Hi all, My 20 month old is still going strong with nursing. But the older she gets, the less milk I can get if I pump. I understand that this is normal, that my body is just perfectly tuned to her needs at this point. Now, at this point, I only pump if I'm going to be gone from her all day,...

I always thought that I'd let Kivi self wean. She's now 2 days away from her 4th birthday, and showing NO sign of weaning. And in fact, she still seems to need it. Our major breastfeedings each day are when we wake up, at naptime, and at bedtime, though when the latter happens, she doesn't nurse...

Help! I broke my wrist in Feb... and everything is going fine. Physical Therapy for 2 weeks helped me get mobility back, and strength is coming along fine. However, the doctor yelled at me for not getting enough calcium. I haven't bothered with prenatal tabs for the last year or so. I do drink...

Every night when I put Kivi to bed, I turn out the light, snuggle up close, and she nurses to sleep. Sometimes, if she gets impatient with me, I say "hold on, let me get my breast out!" Since she's now in full-time daycare at Chris's work, and he brings her home every evening. She's always very...

Hi all, At the ripe old age of 34, I broke my wrist while my daughter and I were visiting my parents. A moment of inattentiveness, and I slipped on some ice, and broke my fall (and wrist) with my left arm. One thing that has proved irritating is keeping the cast dry during showers. I did a web...

My daughter has a vomiting illness, and she wants to nurse so much! And as a two-year-old, that's so hard for her. We're supposed to wait 1 hour after vomiting, then she can nurse a bit (but only a little bit), then wait 15 minutes, and take another "sip". And continue on taking little sips every...

Hi all, A friend just called me - she's got an intestinal bug, and wondered if she could pass it to her 8 month old via breastmilk. Should she keep nursing, or pump-n-dump and use formula? I told her that as far as I knew she could keep nursing, that if anything, the breastmilk would help protect...

Hi all, When my mom went to dental school (I was nine when she started, 13 when she finished), she bought me a dollhouse kit to work on, because I was nine years old, and it was going to be our first summer apart. This was the summer of 1978, and the kit cost around $75. At nine, I really wasn't...

I was nursing my toddler when my husband walked into the room. I grinned at him, and said "Kiss me!" So he bent down and kissed me. Kivi pulled off my breast and said "kiss!" and leaned up and kissed me. Then she promptly went back to nursing. It was so neat.

Hi all, We just got back from a vacation in Florida, and I ended up nursing Kivi (two years old in December) in two kind of unusual places. 1. The beach. I never thought I'd nurse on the beach - because I wear one-piece swim suits that are just NOT accessible for nursing. But I forgot my...

Ok, I've been avoiding peanuts for the last two years so peanut proteins wouldn't show up in my breastmilk (I have had peanuts on very rare occasions, in tiny amounts) and Kivi isn't allowed them until after she's three (she just turned 2). We have a history of severe food allergies (on both...

My daughter, who is 22.5 months old, is an enthusiastic nurser, and I look forward to continuing our nursing relationship as long as she and I both want to continue it. But, as the mother of an older nursling I now have some questions that aren't addressed specifically in the books. 1. I'm still...

Hi all, My daughter is almost two, and all of a sudden has started asking to sit on the potty. She prefers to do it fully clothed, and while one of her parents are sitting on the toilet, but I figured it was time to start reading up on the topic. My guess is that she's still a bit young for this...

Well.... Kivi went pee and poop on the potty. Ever since last weekend, when she asked for the potty, the only encouragement I gave was "hey, Kivi, I'm going to the bathroom, do you want to go with me?" She would sit on the potty, usually fully clothed, but at bathtime, with a bare bottom. Once...

Hi, I was nursing Kivi in the mother's room at Babies R Us, and a woman with a 5-day old infant was there, first changing him, the trying to nurse him. She told me she had given him his very first bottle that day because he had lost a pound since birth, and the doctor thought he should be...

I wound up with mastitis for the first time - and my nurseling is nearly 2 years old! I thought it was rare this far into a trouble-free nursing relationship? I woke up Wednesday morning (after having no symptoms previously) with a sore breast, and felt awful - fever and muscle aches (on top of...

Sigh... I have a huge amount of breastmilk frozen in my deep freeze - most of it is older than 18 months old. Hundreds of ounces. Is there anything that can be done with it? Other than throwing it away? Do any milk banks take milk that old? Cathy Weeks Mommy to Kivi Alexis 12/01

Hi all, Kivi and I have finally weaned (I think anyway). She turns 5 years old on Tuesday. I have been weaning her for the last six months or so. Generally, it was so gradual and gentle, that I don't think she really noticed. But I was tired of it, and it was time. For the last year, most of...

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DS (13 months) had a nasty chest infection (antibiotics and inhaler for it) and one night felt so miserable that the only place he wanted to sleep was next to me. We ended co-sleeping when he was about 5 months. And he wanted to feed every 45 - 60 minutes for 10 mins the whole night - he's not fed...