June 2013 Commando crawlers vs Baby slugs

[SunnyL]

Hi all - the old thread was about to run out so I started a new one.

Little Miss was up to mischief last night. Thankfully it's DHs day off today so he took her into bed with him while I slept in the spare room. She is just so excitable when she wakes up at night. It can can 90 minutes to scrape her off the ceiling.

Well hello again, sorry I haven't posted for so long but times seems to have got away from me! Anyway, we are all good here. DD turned 1 last week and we celebrated with a lovely bbq which was fab.
Still not sleeping through, still wants boob at least once a night and will not accept anything else. It's really strange this time as dd1 loved cows milk and that was how we weaned from breastfeeding (she asked for the "other milk") but dd2 shows no interest in cows milk at all so not sure how long she will feed for?
Not in a massive rush but I will admit I'm craving a night out and a lie in.

P.s, no more babies here. I got pregnant first month with both so need to be super careful (although with non sleeping dd2 and dd1 no longer napping I think I will be ok ;-))

OMG at the thought of 11 months apart! That really is same school year! I've never heard of that scenario actually happening. Blinking periods came back 7 weeks after birth despite BF for me. Not sure what to do about contraception here - just using condoms for now as am still BF a little and don't fancy using anything hormonal while doing so.

It wouldn't have been same school year as it would always have fallen wrong (can only happen with Sept / Oct / Nov born 1st siblings, then tiny gap 2nd sibling - there's a girl in our August group who will have two in the same year as she has a DD born last Sept too!).

I got AF back after 7 weeks, but only BF for 2 weeks. I'm hoping to last longer this time. You can have the injection or the implant while BF according to the NHS, which is good. But I know not everyone wants to use that kind of thing while BF. Though I doubt we will have (m)any chances to DTD for bloody ages!!

Madame, I haven't even tried DD with cows milk as a drink; I'm still bf four times a day (morning, before her naps and before bed). They're supposed to have 300ml of milk a day but obviously I don't know how much she gets when bf so I'm confused as to when I should start trying to give her cows milk (and what amount) when I start cutting down on feeds (i.e. after I've cut out one feed? two?). I was going to stop bf when we come back from our holiday but might carry on a bit longer since the HV reassured me that I can carry on with these feeds for as long as I like (I knew I could, but family think it's a bit odd). DD has cows milk in food and is fine with it.

I don't think it's odd at all to still BF, hedgehogy. They are only 12 months.

Thanks sunbeam. Unfortunately for me, no one in our families has bf for this long so I've had a couple of comments (disguised as jokes). And although a couple of my friends bf for over a year, I have another friend who previously said (before I had my DD) that she thinks it's very strange when people bf over 6 months. Which I can't forget.

I think it would be really odd if I were still Bf ing polly because she totally lost interest in it. When I went back to work the idea was I would carry on mornings and evenings as long as she wanted but she had little interest. Then she was ill, off food and needed more milk which I couldn't keep up with. So that was it. I think it's odd when people do it because they want to and the baby is over it. But if your baby is still up for it then why not?!

Polly has limited interest in milk full stop these days. I just assume that as long as I offer her a balanced diet all will be well and she will get what she needs. Having breastfed and baby led weaned I'm pretty relaxed about food!

I'm with Sunbeam on this Hedgehogy Although most friends & family had stopped bf by this stage nobody except possibly my mil has batted an eyelid to me still bf-ing. Hope you can smile and ignore any silly comments.

Alas, my antenatal group are planning a mummy night out soon. I can't go as ds still has a bf (and never grasped bottle feeding) before bed and we live quite far from where they will meet

My MIL bf DHs sister until she was 5. There's definitely no judging from that side of the family for how long I bf!

Thank you . I am trying to ignore it as I'm doing it for my DD, who is showing no sign of wanting to stop. There's no way I could go out either, Mrs but luckily for me I'm an introvert and welcome an excuse not to have to go out.

Enjoy BF as long as it suits you and your DD, hedgehogy. It's nobody else's business. I don't know why people have to pass judgement on other people's choices! Ignore! I'm dreading stopping BF completely - it's such a lovely close thing.

Well its ten past 8 in the morning. I've got myself a cup of tea, I've been reading the news in bed and - oh yes most importantly - I'm all alone!!! Baby still in her cot snoring away.

When did 8am become a lie-in? Feels amazing.

Hooray! We got 8pm till 730am uninterrupted last night - woo hoo!!

Woot! Long may it continue, Sunbeam! :-)

Excellent, sunbeam!

Good timing as we are on the train today heading down to Yorkshire to visit family and see the Tour!

Sunbeam I am carefully considering my options for Monday. It comes through north London, I just need to work out where to go and stand and work out Polly's threshold for large crowds and noise!

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
I got the job

I am amazed and probably won't believe it until I see it in writing Happy Friday to you all! x

Yah beauty. Well done Mrs!

#Hedgehogy# it's very much up to you when you introduce cows milk as a drink, they can have it as a drink from 12 months if you/they want to. I have tried dd on bits the past few weeks when older dd has some but as I said she isn't keen yet. I'm in no rush to stop by b'feeding as it's such a good tool to have when illness/teething etc strikes.

I am however getting slightly impatient in regards to her sleeping, she woke 3 times last night. She eats really well, gets loads of exercise and stimulation, good naps but still seems to wake up loads. Husband thinks I need to night wean but at the moment I'm doing whatever just to get back to sleep :-(

Also hedgehogy, with dd1 I just replaced one bf at a time with cows milk until I was just feeding morning and bedtime. At about 16 months dd dropped her morning breastfeed and at about 18months dropped her bedtime feed in favour of cows milk. It was a very natural ending for us but I think it's going to be very different this time x

Congratulations, Mrs!

Thanks Madame, that's very helpful. DD is getting enough from the bf at the moment, I was just wondering for when we start cutting down in the future. I agree that bf is great for those times, I don't know how I'll calm DD down when I stop!

It sounds like there's nothing more you can do really, Madame. A HV here said it's usually down to habit after six months or so - they don't really need to feed during the night. It is a difficult decision - I can totally understand continuing to bf so you can get back to sleep more quickly. You never know, she might night-wean by herself yet. Have you tried giving water? It's only in the past month that I've cut down from 8+ feeds (in the day!) to 4. DD happily accepts water after her naps now that she sleeps in her cot (I used to have to bf her before and after naps!).

I've mentioned it before, but my family moaned that I let DD nap on me during the day and said I'd made it difficult for myself by letting her. I was dreading training her to nap in her cot, however it happened naturally without me having to do anything, at a time when we were both ready for it. I still can't believe it, and it shows that they can change when they're ready.

Well done, Mrs :-)

When do you start?

Thank you everyone

I don't have an official start date yet, there's faffy paperwork to be processed first. Hopefully August sometime!