jennefer harper

>>EVERY time,
>>like right now, I sit she wants mama milk...is 2.5
>>too young for me to
>>refuse?

I have been struggling with this for about 1 1/2 years
now. When my now 3 year old was 1, I got pregnant
again, and although I nursed all through my pregnancy
and am currently still tandem nursing there have been
(and still are) several times that I really don't feel
like nursing my 3 year old. This has been a struggle
(largely mentally) because I have always nursed on
demand. Then my nipples started to hurt, and I'd
always try to let the baby have priority when it came
to nursing, and I didn't always want to nurse them
both at the same time. Anyhow, I am still finding the
comfortable balance. One thing that I found helpful
to say when there was a time I did not want to nurse
my 3 year old was to let him know *when the next time
would be that he could nurse*. He usually seems ok
and satisfied by this. Because if I would just say
no, not right now, he may freak out and think he would
never get to nurse again. But if I say something
like, not right now how about after we eat breakfast?
that really helps! Being honest seems key to me.
Another example, letting him know if one of my nipples
is sore- he's very understanding about that and will
even point that out.

A recent book that came out a couple months after my
second son, now 1, was born: Adventures in Tandem
Nursing by Hillary Flowers is very insightful.
Perhaps some of this will help your situation.

-Jennefer




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