I have come to a stage that I MUST wean my 15mo soonest possible. At present, he only latches when he wants to sleep. On a few occasion, he is able to sleep without latching, that is when he is very, very sleepy.
Now my 15mo has started the habit to want to reach for my other boob when he is latching on the other. He will search for my nipple to massage with his tiny fingers. I will push away his hand and not let him go there again. Then he will start caressing my tummy, dig into my belly button, caress my thigh, dig my nose or my mouth. Geli lar! Even though he is my baby, I feel so uncomfortable when he does that; furthermore he is a boy. Thank God he does not take such a long time to doze off.
I really can’t imagine those mother who still breastfeed their son after 2yo! Do you face the same problem as me? I know one of my church members did! Boys will be boys eh; these things are inbuilt in them. 
Weaning is not easy whether you want to do it promptly like putting ACV, wasabe, or anything bitter on your nipple before letting your baby latch or take it slow and steady like what I am doing.
I succeeded in reducing my milk production to almost none by only allowing him to latch twice a day; before nap and before bedtime in which I make sure his tummy is full by giving him formula milk just before he latches onto me so that after a few suckles, he will doze off.
I was hoping that when there is no more milk for him to suckle he will give up my boobs or at least suckles them for comfort then back to sleep. But he is not letting me wean him off so easily. He still wakes up at 2.30am, 4.30am and 6.30am for his doze of mommy’s milk and when he gets none, he cries (very loud). 
You see, I normally give him his formula around 11.30pm before we head our pillows. I was hoping that will make him full till at least 5am but no, he still wakes up for mommy’s milk almost every 2 hours.
Last night, I gave in and woke up to prepare formula milk for him at 2.50am after 20 minutes attempt to put him back to sleep with empty boobs. I gave him 4oz only and a bottle of water which he drank and played with the water bottle before going back to sleep. Lo and behold, he woke up at 4.30am again but this time I gave him only water. Surprisingly, he did not refuse it like before; drank it and went back to sleep.
Tonight I wanna try giving him only water when he wakes up every 2 hourly. Must condition his body to sleep through the night. It is time already.
I guess this would be my last post on Challenges in Breastfeeding series. 
I have finally decided to wean my now 13mo baby. As much as I want to breastfeeding him until he is 24mo, my health does not permit it.
Most mothers would try to take away their baby source of comfort abruptly by putting spicy stuff or bitter food on their nipples to stop their baby from latching. My mom did the same to me. She applied Minyak Cap Kapak and I stopped wanting her nipples after tasting that hot and minty ointment. I was cranky and refused to drink from the bottle after that. So, I told myself that I do not want to trouble myself having a cranky baby and “torture” my baby.
So, how am I do it?
Firstly, I slowly introduce formula milk to my baby. He loves it partly because all his sisters and brother are still drinking from the bottles. He wants to join the fun too. For every 4oz of his milk, I add 1oz of his older siblings’ chocolate milk. So, formula milk is chocolaty and tasty. 
I will only give him formula milk before he sleeps. So, with a full tummy, he drinks very little from me and then doze off. In this way, my milk supply will definitely reduce. Soon, my boobs will be his source of comfort or “pacifier” to put him to sleep. I am ok with it coz as long as he does not extract much milk from me, I will be up and running.
Weaning is going to be a slow process for us but we have all the time that we want.
It is a very rare occasion to hear us ladies whine about how to put on weight. Most of the time you will hear we whine and morn about being fat and how to shed of the excess baggage that comes after giving birth and whether alli diet pill works or not.
To me the best way to put on weight is by minimizing our daily stress first. How to? Get a maid! (got maid can be stressful too) hahahaha. Stay cool and close one eye if possible and don’t invite anyone to your house unless they wanna come to help you out.
Next, take good quality supplement religiously. I have been doing that for a few days and I am seeing some flesh emerging from my skin!
Next, you must make time to eat at a consistent time (telling this to myself coz i often skip meal when i am busy). Eat small, eat often like every 3-4 hours daily.
If you are breastfeeding, try to reduce it. My baby is already 13mo and he loves formula milk so I have an excuse to cut his Mommy’s milk intake to before sleeping time only. Just let him nurse for comfort. In this way, I’ll have more nutrition for myself.
So far, these are the steps that I am taking to gain some healthy weight. What about you?
I wonder whether there are safe diet pills for breastfeeding mom. I know a few of my friends who are fully breastfeeding their baby is still trying very hard to get their pre-pregnancy weight. Life must be easy for them. Got maid to help them cook and do housework. All they need to do is eat, rest and feed their own baby. I did jokingly tell them that they might wanna trade places with me. I can guarantee that they will loose their extra weight in no time!
As my baby grows older, his motor skills becomes better. One of them is lifting up my t-shirt to look for his source of nutrition and comfort. Thank God he is not that skillful yet. He just managed to lift up till my tummy is exposed and not further. He started doing this when he was 11mo.
When I am carrying him, he will reach down with his hand into my bra-bra trying to pull out his source of nutrition and comfort. The embarrassing thing is, he will only do it in the public. Well, where else right since he can access it easily when we are at home.
Even though he is my No. 4, this is my first experience breastfeeding a toddler. My other 3 stopped by 8mo, 6mo and 9mo respectively.
I am so worried that within the next few month, his “lifting up” skill will be perfected and who knows, he might even know how to unclipped my bra-bra! *shudders*
I did it for the very first time. I fully breastfed my 4th baby for one whole year. I really can’t imagine that I can produce enough milk for him. *wipe tears*
I didn’t have much support from my own mom coz she is more concern of her own baby’s health (that’s me - ahem). I may be weaker and thinner but I have one healthy baby in my arms. That is more important.
Thanks for all the support from all my mommy blogger friends who have encouraged me to run this race and I have not finished my breastfeeding race yet; still have one more year to go. Pray that my weight won’t drop to 40kg by then!
So far, so good, I am still producing enough milk for my baby. There were hiccups too when I fall sick and during menses time. My milk production reduced. Thank God my baby is on solid so I supplemented him with more solid and soymilk.
To those who are going to reach the one year mark, please don’t stop. Come join me to finish this race.
I wanted to write this “Exposed” post for quite a while already but couldn’t find a quiet moment to think and write. Previous posts were written without much thought.
It started when Baby turns 7 months old. He does not like his face to be covered when breastfeeding. He does not like my hand to be anywhere near my boobs. My boobs are his and his alone. He will push away my hand, he will push the nappy cloth that I used to cover any exposed part, he will push the ring sling which is covering his face, he will even push up my t-shirt if it is anywhere near the areola. He will be very happy when I breastfeed him without wearing anything. 
Due to this, breastfeeding in public is no longer an option for us which is quite difficult sometime when he wants it when we were out from the house. The only place that I can breastfeed him when we go out is in the car. So I will let him whine and be cranky until I’m done shopping.
Thank God we survived 2 months only without being exposed much in the public; we seldom go out since then. The only place that I am being exposed is during church service in the mother’s room. Nevermind lar, I am not the only breastfeeding mommy in that room; you see mine, I see yours.
I wonder how long I’ll feed my baby organic food. He is eating organic green veggies and beetroot. The non-organic is the potatoes and carrots. His porridge consists of organic buckwheat, organic brown rice, organic millets and organic pearl barley. During pregnancy, I don’t even take any organic prenatal vitamin; the non organic ones also don’t have!
Well, as long as we can afford to buy the organic multigrains for him, he will enjoy them. Slowly but surely he is being contaminated with adult food especially at my mom’s place. I got shocked when she fed him french fries that day! As long as baby can chew and swallow, she will give.
After that, I quickly breastfeed him. Hoping that breastmilk can act like colon cleanser. hahahahaha.
My youngest baby started teething a day after he turns 8 months old. I was so fearful that he will bite me more often coz he loves biting since he was 4 months old. I thank God that he did not bite until yesterday when he has 2 brand new and sharp bottom teeth.
It was so painful that I gave out a loud “Ouch!” I know that this time I must be stern with him. Previous bites, I scolded him but I was not stern enough that he just smile and continue biting!
I raised my voice plus a very angry look and sternly told him that he cannot bite me coz it is painful and to let go. From the way he looked at me, I know he got a shock and confused. I repeated my “Cannot bite mommy!” line a few times and he cried! Then I quickly hug and sayang him. He pushed away and look at my face a few times to be sure that I am no longer angry at him and he smiled.
I hope he is a fast learner and will not repeat his little experiment again.
