out of it, tickle her, offer substitute, say 'x (name of bf friend) has milk like this doesn't she, mummy and Kayla do special hugs instead'.

If you are getting engorged she's obviously being successful! If you do stop then watch carefully for signs of tenderness. You may even need to hand express a little to prevent problems.

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usually when she is upset or she gets hurt.

Sam sometimes asks for a bf at a time like this but I offer an alternative as I feel a bit funny about it being such an emotional crutch. I would prefer to comfort him in another way. That's just my personal decision. I would however say that I really feel Sam has benefitted from being an older nursling. I don't think I could have managed though if I wasn't 100% committed and although I'm aiming for self-weaning I don't think it's going to be easy.

You sound as though you made a real effort with breastfeeding. Please try hard to leave the unnecessary feelings of guilt behind. Focus now on what's best for you and her - it may be you want to join extended nursing land! - or it may be best to nip it in the bud now before she gets more attached to it as a support.
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Re: weird question
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2006, 16:10:41 pm »
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