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Category Archives: Breast Feeding
How do you stop breastfeeding?
There’s quite a bit of scaremongering about stopping breastfeeding. I get asked whether or not I was given tablets by the Dr to help stop feeding. I think if you needed to stop immediately and went from 4 feeds a … Continue reading
Posted in Baby, Breast Feeding, development
Tagged breastfeeding, cutting feeds, gradual, how to, how to give up breastfeeding
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11.5 months: Giving up is hard to do
Yesterday was my last feed ever for Mr AJ. It makes me so sad and yet I made the decision to free us from each other a bit more. With Lolo I stopped at 8 months because I pretty much … Continue reading
Posted in Baby, Breast Feeding, Firsts
Tagged bonding, breastfeeding, emotional, letting go, stopping
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6 months: No! I’m not ready
I’m not ready to give up breastfeeding! I’m not ready for it to diminish. I’m not ready to give up that caring, bonding time with my child. I’m not ready to stop feeding and supplying life from myself 8 times … Continue reading
Posted in Baby, Breast Feeding, Health
Tagged bonding, breastfeeding, giving up, life, missing breastfeeding, provider, stopping, Weaning
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4 Months: A little bit of weaning
Today we got him in the Jumperoo for the first time too – overall excitement! I can’t tell you exactly what’s made me do it but I’m getting the sense AJ’s ready for a bit of food. 6 months feels … Continue reading
Posted in Baby, Breast Feeding, Food, Health
Tagged Baby food, digestion, starting early, toast, Weaning
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Breastfeeding round 2: The never ending battle
So you may have read about the rather horrible start we had with AJ, but let me recap. He latched on fine his first time. He kept latching on fine but he never really fed. He was getting skinny. My … Continue reading
Posted in Breast Feeding, development, Food, Health
Tagged Eating, nipple confusion, refusing the bottle, routine, Sleep, sleeping through the night
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#2 is 3 weeks old: what they don’t tell you about the first few days
The first few days of having a new born are such a mess of emotion, exhaustion and new information that you kind of forget about it all. We’re in week 3 and its already so very different. When you’re pregnant … Continue reading
Posted in Breast Feeding, Early Days Baby, Health, New Born, newborn development
Tagged breastfeeding, First 3 days, First days of hell, Guilt, latching, milk coming in, new baby, not eating, not sucking, number 2, sore nipples, what breastfeeding specialists don't tell you, What midwives don't tell you
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Day 264: Breastfeeding tops, in retrospect
Breastfeeding tops. I remember whilst I was I was still breastfeeding, especially at the start, I really felt like I needed them. In fact because feeding was painful, because it was endless, because felt caged & homebound (at the end … Continue reading
Posted in Breast Feeding, Fashion
Tagged breastfeeding, breastfeeding tops, saving money, Shopping, tops
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Day 247: Givin’ up
Giving up breastfeeding is pretty emotional as I wrote about on Saturday. Someone said you don’t lose the urge to feed for a few months after you stop. They’re right. I think it’s not as tough because I started reducing … Continue reading
Posted in Breast Feeding, Health, newborn development
Tagged 12 months, breastfeeding, connection, emotional, engorement, Weaning
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Day 245: The end of breastfeeding & an overview
It’s a sad time. Lo-Lo turned 8 months yesterday and yesterday was her last feed from me. I have decided to stop. Why am I stopping? Breastfeeding has been a challenging journey for me. I have had a total of … Continue reading
Posted in Breast Feeding, Food, Health
Tagged breastfeeding overview, heartbreaking, schedules, seperation, stopping breastfeeding, stopping feeding
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Day 232: Mum’s first run
Yup, that’s me. I was getting ready (and deliberating a little, of course) and some radio DJ started going on about all those New Year’s resolutions that people had already broken, ‘like if anyone promised themselves they’d go for an … Continue reading
Posted in Breast Feeding, Exercise, Health, Weight
Tagged breastfeeding, first run, post partem exercise, running, sore breasts, sport, sports bras
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