tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post4101948091454376270..comments2023-11-03T08:13:04.072-04:00Comments on anabegins: Weaning woesAnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006807775816627217noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-15569422985040328562021-07-14T03:45:17.041-04:002021-07-14T03:45:17.041-04:00Useful info. Hope to see more good posts in the fu...Useful info. Hope to see more good posts in the future.<br /><a href="https://milky-mama.com/treats/" rel="nofollow">breastfeeding cookies</a><br />Jhon Rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807992996788496713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-48513222405372858092012-09-10T12:09:48.402-04:002012-09-10T12:09:48.402-04:00How are you doing now? It's been almost a mon...How are you doing now? It's been almost a month and L is almost a year old! Are you feeling any more at peace with L's weaning? I hope so. He sounds like such a good eater. I think what you're experiencing is very very common. Though... one mom at daycare was recently complaining about a recent drop in supply and physically recoiled in horror when I said, "Well, if it doesn't rebound back, you can always supplement with formula."<br /><br />Well, it's true right? <br /><br />Anyhow, people are dolts about this issue. The important thing is that you and L (and B and G) are all happy and healthy. I think when my daughter weans I will miss nursing her too.... but it's just a part of them growing up. Watching them find their independence is rewarding too. I feel so proud of my daughter when she shows me her new skills. <br /><br />Hope you've been weathering the changes well!OMDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17937425894428802591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-66710861186501377102012-09-06T16:24:16.290-04:002012-09-06T16:24:16.290-04:00I went through the same thing with all of my kids ...I went through the same thing with all of my kids - all at different stages - and, though none of my bf'ing experiences matched the ideal picture I'd painted in my brain, I realized that weaning was a lesson to apply to the rest of parenting: you do what works for you and your family and try your best to make your reality a happy one.<br /><br />I hope this transition goes smoothly for both of you and that L is giving you some more sleep in the early mornings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-12754917537588643572012-08-28T20:05:27.278-04:002012-08-28T20:05:27.278-04:00I'm another data point in the stopping-pumping...I'm another data point in the stopping-pumping-but-still-nursing crowd. Smaller just started refusing bottles at about 10 months and would wait for me to get home. So my pumping output dwindled down to nothing, and I quit pumping at work. After about a month, I was adjusted to her only nursing 3-4 times a day (and night). She eats a ton, drinks loads of other liquids, and nurses for comfort and when she's sleepy. it doesn't have to be all-or-nothing if you want to continue to combo-feed. <br /><br />(and the preview isn't picking up my openid, so this is sharah from http://sharah.wordpress.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-20962596506666845372012-08-23T09:31:45.313-04:002012-08-23T09:31:45.313-04:00I feel for you. We went through this a couple mon...I feel for you. We went through this a couple months ago and I struggled. I will say, though, that now that we're weaned, I am so happy. Matthew is happy, I am happy... we both have our freedom and the snuggles are so wonderful because I know they're for more than milk. <br /><br />It will be OK - but it is sooooo hard.Courtneyhttp://allthesunforyou.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-19228467512013762352012-08-22T22:36:11.179-04:002012-08-22T22:36:11.179-04:00For whatever reason I was more opposed to the form...For whatever reason I was more opposed to the formula than the soy milk that our daughter eventually drank (dairy allergy) and we ended up starting her on regular soy milk around 11 months so she had a pretty limited amount of formula which our doc recommended because she was low on iron. <br /><br />If he's 10.5 months you might want to talk to your ped about introducing regular milk earlier? If you have the same weirdness about formula that I did. Something about it being too processed, etc. Crazy, I know.<br /><br />I also stopped pumping around 11 months and did not regret that. We nursed a couple times a day (just morning and night IIRC) until 14 months, and it was fine. Not a ton of milk, but she seemed ok with that. When she got sick around 12 months and wanted a lot of nursing, my supply went right back up. It was pretty cool.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212690454989568626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-3668628878102833222012-08-22T16:53:15.560-04:002012-08-22T16:53:15.560-04:00I totally get everything you've said here. Eve...I totally get everything you've said here. Even though I've weaned, more or less, I feel all kinds of guilt/happiness/sadness/frustration and a whole host of other things about ending the breastfeeding relationship, and it is probably all tied up with the fact that she's about to be a toddler, not a baby. <br /><br />I've noticed that baby E sometimes eats more than my 2.75 year old toddler, too. It's amazing how much food she can put away. That's probably what makes this period in breastfeeding so challenging--babies at 10/11/12 months are really into food. I've heard that after this initial love affair with food, breastfeeding becomes easier again (maybe at 13/14/15 months), but I haven't tried it myself.Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15578298916240000333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-11435172302562845302012-08-22T16:05:05.344-04:002012-08-22T16:05:05.344-04:00Here's some more on the pump:
http://nicoleand...Here's some more on the pump:<br />http://nicoleandmaggie.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/breastmilk-supply/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-68111813423614013182012-08-22T16:03:56.348-04:002012-08-22T16:03:56.348-04:00You don't have to wean completely-- your breas...You don't have to wean completely-- your breasts will adjust to only making the milk that he wants. So if he wants to nurse at drop off and pick up and no other time, your breasts will get used to that and gear up for those times. We still nursed for over a year after I stopped pumping, but less and less as he got older. I really missed it because nursing is a great way for me to lose weight!<br /><br />Regarding not getting much out of the pump-- if you want to keep pumping, check to see if the problem is the pump instead of you. i would get cathair on the membrane and that would mess up the seal. Also I broke two medela PISAs... they got tiny holes in the membrane. If I hadn't been on a support group I would have thought I was the problem and not the pump. Also try replacing the little white flappy things on the horns. For some reason that works too sometimes.<br /><br />That said, after ~6 months the negatives to formula are very small. It's just like any other non-bm food. You no longer get the benefit of non-stinky poo because solid food makes poo stinky too, for example. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com