Comments on: Be nice – I’m sensitive

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:41:00 +0000

I bet she will want to nurse the minute she sees you! My 22 month old has been weaned for about 16 weeks (almost exactly around the time #3 was connceived) and if he sees me without a shirt, he still tries! I’m sure once the baby is born, he’s gonna be P.O.’d when he sees him/her on the boob! My husband wanted him weaned before I weaned him too, but I wasn’t ready, and neither was he! Only you will know when the time is right. Hope you have a great trip!

By: danelle

danelle — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 04:27:56 +0000

I think she’ll do fine without it and be fine with it for a while after you get back. My own assvice however, is maybe you should talk to MrZ and be a bit sensitive to his feelings about why he wants you to stop.

By: alimomof2

alimomof2 — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 04:26:44 +0000

I weaned my second son when he was about 14 months. Although he was fine with the weaning, a little over a week later he caught a bad cold. He wanted to nurse so badly, I figured what the heck, it would at least comfort him. I didn’t feel like I had anything to give, but wouldn’t you know I was still producing. He ended up nursing for a couple weeks then basically re-weaned himself. The good news is that weaning wasn’t as heartbreaking as I thought it would be.

By: ben

ben — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:16:17 +0000

I can’t add anything to the BF discussion, but have fun in Tucson!

I’ve only been there once, but it kicked this sea-level person’s ass. They have these big rocky things called “hills” or somesuch. And cactus. And great margaritas.

By: Isabel

Isabel — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:32:42 +0000

I have no advice. I’m just happy to hear I’m not the only one that call is “boob juice”.

By: chewes

chewes — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:08:11 +0000

I just quit BF my 13 month old – IT SUX! I really didnt want to stop but she started pulling on my shirt when she wanted to nurse (or pacify) and I was getting a little embarrassed. OK, so it has been 5 days now – this morning I woke up to my bed full of milk (leaking) and guess what…I got my period already…IT SUX…keep it up as long as you can.

By: Ang

Ang — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:08:45 +0000

Aw. It’ll be okay. Just hang in there.

By: Pamalamadingdong

Pamalamadingdong — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:19:23 +0000

I nursed both my boys for 18mths. I left Noah overnight during that time and he was PISSED at me, but happily nursed when I came home from my drunken girls night out. And then one day he was all “Mom, get that boob out of my face. GROSS!”
And that was that.
Ungrateful little brat!

By: SprengBlingBling

SprengBlingBling — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:15:03 +0000

I know Angela from Fluid Pudding wrote a hilarious post about being at Blogher and thinking she didn’t need to pump since she was only BF once a day at night. She said she almost exploded.

I have left Jack three times and will again for a business trip this week. I have always pumped enough in advance and then pumped while I was gone and he could not get latched on fast enough when I got back.

I think you will both be pleased to find there won’t be a disconnect. Well maybe Mr.Z won’t be pleased, haha. But I would definitely try to pump at the times you normally feed her. Just to keep the boobs in practice.

By: cagey

cagey — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:12:33 +0000

I’m still nursing my 14 month old, too. I would like to get through another Cold Season, frankly. Also, because he is still nursing, it helps me worry less that he isn’t drinking enough high-fat milk because I know the breastmilk is helping out there. Is it a coincidence that kids need a high fat diet for the first 2 years of their lives AND organizations such as WHO/Unicef recommend nursing for 2 years? Hmmmm…..

However, I’ll admit that if Arun all of sudden wanted to stop nursing, I’d be a bit relieved because I am worried about weaning him.