Tandem feeding advice

[worriedwretch]

Dd2 is 19 months and stopped feeding about 4 months ago.

However, a few weeks ago in the middle of the night she jumped on me mooching booby booby and now some times it's the only thing that gets her to sleep etc

I assume it's because I'm PG that ive been able to rebuild supply - but what will happen when baby arrives?
(due August)

Hi Worried,

What do you think of the idea of tandem feeding, do you think you'd like to give it a try? BF during pregnancy can vary so much from woman to woman- some find it fine, others find it sore or get nursing aversions. A lot of mothers play it by ear and see what happens.

This is a good online resource and this book is good too- if there's an LLL group near you then they should have a copy you can borrow.

I'm not bothered either way. Truthfully!!

If dd2 still wants to nurse then I don't want to upset her.

Im 35+ weeks now and at times I do feel totally over whelmed but it's ok

I suppose what I wanted to know was

Will my supply be all ready there? So no lack of milk for 3/4 days like when first feeding a newborn?

How accepted is it feeding a 20 month old

How do you control feeding a 20 month old? At the moment I can distract rtc (basically I don't want to feed her in public or out of our home) but worried that I will be trying to feed DC3 and she will shout BOOOOBLY at me

Your supply will almost certainly be fine when the baby is born. There's not a lack of milk for the first few days, it's just that you will be producing colostrum rather than mature milk (at 35 weeks you may be producing this already).

Feeding a 20 month old is absolutely fine in the circles I move in - although no doubt you will come across a few people who think it's weird. You don't necessarily have to feed her when you are out and about if you don't want to.

Good luck with whatever you decide, and congratulations on your pregnancy.