Did you "breastfeed" or do you - for how long?  |
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 My doctor said a year is fine, even though the American Pediatric Association recommends two years.
Personally, I give kudos to any mom that even gets though six weeks because it can be difficult.
I had a little bug the day before yesterday - stomach virus and I was vomiting and...stuff. My baby threw up once and had soft poop. I called the nurse and she asked if I was still nursing - even a little. She asked because, as I know, but its nice to be reminded, "breastmilk" provides some amazing things, antibodies, vitamins, the perfect source of nutrition all around. And she said, electrolytes, which the baby needs if he's throwing up.
She said something nasty was going 'round - indeed I had it really bad, cramps, headache, vomiting and she said it might get worse - most callers were calling with horror stories about their kids. But it never did. I attribute it to nursing. Although around sick kids and adults, he got sick once before - around his first birthday, after a plane trip and an exciting visit to his Ama - his grandmother and his cousins.
So do you "breastfeed", what are your reasons around this, for how long did you feed this way or how long do you plan to?
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 artemis432 (1730) | 3 months ago | My baby had to be in NICU for a few days - for a mistake they made - and they insisted on feeding him, claiming his blood sugar was low.
It can be very hard and painful to nurse and I can understand your decision. As far as bonding there are other ways to bond.
I love how you say your baby is ll. I imagine - and can't wait - to watch my baby grow older. Each day he's stronger and bigger! He lost his soft spots early and that made me glad. Can't wait till he's telling me what games he'd like to play and what his favourite foods are.... | |
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| LexaNightShadows (956) | 3 months ago |  Funny thing about our babies - doesn't matter how old they get, they are always going to be "babies" to us, lol!! My son was a real cuddler (still is), so we bonded through snuggling and cuddling - even now we say "I love you" about 20 times a day, give each other little hugs and kisses for no reason - I just hope that when he gets a girlfriend she doesn't mind how close he is with me - even my husband gets jealous from time to time - "How come he spends so much time with you and barely any with me" lol!!
Lexa
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| 2. nice030481 (673) | 3 months ago |  This post contains content of a mature nature. You must be Signed in or Registered to have the option to view this content.
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| artemis432 (1730) | 3 months ago | I think that's wonderful - that's exactly the amount of time his pediatrician recommended. Although it varies for everyone, I know someone who is still nursing ocassionally for her two year old.
Congratulations on the new addition! | |
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3.  WANDALIE44 (596) | 3 months ago |  i breastfeed my daughter till she was 6months then i stop she was very greedy and she would get frustrated and so would i, so i stopped, but i think that i pumped out the milk for another two months.
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| artemis432 (1730) | 3 months ago | I can't believe you pumped for that long! I couldn't hardly do it at all, except days I had to - when it was way to painful - to feed him otherwise.:) | |
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4.  MooPile (1334) | 3 months ago |  I did not breastfeed any of my 3 kids. I never wanted to. I planned on going back to work as soon as I could and it's hard with my job to find regular times to pump or feed a child when I am a nurse in a busy ER. I may go all day without a break and other days, I can't pay anyone to come in the hospital sick.
So after my kids were born, I took medication to dry my milk out and also to prevent more milk from coming in and was wrapped to stop it as well.
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| artemis432 (1730) | 3 months ago | So true - its very hard to when you have a job - especially a demanding job like yours. Wow, three kids and you're an ER nurse - to very rewarding but hard 'careers'.:) | |
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| MooPile (1334) | 3 months ago | My husband is a detective and he works days and I work nights, so one of us is always at home with our kids. That was very important to us. | |
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5.  nilanym (122) | 3 months ago |  my baby is 1 year and 3 months old now but still i breastfeed on her. the thing is she doesn't like bottled milk.
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| artemis432 (1730) | 3 months ago | Bottled cow's milk? Not good for her anyway. She is getting the best most well rounded nutrition from you! You're doing great! | |
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| 6. aseretdd (3240) | 3 months ago |  This post contains content of a mature nature. You must be Signed in or Registered to have the option to view this content.
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| artemis432 (1730) | 3 months ago | I'd recommend doing it one feeding at a time VERY slowly. And if she is understanding a lot and you want to go cold turkey (not recommended ouch), you could make a celebration of it, choose a day as the last day and make it like a rite of passage to being a 'big girl'. My friend/landlady did it that way.
Her daughter is ten now, but at the time they went to a hot springs resort nearby, had a great lunch and day and just celebrated the day. | |
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| 7. paula20 (33) | 3 months ago |  This post contains content of a mature nature. You must be Signed in or Registered to have the option to view this content.
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| artemis432 (1730) | 3 months ago | Not only cancer - but diabetes for years to come! Powdered milk - you mean formula? | |
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| 8. mikeysmom (577) | 3 months ago |  This post contains content of a mature nature. You must be Signed in or Registered to have the option to view this content.
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| artemis432 (1730) | 3 months ago | This post contains content of a mature nature. You must be Signed in or Registered to have the option to view this content. | |
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| artemis432 (1730) | 3 months ago | I can't remember where I saw it, but you can google it. They want you to at least go a year, but research in the last few years has shown that its even more beneficial then previously thought. I know there are some who feed longer - the American Pediatric Assoc says as long as its mutally beneficial. My landlady who has a ten year old stopped nursing when her daughter was three - and they had a celebration - like a rite of passage, they went to a fancy hot springs resorts and really made a thing of it.
Its a hard thing to do. I get migraines and can't take migraine medication - or lie down in quiet dark room because I have him. I can take Tylenol, but migraines affect the blood vessels in the opposite way that headaches do so it doesn't help.
This American Assoc of Pediatrics article talks about nursing from birth to three years:
http://aappolicy.aappubli...
Thanks and happy posting! | |
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| 10. msmamaof3 (68) | 2 months ago |  I breastfed my daughter for 18 months, at which point my milk dried up when I was pregnant.
We dealt w/ a stomach virus as well and it was not nearly as bad for her as the rest of my family...I attribute that to the breastmilk!
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