Comments | bfing_support: You're doing your part to fight breast cancer!

marisa724 in bfing_support

You're doing your part to fight breast cancer!

Oct 02, 2008 21:38

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness month, I thought I'd take this opportunity to give everyone a pat on the back for doing their part to fight breast cancer. :)

Those of you who have nursed a baby or who are currently breastfeeding -- did you know that breastfeeding for just one year total (combined, all children) measurably decreases ( Read more... )

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leslie_j_r October 3 2008, 12:36:59 UTC

*sniff* Thanks for posting this, Marisa! I hope you don't mind, I copied it and forwarded it on to friends and family. :)

lisainpink October 3 2008, 18:27:05 UTC

Thanks for the post.
Now- can anyone tell me how to nightwean a 22 (almost 23) month old? The 2:30 a.m. nursing session is finally getting to me!

marisa724 October 3 2008, 18:45:00 UTC

I like this article by Dr. Jay Gordon -- it talks a lot about the family bed, but you can adapt if you're not cosleeping:
http://www.drjaygordon.com/development/ap/sleep.asp

We finally started to cut out nighttime nursing around age 2 as well, we coslept but we were able to get my son to sleep in his own toddler bed just after his second birthday, and he'd make it through most of the night there before toddling in to join us around 5 or so. At that point in the night I'd already gotten 5-6 heavenly hours uninterrupted, so I didn't mind nursing (and then going back to sleep for another couple of hours).

lisainpink October 3 2008, 19:44:08 UTC

thank you for that.
We are still in the family bed. We put him in his crib at 17 months- and he climbed out instantly!
Any thoughts on how to transition to the toddler bed?

marisa724 October 3 2008, 20:44:55 UTC

I think every kid is different, of course, but this is what finally worked for us. When Joey was about 18m old we got the toddler bed, but he wasn't very interested in it at all. I set it up in our room, about 3 feet away from our bed, and he would take naps there but still slept in our bed all night. Finally I think he got used to the idea, and I was able to talk to him about him going to sleep in his 'big boy bed', and moved away from nursing him to sleep in our bed. I would lay on my bed and he would lay on his, sometimes he'd want to talk to me, sometimes we'd have music on, and he'd eventually drift off to sleep by himself. Some nights it would take a while, and I'd listen to books or podcasts on my iPod or have the tv on softly -- out of his line of sight, of course ( ... )

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jagens_wife October 4 2008, 04:42:34 UTC

Thanks... I wonder if the fact that I've nursed Natalie to 3 will negate the risk that comes along with her having been 9 pounds 2 ounces. Or the fact that Kate is 10 months and still almost exclusively BFed will negate that she was 11+ pounds at birth...

Mind if I c&p elsewhere?