who said bf was nicest after 6m? I disagree!

[Liz79]

Saw it on here that the best bit of breastfeeding is after 6m as Mum and baby both know what they are doing etc.

My baby is 6.5m and is so nosey it is impossible to feed him if we go out or even on the sofa as there is so much distraction. I have to feed him upstairs in bed with DD (nearly 3) watching a DVD on the laptop, that doesn't seem to distract him as much as the TV. If I turn TV/DVD off, DD bounces around playing/making noise/saying hello etc to him. LIfe is more bearable if I take them both out places and its nice for DD but DS then doesn't feed the whole time we are out, he just has a few sucks and never feeds properly :( What am I going to do with him?

I just figured if he was really hungry he would take it. Assuming he is on solids and maybe has a bit of water in a cup too.

DS would feed all the time at home, but less often/ not properly and get distracted if we were out. I mostly tended to only go out for 3-4 hours at the most so if they didn't feed for 4 hours - no matter.

I also have an older DD who delighted in coming over to scream at him, poke him, hit him on the head if we were trying to feed. Peppa Pig used to work wonders but now DS wants to watch too

yeah that would have been me! sorry :-S

i just left mine to it. if they pissed about i ended the feed. figured they would have a proper feed if/when they were hungry enough for it

it does pass! i promise

Both of mine became totally distractable after about 6-7m. DS1 wouldn't feed in public but would feed at home; DD2 moved on to demanding cup by 8.5 m and totally refusing BF (and wouldn't take EBM from her cup either). I suspect the distractable ones get more calories from solids earlier....

DS2 a nightmare to breastfeed, nearly 7 months. Only works whilst lying down in bed, in the dark. He is getting solids 3x a day and 2 bottle while I am at work.

For me best bit was newborn [thinks of spending all day sitting on sofa eating cake, compared to now spending all day at work on a diet]