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DS, 2.5 has just asked if he can have some "booby"

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 19/11/2007 18:54

He stopped feeding about 3 months ago.

He asked for "booby" then said "I want to drink the booby".

Made me feel sad.

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moondog · 19/11/2007 19:35

Why didn't you just let him have some then?
I did.

2Happy · 19/11/2007 19:37

I keep offering ds1 (in case he's jealous of ds2) but he just looks at me like I'm mad and says "boobie milk is for babies" and doesn't believe me when I tell him he had it until less than a year ago. But he does keep trying to bfeed his toy bunny rabbit [aw emoticon]

whomovedmychocolate · 19/11/2007 19:44

Ahh how sweet. Let him have a go if you are up for it. It might work.

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 19/11/2007 19:59

I honestly dont think there is anything in there.

I still get the occasional leak of clearish stuff, but nothing of substance and so I worry it would hurt. Especially if he has forgotten how to do it.

Daft, I know.

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whomovedmychocolate · 19/11/2007 20:24

Do you want to try again. Since he's older you could tell him how to nurse gently and try it?

How did you do it Moondog?

chipmonkey · 19/11/2007 20:29

LOL! My cousin had a new baby when her dd was 2. Unfortunately the new baby was very ill and unable to suck so was cousing was exclusively expressing. She was having difficulty with supply and someone suggested she should put her dd back on the breast to help things along. But when she suggested it, her dd just went "Eeeeewwwww Mammy, No!" and made a really disgusted face!

moondog · 20/11/2007 08:24

Just offered Who.
She had a quick suck (the look on her face when some milk came out was hilarious!) then ran off and forgot all about it.

FrannyandZooey · 20/11/2007 08:31

Ds asked a couple of times about a month after he had stopped (well he said "let's pretend i am a baby drinking your milk")

I just let him try, there was nothing there and he didn't remember how to suck properly

he seemed happy enough that he was allowed to try

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 20/11/2007 13:13

Hmm. I probably ought to have let him try, in hindsight.

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FioFio · 20/11/2007 14:23

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 20/11/2007 16:06

LOL! DD did say that when she is older and gets boobs she'll feed her brother. I gently pointed out that he'd probably not want it by that time, but they'd be great for feeding her own babies........

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FrannyandZooey · 20/11/2007 16:35

Ds does not know I am pregnant but he keeps saying when I have a baby he can have some of the milk

that will be interesting

Walnutshell · 20/11/2007 16:41

Oh, sweet... has the moment passed then?

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 20/11/2007 16:54

Very much so Walnut

Franny - hunker often gives her DS1 b/milk (albeit in a cup) when he is unwell. He's quite happy to have it so I guess your DS would be too

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hunkermunker · 20/11/2007 16:56

I thought this would be you, VVV! I'd let him try next time, unless he looks bitey...! DS1 asked a couple of months ago, I said OK, he came over, then went "nooo" at the last moment.

Franny, yes, VVV's right - I do give DS1 bmilk in a cup when he's ill. I have done just that today - he has tonsillitis (again - third time in four months, I think ). He really likes it.

FrannyandZooey · 20/11/2007 16:59

Oh, no, he means from my breast

I don't really care but I may have to look the other way

hunkermunker · 20/11/2007 17:00

He might change his mind once he sees the baby feeding, or he might really, really want to again.

LOL at looking the other way!

ruty · 20/11/2007 17:13

ds, 3, gave up couple of months ago when was a couple months pregnant. It was hurting like hell, and he had a few busy days without it, and then he said, 'boobs are gone mummy, have to buy new ones'
He asked for a few weeks wh they'd gone, and I said because they thought he'd had enough. He looked a bit wistful but has forgotten all about it now. Be interesting to see what happens when next one comes.

[can some of you lovely people come and post on my AIMU/estate agent thread as I'm rather upset about it still...]

ruty · 20/11/2007 17:14

AIBU....

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 20/11/2007 17:23
Smile
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Walnutshell · 20/11/2007 18:31

Well, there might be a next time and if not, he perhaps wasn't terribly interested anyway...?

Do tell how to determine if they look "bitey", hunker, I'm often the victim of a clampdown accompanied by a very evil grin

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 20/11/2007 19:26

Oh gosh yes - the thought of a bite now is quite scary. Especially since DS has perfected the skill of opening difficult objects with his teeth

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chirpygirl · 21/11/2007 21:47

DD is 20 months and asks for beeboo (she can't say booby!) most times I feed DD2 (6 weeks) in front of her. She stopped feeding when I was pregnant at 13 months.
I just don't put them away after feeding and she sort of presses her tightly closed mouth against me very delicately and then makes big yummy noises and walks off smiling!

chipmonkey · 21/11/2007 22:40

chirpy, ds3 used to say beeboo, too, then he changed to boo-boo!

Jacanne · 21/11/2007 22:47

DD2 says "boo-boo" - though she's asking for it less and less now and we're down to about once a day - I feel a little about that so can understand that you would about your ds VVV.

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