I haven’t done a breastfeeding update in a while have I?
Before giving birth I knew I’d breastfeed for at least 6 months, with 1 year being my ultimate goal of giving only breastmilk. I figured after any teeth popped in, I would be a pumping mommy. Not the case. Roey has one tooth in and another just under the surface and we are still going strong!
Now that he’s eating solid foods, we nurse in the morning, before bed, and 2-4 times during the day, depending on how often he “asks” for it. I offer a sippy cup and sometimes he’ll take it and sometimes he’ll throw it away and “ask” to nurse again. Let me explain what “asking” is. He doesn’t use the sign language word for milk that we’ve been practicing with him for months. He has his own signal for it and uses that instead. He climbs up me, and divebombs my breast with his heavy head. If I don’t get the picture he takes it a step further by rooting around my nipple area and will even start chomping or try to latch over my shirt.
I’m surprised, but happy to report that even though he’s got that sharp lil tooth in his mouth, he has not bitten me once! He would “bite” and chew on my nipple before the tooth arrived, but stopped since shortly before they broke through the gums. Thank goodness. I was really nervous about that and figured biting with his new razor blade teeth would mean the end of our breastfeeding journey.
I’m glad he still wants to nurse even after experiencing all the cool new flavors and textures he’s been exposed to with solids. I love breastfeeding! I still love the snuggly closeness of it, and the amazingness of the human body. I look forward to his last nurse of the day during his nighttime routine. He’s all calm and cozy and knows this means the day is coming to a close.
Looking forward, I don’t know how I’m going to deal with weaning. I know for certain I want to do it around the year mark, but I am concerned about the process of it, how I’ll deal emotionally, and how he’ll deal emotionally and his confusion of being told “No” for something that he likes and used to do several times a day.
Any advice for me?
I BF my oldest for almost 18 months (basically before at that age) and my youngest until just before she turned 2. Weaning her was the hardest but I kept telling her she was going to have to let them go! lol I applaud you for keeping at it and I def miss that snuggling, bonding time.
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Yay, good for you Dani!! Be proud of yourself…not everyone gets to where you are, and then you’re still going! I nursed for 7 months, my body stopped cooperating around 5 months but I wasn’t ready to give up altogether. It took ME awhile to wean from it. But my goal was 6, so I was able to surpass that, and I felt proud and fortunate that it had been such an easy, enjoyable journey. To this day, it is the thing I miss most about my nb baby!!
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I love reading your commentaries on being a mom. You’re hilarious…and so real it’s ridiculous! I also get the dive bomb signal…Avery has also gone as far as to dig my boob out himself. Crazy boys…
Keep up the good work mama!
Glad you’re still going strong! We’re still waiting on that first tooth and already I’m being gnawed on at times. One yelp from me and he stops though.
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Thanks! Digging your boob out?! LOL that’s priceless.
Hahaha at the dive bomb signal. I guess if it gets he what he want/needs from mama…
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I am remember the dive bomb signal. It is especially funny when it happened in public and you’re talking to someone. It’s great that you are still breast-feeding and it is working for you.
He has such a cute smile.
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Oh man, I hope he doesn’t pull that stunt in public. My lil shark. Thank you!
Weaning was hard for me. Eventually my milk supply dwindled and I guess she was expecting a flow of milk and when she didn’t get it she was done. Just like that!
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Easy! Do you know what made the milk supply dwindle?
Great update – recognise the divebombing
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