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Considering BF toddler and new born - am I a loon?

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Rosebud05 · 18/02/2009 15:00

I've got a 23 month old dd and am expecting another baby in late May. I'm still bf dd once at most twice a day though have stopped the 'cosy up in front of the 'In the Night Garden' tapas', so it's all quite contained. Once I got to 12 weeks or so pg, I thought that I'd wean her before the next baby came along, but now I'm not so sure. Aside from a bit of chin quiver, she's okay when I say 'later' and offer her something else when she asks for a feed. The main thing is that she's had a couple of ear infections and I worry that she's inherited my particularly shallow ear canal. I lived on banana flavour antibiotics when I was a kid, until they whipped my tonsils out and put grommits in because my ears were so cacked up I couldn't hear properly. Although this obviously wasn't a major disaster, I would like to do all I can to avoid dd spending her childhood walking up and down the hall holding a poorly ear.
I don't actually know anyone who's 'tandem fed' as they call it, and I'm not receiving loads of support for the idea from my dh, friends etc....
Any thoughts or experiences?

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belgo · 18/02/2009 15:11

go for it Rosebud. I've heard that tandem feeding can really help the older child adjust to becoming an older sibling. You don't really need to discuss it with friends do you? If they ask what you plan to do regarding bfing your dd, just say something non-commital such as 'we'll see'. As for your dh, you can tell him of the benefits.

There are a few tandemfeeding mumsnetters on ere.

belgo · 18/02/2009 15:11

here not ere!

ShowOfHands · 18/02/2009 15:12

There's a book, Adventures in Tandem Feeding that's supposed to be quite good.

jenhden · 18/02/2009 15:13

i think la leche have something about it and my friend found them really supportive.

TinkerBellesMumandFiFi2 · 18/02/2009 16:44

We have a support thread on here for tandemers, feel free to join us!

I was lying in bed this morning with baby one side and toddler the other. I decided not to wean because it's bad enough bringing an usurper in without them stealing her "me-me" too. My stepsons mother has two children a similar age to mine and the oldest one had weaned before she got pregnant, but the eldest was till difficult when she started breastfeeding the youngest.

Rosebud05 · 18/02/2009 19:37

Thanks, ladies. What's the support thread called - couldn't find it when I looked through.

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Babieseverywhere · 18/02/2009 19:39

We're Here !!!

scienceteacher · 18/02/2009 19:40

I have tandem fed - did so for almost 2 years. It's not that hard.

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