Changed to: LLL said 10 mo is starting to wean!!!
we are having supply issues. We don't co-sleep and ds just started sleeping through the night. So I added 2 more feedings during the day, but we still only have 6 feedings per day and he usually isn't interested in one of those times I offer. I've also cut way back on solids but he still doen't seam to have a huge appietite and I feel like I don't have very much milk. So should I offer more often, wake him to feed at night, or what? Also he never signals if he wants to nurse or not, it's just I offer and either he does or doesn't want to nurse. He's started saying a few words and imitating a few hand guestures (bye, playing drums, feeding me or another family member) so I am wondering if I should teach him a sign or word for nursing? Maybe this would help me feed on cue better becuase currently there really are no cues from him. Any ideas?
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If you're having supply issues, I would start by offering to nurse him more frequently. Teaching him to sign "nurse" would probably help, too. Also, make sure you're getting enough fluids and good overall nutrition.
Have you had supply issues in the past, or is it just with this little guy?
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Thanks for the tips. I've NEVER has supply issues in the past, but I've never nursed a 10 mo either (only did 4 months with ds1 :() I have had chronic plugged ducts too, so tomorrow I'm going in to rule out anemia.
I read Kelly mom, and now I'm not even sure I have low supply issues. I don't hardly ever feel full now and don't get the let down reflex (which I have ALWAYS felt everytime I breastfeed) as often or as intense and DS sometimes seams to not be satisfied a tthe breast since I don't have a let down as much, but maybe that's just disinterest? It's REALLY hard to tell what is him just adjusting my body to his needs, or my body not meeting his needs. I'm really confused and a little lost. I think maybe a nursing sign would help with this.
I think it maybe time to find a LLL meeting (I recetly moved), I need some help!
Ashley
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Whenever DD is about to cut a tooth (she is just about 8 months old and already has 4 teeth and her two top teeth will make their appearance any day now), her appetite seems to fall by the wayside. Just a suggestion... Best of luck to you.
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So I just got off thephone with a LLL in my area to talk with her about it and she said everything I'm saying sounds completely normal and that maybe he's starting to wean!!! Do LLL normally give this advice? Maybe she thought I was a main stream mom becuase I told her we don't co-sleep so she said this? I could see how a LOT of mainstream moms would interpret these behavoirs as weaning, but I KNOW it's way too early, I was just suprised she said this.
Anyway . . .
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My experience:
At 10 months my daughter discovered table food and lost nearly all interest in nursing. She would nurse 2-3 times a day, maximum. And that was with me offering at least 6 times a day. Within 2 months she was back up to nursing 6-8 times a day. It's just a phase. She's cycled through it a few times, and at 21 months is back to nursing 3-4 times a day.
Keep offering. He's distracted by the world around him. It will pass. If you stop offering, he will wean. You don't have low supply, your body is regulated to his demands. As long as you keep offering and nursing whenever he shows signs of interest, he isn't going to wean. If he's willing to eat a wide variety of healthy solid foods, let him eat them. Offer before and after meals, as well as between meals, and he will nurse as much as he needs. As he gets older he will nurse more or less depending on his bodies' needs. Don't worry unless he stops nursing altogether, and that is *rare*.
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lasciate
Thank you for your post, it was very reassuring and exactly whated I needed to hear and wanted to know, perfet!
Thanks
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You're welcome :) I was so sure that my DD was going to wean by a year at the rate she was going, and did she ever prove me wrong!
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What the LLL said was really surprising. It is not normal for a 10mo to wean. It is very possible that he will pick back up nursing more when he gets used to being more mobile and everything he sees isnt new. Seems like most of the threads on problems with nursing begin when the baby is around 10mo so I am thinking this is a developmental phase. Keep trying to get him to nurse as much as you can and maybe wake him once at night to nurse as well.
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If you're having supply issues, I would start by offering to nurse him more frequently. Teaching him to sign "nurse" would probably help, too. Also, make sure you're getting enough fluids and good overall nutrition.
Have you had supply issues in the past, or is it just with this little guy?
^_^:
Thanks for the tips. I've NEVER has supply issues in the past, but I've never nursed a 10 mo either (only did 4 months with ds1 :() I have had chronic plugged ducts too, so tomorrow I'm going in to rule out anemia.
I read Kelly mom, and now I'm not even sure I have low supply issues. I don't hardly ever feel full now and don't get the let down reflex (which I have ALWAYS felt everytime I breastfeed) as often or as intense and DS sometimes seams to not be satisfied a tthe breast since I don't have a let down as much, but maybe that's just disinterest? It's REALLY hard to tell what is him just adjusting my body to his needs, or my body not meeting his needs. I'm really confused and a little lost. I think maybe a nursing sign would help with this.
I think it maybe time to find a LLL meeting (I recetly moved), I need some help!
Ashley
^_^:
Whenever DD is about to cut a tooth (she is just about 8 months old and already has 4 teeth and her two top teeth will make their appearance any day now), her appetite seems to fall by the wayside. Just a suggestion... Best of luck to you.
^_^:
So I just got off thephone with a LLL in my area to talk with her about it and she said everything I'm saying sounds completely normal and that maybe he's starting to wean!!! Do LLL normally give this advice? Maybe she thought I was a main stream mom becuase I told her we don't co-sleep so she said this? I could see how a LOT of mainstream moms would interpret these behavoirs as weaning, but I KNOW it's way too early, I was just suprised she said this.
Anyway . . .
^_^:
My experience:
At 10 months my daughter discovered table food and lost nearly all interest in nursing. She would nurse 2-3 times a day, maximum. And that was with me offering at least 6 times a day. Within 2 months she was back up to nursing 6-8 times a day. It's just a phase. She's cycled through it a few times, and at 21 months is back to nursing 3-4 times a day.
Keep offering. He's distracted by the world around him. It will pass. If you stop offering, he will wean. You don't have low supply, your body is regulated to his demands. As long as you keep offering and nursing whenever he shows signs of interest, he isn't going to wean. If he's willing to eat a wide variety of healthy solid foods, let him eat them. Offer before and after meals, as well as between meals, and he will nurse as much as he needs. As he gets older he will nurse more or less depending on his bodies' needs. Don't worry unless he stops nursing altogether, and that is *rare*.
^_^:
lasciate
Thank you for your post, it was very reassuring and exactly whated I needed to hear and wanted to know, perfet!
Thanks
^_^:
You're welcome :) I was so sure that my DD was going to wean by a year at the rate she was going, and did she ever prove me wrong!
^_^:
What the LLL said was really surprising. It is not normal for a 10mo to wean. It is very possible that he will pick back up nursing more when he gets used to being more mobile and everything he sees isnt new. Seems like most of the threads on problems with nursing begin when the baby is around 10mo so I am thinking this is a developmental phase. Keep trying to get him to nurse as much as you can and maybe wake him once at night to nurse as well.
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