6/19: 3-6 month Check-in

[judyblume14]

How old is your LO?


How frequently are you nursing?


How are nights going?


What are your current breastfeed goals and how have they evolved over time?


Any questions/rants/raves??

[ellabee]

How old is your LO?
~5.5 months

How frequently are you nursing?
B eats 6x a day. 2.5-3hrs between feeds. On weekdays we nurse morning/bedtime and I pump 3x at work.

How are nights going?
We're doing decently. We weaned his night feed a few weeks ago and his sleep has improved.

What are your current breastfeed goals and how have they evolved over time?
I'd like to make it to a year. Anything after that is gravy in my book. I weaned DD at 14 months and it felt like the right amount of time, so I'm thinking it'll be the same with DS.

Any questions/rants/raves??
I let B gum my nectarine the other day. He seemed to like it. We're planning on doing a combo of purees and blw and I think he's just about ready.

[mikaela20]

How old is your LO? 4 months next week


How frequently are you nursing? Ds has to be in the mood for nursing. Usually only when he is super sleepy and relaxed. Overnight and early mornings so about 3x. I supplement with pump milk or formula 7-8x a day


How are nights going? Still constantly eating 2-3x during the night. First wake up is after 4-5hrs and the others are usually after 2 hours.


What are your current breastfeed goals and how have they evolved over time? I'm mostly Eping and want to keep it up through the duration of my mat leave so at the 1 year mark. Short term goal is 6 months, long term goal is 1 year.

It's hard to live your life in 2-3 hour intervals but I'm making it work and when we are out at family dinners I just excuse myself to another room and pump when I need to. My family is very supportive of this.


Any questions/rants/raves?? My baby seems to be nursing less and less during the day. I offer before each bottle and sometimes he would take it during the day. But lately he hasn't been takimg it as much. It just makes me a bit sad every time he refuses.

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[judyblume14]

Just over 5 months.

Weekends on demand, about 7 times. Weekdays, just two or 2 times in addition to er 5 daycare bottles.

Nights were going great, but with teething, she's been waking once shortly after going down in the evening. And she cries such a sad, painful cry

My goal is to provide breast milk for a year - bonus points if we nurse that whole time. I have no worries about sending milk to daycare - I have an ample stash. beyond that, I'll let her decide when to wean. Her big sis nursed until almost 2. I'll let DD2 to the same if that's her plan, but I won't be too sad if she decides to wean a little earlier.

[opheliainwaders]

How old is your LO? 5.5m


How frequently are you nursing? On demand, which feels like a lot in the morning and evening, a couple times during the day, and usually 2x/night.

How are nights going? We had a few rough nights this week, but last night she found her tummy and and it was *bliss*. Hoping she does that again, because I actually got 8 hours with just one brief wake up, and I feel like a new person.

What are your current breastfeed goals and how have they evolved over time? We'll nurse until she's done (my first weaned completely around 2.5). That said, I'll probably night-wean at a year, and I doubt I'd really nurse much past 3 in the event she hasn't weaned completely by then. I'm feeling more relaxed this time around because my leave is longer so I'm not facing 9 months of pumping (she'll be 9m when I go back to work).

Any questions/rants/raves?? Just that the distracted nursing is REAL! I'd forgotten about that!

[ellabee]

Omg my poor nipples from the distracted nursing opheliainwaders! B always wants to know what DD is doing while he's nursing so he looks around...with my nipple still in his mouth. Focus or let go dude!


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