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Infant feeding

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Any tandem-ers out there? My toddler is fucking miserable!

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BedHanger · 13/05/2013 07:58

Just need a bit of moral support, please. I'm tandem feeding DS1 (2.6) and DS2 (10 weeks).

DS1 has gone from asking for a feed maybe 1/2 times a day (we were down to mostly bedtime only) to asking constantly, and I mean 20-30 times a day. Put the baby in his chair, mummy. Give X to daddy. Want some booby. On and on, from the moment he wakes up and tries to climb on his brother's head to get to me (we co-sleep with DS2, DS1 has his own bed in room connected to ours so comes straight in when he wakes up).

When I'm changing DS2's nappy, he tries to climb on me and wails when I won't let him. He's tantrumming horribly several times a day, both about 'lack' of bf'ing but also about unconnected things. He's been poorly recently which also hasn't helped. However much I do feed him, it's never enough. I think he just wants us to send his baby brother back :(.

Tell me it gets better!

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BedHanger · 15/05/2013 21:39

That's a lovely idea tiredy, I'll try it out. I'm also trying to remember to tell DS2 he has to "wait for a minute while mummy feeds DS1", even though he's obviously far too young to understand...I think it's helpful for DS1 to hear that it's not him that has to wait all the time!

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