Your kid is probably
still nursing on demand.
I was
STILL nursing on demand, he had yet to sleep at night in his crib or out of our bed, and I wouldn't even think of spanking him.
My daughter was
still nursing on demand which meant she nursed five times a day or more.
Shell, 32 Girl 32mo
still nursing on demand (some days a lot!)
I do
still nurse her on demand, but she's demanding a lot less now (she's just much more regular in her eating).
Not exact matches
Both births were c - sections (1 placenta previa, 2 footling breech), both daughters
nursed exclusively and
on demand to 6 months, neither with any oral issues... I don't think I'll ever know exactly what happened, but if I'd listened to my first daughters pediatrician I wouldn't have been successful in breastfeeding my eldest to 30 months, and may have been discouraged with my second (who is 8 months and
still nursing strong).
My output was very low because I was
still breastfeeding
on -
demand, but after drinking «Healthy
Nursing Tea» I am producing good supply??
DD is 15 months old, and
still going strong - I work outside the home, but she
nurses on demand when I'm with her.
He is
still nursing strong and
on demand, day and night, at almost 2 1/2.
My cycle returned at 6 months while I was
still breastfeeding
on demand and
nursing several times a night.
We
still nurse the children
on demand.
In all these categorizations, however, the bias
still leads us away from finding the benefits of breastfeeding / risks of formula because the only «pure» group would be those who followed WHO guidelines and exclusively breastfed
on demand for 6 months then continued to
nurse for approximately 2 years or more (some children wean before that and they would be biologically normal).
In the end, I did exclusively breastfeed her for six months, and, 14 months after her birth, I
still nurse her before her bedtime and when she rises at about 6 AM (as well as
on -
demand during the day).
Still, I stuck to my guns,
nursing my baby
on demand, anywhere that we were.