I can’t decide if I should wean now or keep going?
How long did u girls go on for?
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Even though you can as 6 months is the mininuim if u want to nurse, I was thinking of it yesterday as for last few days I am having terrible headaches and my body is aching and I am feeling so low on energy .. I will keep going atleast for another 6 months.
I need to take those multi vitamins again.
I can't decide if I should wean now or keep going?
How long did u girls go on for?
Why do you want to wean? the longer you nurse the better. I am sure you know the benefits of breastfeeding over formula feeding. But ofcourse, it's your personal choice. If you want to wean that's perfectly alright too.
I nursed by first born for 20 months, (the last two months I was pregnant with my second child). My second is now 13 months old and we are breast feeding. I am planning to wean at night time soon inshallah. If that doesn't work out, then I'll wait till she's 15 months old and wean her off completely inshallah.
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i would go on for longer... '
do u have to return to work ? ofourse its a personal chocie... u can start solids so weaning shouldnt be so hard...
I am writing some professional exams in June and I was thinking I might get more time to study... my son is 5 months now and he wants to held all the time, only by me...I want him to get used to my husband since he'd be taking care of him....
I want to keep going though....Do babies get better at occupying themselves by 6-7 months?
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atually no.. they get worse depending on if they have learned to crawl or are in the midst of it... if they are in the midst of it.. u are in for some hard time cuz they are really really super irritated at getting the signal to move but their body isnt responding by getting up on all fours and reaching the target or get where tey wanna go... it takes around a week to a month for them to fully grasp the idea... it took my son 2 weeks to fully start crawling but man oh man those were the longest 2 weeks of my sad sad life.. i felt like killing him or myself.. he tried to crawl, couldnt, knew where he wanted to go.. so would whine and whine until i picked him up and then whine more cuz he wanted me to take him the spot he wanted to get to!
and good luck with the liking hsuband thing cuz with every developmental phase, a baby needs... u guessed it.. ITS MOMMY! my son did it when crawling.. and then relaxed when he got the hang of it.. and now that he learned to walk.. it was back to 'i dont know who u are man i only want my mom* ... needless to mention, i went NUTS.
also at 6 or 7 months, they learn bout seperation anxiety.. before they coudl see you walk away... but now they fear that u wont come back, and thus begins the anxiety phase.. it gets better when they learn to crawl, then comes back again... relaxes a bit when they learn to walk.. and then it comes back yet again before finally going away at age 1.
dont mean to bum u out.. just my exp :)
it doesnt hurt to train him though ... i wish you all the best in your exam!
my son has had me on a roller coaster.. ive been meaning to rejoin my classes since feb but ive postponed them twice! i guess at the end of the day, the baby means more .. :)
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Weaning your baby wont give you more time to study, atleast i dont think. Its your own personal choice but i would encourage you to nurse for as long as you can. My daughter is 1 year old and we are still nursing, Alhamdulillah. I am hoping to slowly wean her off maybe in a month or two but i am not ready myself to wean off completely.
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you mommies are soo soo lucky to be able to breast feed your babies.. mashallah... its SUCH a special bond
:)
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I just have a question for ladies who breast feed .... what do you do when they have teeth and like to bite?
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^I was wondering about that. Mine can be vicious with her gums.
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I wasn't able to breastfeed either ... but this is something I think about, especially since my son's teeth came .... babies can be quite biters and if you scream out loud, they will either laugh their heads off or cry.
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Get bitten! What else? :)
Seriously, there really is nothing u can do about it, but never scream or show a strong reaction otherwise they will do it for the heck of it, just to see if you'll scream again.
If they won't let go don't try to pull them away instead pull them really close to you, so close that they can't breath with their little nose, they'll automatically open their little mouth to breath.
And when they bite just stop feeding them without showing any emotions, it tells them that biting is a complete no-no
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i have another question for all your breastfeeding mommies...what do you guys do when you go out to the mall or park or zoo, etc?
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Kanzah bit me a couple of times when she first got teeth and wasnt sure how to use them yet. I gently told her no, we dont do that and she hasnt done it again, so far, ALhamd.
And when she was younger and we used to go out, i would take a bottle of pumped milk. Now that she is older and even on our trip to Pak (she was 9 months old), i would feed her before leaving for somewhere. If we had to be out for long periods of time, i would discreetly feed her while i was covered in chadar, abaya etc. There were several times i fed her on the bus or the train and no one knew what was going on. You just have to be discreet.
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Alisha,
If you're able to, try to do it for a bit longer, maybe until a year. As khawa said, I really wish I could be blessed with enough milk to exclusively nurse. Mine doesn't get much from me, but I do continue to nurse and then supplement with formula, just so she gets SOMETHING. I'll keep it up as long as I can, but probably not more than a year. I'm hoping once she starts solids, the milk I can make will be enough, but that might not be how it works.
Thanks for all the advice girls...I am going to try to keep going inshaAllah as long as I can..
About nursing in public...I always have a big shawl handy in case of emergency...otherwise I try to find a nursing room...if thats not available then a fitting room works just as well...At times, I even had to tell the people in store that I need to feed the baby in the fitting room...and everyone I've came across in the past 5 months have been really understanding...
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When I couldn't find any other place to nurse i'd go sit in the car n nurse