annoyances near the one year mark

So, I'm approaching my one-year mark with my second nursling (!!!) and
while I am of course thrilled to have a healthy baby (almost toddler!)
with a healthy appetite and love of mama's milk, and I am thrilled to be
able to provide her with breastmilk as a source of nutrition and comfort,
I also really want to whine about a couple of things (and perhaps elicit
vague murmurings of support from the peanut gallery).

Ok, so, first of all, I *still* experience strong and painful letdowns at
random times, occasionally resulting in a damp bra or shirt. This stopped
at about 4 mos with my first so I am not sure quite why it is still
happening now, but it is, and I hate it.

Secondly, sometimes in the middle of the night, I leak quite a bit, and
wake up with wet breasts and a wet sheet. This is annoying. My baby hasn't
nursed at night at all since she was teeny teeny tiny (she practically
came out night-weaned!), so what the hell?

Last, I have a recurring blister on the anterior surface of my right
nipple. It becomes a fluid-filled blister like you might get on your foot
from tight shoes, and then after lancing it develops a serous crust which
eventually sloughs. It gets sore and bothers me.

So, that's my gripe about nursing at almost-a-year out. Sigh.

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hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net
"uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est."
not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large

I also really want to whine about a couple of things (and perhaps elicit
vague murmurings of support from the peanut gallery).


Murmurmurmurmurmur. :-)

Ok, so, first of all, I *still* experience strong and painful letdowns at
random times, occasionally resulting in a damp bra or shirt. This stopped
at about 4 mos with my first so I am not sure quite why it is still
happening now, but it is, and I hate it.

Because letdown typically is faster and easier with subsequent babies than it
is with the first?

Secondly, sometimes in the middle of the night, I leak quite a bit, and
wake up with wet breasts and a wet sheet. This is annoying. My baby hasn't
nursed at night at all since she was teeny teeny tiny (she practically
came out night-weaned!), so what the hell?

Dunno, but you know I leaked until DS was nearly two. He *did* nurse at night,
though usually not more than once, and the wet bedding stopped by probably a
year or so. I don't really remember when I stopped having to wear double pads
at night.

Last, I have a recurring blister on the anterior surface of my right
nipple. It becomes a fluid-filled blister like you might get on your foot
from tight shoes, and then after lancing it develops a serous crust which
eventually sloughs. It gets sore and bothers me.

Ick. I don't suppose it helps to reposition her?


So, that's my gripe about nursing at almost-a-year out. Sigh.

Murmurmurmur. Do you think she'll wean later than J did?

Holly
Mom to Camden, 2.5 yrs

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HollyLewis wrote:

*Last, I have a recurring blister on the anterior surface of my right
*nipple. It becomes a fluid-filled blister like you might get on your foot
*from tight shoes, and then after lancing it develops a serous crust which
*eventually sloughs. It gets sore and bothers me.
*
*Ick. I don't suppose it helps to reposition her?

Nope. It only happens on the one side - which coincidentally is the same
side that had the awful ulceration when J was an infant, and which has
some scarring in the area which is prone to blistering. It's probably
related to that.

*So, that's my gripe about nursing at almost-a-year out. Sigh.
*
*Murmurmurmur. Do you think she'll wean later than J did?

Yes. I do think that. At this point (3 weeks before first birthday!!), J
was nursing only 2x/24 hrs. N is nursing oh, let's see:

6 am - wake up, nurse in bed off and on for a while
7 am - breakfast
9 am - J goes to school - N nurses either before or after dropping J off
11ish - naptime - usually nurses beforehand
1 pm - lunchtime - usually nurses after waking up, then eats lunch
3 pm - nurses and then naps
5 pm - dinner and then nurse
7 pm nurse a long time
8:30 short nurse and to bed

so, um, a lot.

--
hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net
"uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est."
not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large