18 mo suddenly obsessed with bf

[Madnessmouse]

Hi there,

Have been happily bfing morning and night with Dd since about 13mo. She is now 18mo and in the past week has suddenly started exclaiming 'miwk' and pulling my top down at random intervals during the day. So far this has pretty much been in the house and I've just gone along with it but I'm not as thrilled if she starts to want to feed in public - don't really want to get the nursing tops out again! I want her to get the nurition and comfort she needs though...
Have others been in this situation? What did you do? Thanks for any advice.

How has today been?

She tried to pull my top down when putting her into pushchair out earlier...and a few times at home. At home I let her feed but not whilst out. I don't understand...she's been fine on twice a day for months until this week!

They do have a growth spurt around this age. Could you up the protein in her diet? It might make her feel fuller for longer

Thought you might like this on nursing manners too.

My 19m old DS has started doing this over the last month.

He has now constantly got his hand down my top and is always calling out for "mil, mil" and I have no idea why he's doing it.

There was a very unfortunate incident in ASDA a few days ago when I wouldn't meet his demands and so he had an absolute screaming tantrum in the trolley whilst trying to pull my top down.

Prior to this he was fed twice a day: once when he would up and again before bed and it's been like this for ages. I have no idea why he's suddenly such a boob and milk monster!!!

My 18month old is the same. If I sit down she runs over shouting mik and making the sign for milk with both hands! She throws a tantrum if she doesn't get it. Been ok outside the house so far.

She was poorly last weekend and has given up sleeping for more than a 2 hour stretch since. She's back to wanting to sleep on top of me and have milk all night having been sleeping great beforehand. I'm working a 12 day stretch and absolutely exhausted.

I'm glad I found this thread! My 21 month old started this around 18 months too. She's still at it. She keeps leading me over to the sofa to sit down and asking for it at the most random times eg when I'm in the middle of loading the shopping in the car. And yes to the meltdown when I say not now.

Starfish I really hope it doesn't last that long! I was engorged and leaking in work (13 hours) today, all over my yellow top! Haven't needed breastpads in about 7 months but think I'll have to break them out tomorrow.

Thanks for the link, JiltedJohnsJulie and will try upping her protein.

I'm relieved I'm not alone but sorry other posters are going through this too! Rinceoir, getting the breastpads out again sounds terrifying!!!

It will be interesting if Dd is still like this when we visit pil in a fortnight - Mil is anti-breastfeeding once they've got teeth so I might get a few sour looks!

My DS was like this at 18 months. It wound right down again at 22 months and he dropped night feeds too.

I'm sure it all tied in with some massive brain growth as by the end of the feeding frenzy he was speaking in sentences rather than the monosyllabic demands at 18 months.

I spent a lot of time not sitting down and at soft play where it was more fun to run around than feed!

There's a huge developmental leap at around 18mo so it's probably linked to that. I wasn't feeding when DS1 hit this age as I was just about to have DTs but I've heard from lots of bf mums that this can be "the leap of doom" and feeding/sleeping goes a bit haywire.

Google "nursing manners" for some tips to manage in public.

Although my 2yo still shoves his hand in my cleavage and announces "babies milk" at the most inopportune times

Aha...DD has learnt a ton of new words in the previous fortnight so it looks like this leap is a likely cause...also more nighttime wakings...will def Google nursing manners!