Thank you, tiktok

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I've never asked you directly for advice but it's thanks to reading your posts here, both during my pregnancy and afterwards, that I've been very happily breastfeeding dd for 3 months now and do not plan to stop any time soon.

I'll join in the praise too

I'm still feeding my 13mo DS thanks to advice I got from here from TikTok and others in the early days

That's kind, and you're welcome

me too! I only discovered mn when I was past breastfeeding with DS1 and 2, but I used to nosy around on the bfing threads and was amazed at how helpful and knowledgable posters like tiktok were, and willing to give their time to help.

It also made me so aware of how little I knew, and what I would have done differently to have exclusively bfed for longer with my boys.

I now have a 12 week old DD and all the support and advice I have read about have made it so much easier for me this time round.

So thank you

I'd like to say thanks too - your calm sensible posts are brilliant tiktok, and have taught me a lot about bfing (which has been useful at our bf support clinic when the HV is occupied elsewhere )

thank you!

I would like to join in too - you have always answered my (often anguished) posts, Tiktok, and are pretty much the reason I am still feeding 7 months on.

Thank you from here too. Thanks to your and others advice I'm still going at 9 months and hoping to keep going.
Also managed exclusive bf-ing to 6 mo! Thanks to you

Ah, nice thread. Yep, Tiktok and others played a big part in me taking DD1 to the point of self-weaning and DD2 still on the go at nearly 2yo. I have also learned a hell of a lot about breastfeeding in general.

Thank you

Yes thank you Tiktok - you talked me down from being convinced I'd have trouble breastfeeding to being fairly positive about it. My DD is 5 months and still exclusively bf.

Tiktok offered me so much support on my bf journey (as did lots of other mnetters). Unfortunately my bf career had to end much much before I would have liked, at 12 weeks. I know that I did everything within my power to bf my DS2 and am slowly coming to terms with that.

Mumsnet is wonderful

Another big thank you from me, too!
DS3 BF to 13 months thanks to advice from Tiktok and others. It was my first positive BFing experience...

I hope Tiktok gets to see this thread

ditto above.

She referred me to the NICE Guidelines which gave the parameters for when a baby should be weighed and based on this, got a Paediatrician referral that eventually diagnosed DS with a dairy intolerance and various specialist referrals resulting in DS finally thriving! Was at Children's Hospital today and he's on the 25th percentile for weight and 50th for height. Whoo Hooo!

I posted when I was having my second bout of engorgement in a week and was at my wits end. I asked people to talk me out of stopping bfing my 12wk old. I got a lot of lovely advice from some smashing MNers, but then I logged in and saw that Tiktok had posted something and I burst into tears, because I trust her and I knew she'd talk me through it.

I am still bfing ds, he's 8m and we're both still really enjoying it.

Thanks Tiktok.

Thanks from me too Still BF DD at 4 months after a shaky start, and no plans to stop any time soon!

Thank you from me too. I am very lucky in that I got tons of real life support, but the threads on here are part of the reason I don't feel at all like stopping feeding DS (15 months and counting).

thanks from me too...i have posted a few times and had good replies from tiktok and others...but I have also lurked an awful lot and have learned SO much. thanks to tiktok and everyone else I am still exclusively breastfeeding my daughter at 4 months despite a lot of problems along the way.

Same from me and my DD too. Some wonderful advice from Tiktok and others and always very balanced views. We're still going strong at 7.5 months thanks to such advice, never thought we'd get this far in the early days....
thank you

It's lovely to read your posts, thank you!

And from me too! I am a big lurker but Tiktok has taught me so so much.

Me too I have had 6 dc and struggled to bf 5 of them and after a month switched to ff.
When I was pg with dd5 I had thankfully found MN and my dd is almost 8 months and bf like a dream and I totally put it all down to MN and Tiktoks great advice.

There should be a Mumsnet Medal of Honour.

Dd was 3 when I joined MN but still feeding, whenever I saw/see bf threads I know tiktok will be along with sensible and kind words of wisdom for anyone struggling with bf, both in and of itself and from others' perceptions.

yes, big fat thank you from me too. you have taught and supported so many of us

Me too. Brought my son home from hospital today after five months almost fully BFing (one EBM top up a day) after I almost gave up, thanks for the help Tiktok and others.

Another lrker who would't be sat here typing badly whilst feeding my 8 month old boob monster. I always wondered what had gonewrong with bfing my eldest two - mnet and this board helped with that, and tiktok especially.

THANK YOU

Another 'thank you here'! I'd never have managed to feed dd1 without mn and tiktok advice (mainly from lurking).
In fact, before she was born, I just didn't get why I'd even want to feed dd for more than a few months. Started a thread once that got v long (and quite nasty) about why I'd be happy to only bf for a little bit - wise mners said 'once you get the hang of it you'll do it for longer' and they were right, I did a year and now bf dd2!