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Jamie! I don't think I have ever agreed with anything you have ever posted. I don't know maybe I have but THAT was an awesome post!

Thanks Jamie. Awesome post!!!

Thanks for the advice FFand April. I haven't looked at the site yet, but I will when I get time to read it. I'm also going to the health shop tomorrow, to check out their teas. I hope they have something for me. If not, I'll order online. :)

I just think that if a child can lift up your shirt, and call it a "nummy", that's creepy. My husband can do the same thing. An infant looking to latch on, isn't saying "Hey mom, can I have some of your nummy?" Just seems wrong to me. And no, deaf children have nothing to do with this, since they learn very early to communicate in their own way, bright bunny!

so BEEN ABLE TO COMUNICATE=WEANING??? hello?????????????????? THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE BREAST IS FOOD!

juicy - sorry - but you really need to grow up. your posts are pretty immature.

Very interesting post you started here Lissi. I would suggest you first look at facts and then deal with your feelings. I stopped nursing my first at 4 months. Hindsight being 20/20 it was the biggest mistake I ever made. First of all nursing is MUCH MUCH easier than bottle feeding. You may think now that nursing is too demanding and is tying you down. Think about getting up in the middle of the nigh to a screaming baby and listening to him scream untill you manage to mix and warm some formula. It's sooo painful when you know that you used to be able to make him stop injust a few seconds. So much unneeded suffering by you and the baby. So much stress. Not to mention having to make sure that you don't run out of the stuff. That was a fun night! Honey, there isn't any more left! Run to the store! Oh, God! What a horrible experience! Now that I'm doing it again, I'm not making the same mistake. My daughter doesn't have to go through all that crying, and I don't get stressed out. I think that the decision to stop breastfeeding can't be made at the beginning. You need to see how it progresses. It is a relationship and it grows and changes as your baby grows and changes. Nursing a 9 month old is not the same as nursing a 2 week old. It's not as intense. It's easy and relaxed. I hope you and your baby find what's right for you.

I've been reading these posts and came to a conclussion that it is the American / conservative public that makes women feel like the most natural thing to do for their baby may be perceived as a wrong one. As to "private parts" that children should respect/treat as taboo - think of the Scandinavian cultures - the children there are exposed to naked adults and other kids in saunas, etc and as far as I know - have no trouble with their sexuality later in life... It's not uncommon to see women breastfeeding in public. Why is it considered inappropriate in the US (unless of course you cover yourself and your baby with a blanket cause God forbid a stranger sees a piece of your boob)?
I don't get it...

i breastfeed my daughter up til she's 3 months. now she's 7 months and on bottle. simula formula is best for babies. just when she was 3 months, she was throwing her tantrum towards me and i couldnt figure it out of what was wrong with her until mum mentioned to me that i wasnt producing any more breast milk. i gotta tell you, i lot maybe 5 lbs from it.

How did your mom know you didn't have milk?

Juicy, you *do* realize you contradicted yourself in your last post, right? How do you think deaf children communicate "in their own way"? It's the same way ALL infants and children communicate before learning to speak and/or sign...so..."bright bunny" right back atcha...cause you're a freakin' genius.

My point was simply to deflect your poignant obsevation that beth's post ref 'children who ask for it shouldn't get it' might include deaf children being weaned later getting since they can't "speak" the way we do. Was not meant as a contradiction. =P

she just guessed. so i went to another room to see if she was right and she was.

Juicy, do you even know the meaning of the word "poignant"? Because it doesn't apply to my post...esp. not the part referring to deaf children...actually; I just read the definition of "poignant" as I was going to quote it to you - and, it CAN apply to that particular sentence from my post - "Neat, skillful, and to the point; Astute and pertinent; relevant" - so, if that's the definition you intended, I thank you for the compliment. Now, if you meant "profoundly moving; touching" or "keenly distressing to the mind or feelings", then you're way off base, as my post was neither moving nor distressing.

Lissi~ I don't know where you are with your breastfeeding at this point, but i'll offer up my thoughts just in case you're still looking for some additional feedback. From my own experience, once I gave up breastfeeding my daughter (at about 4 months), I was instantly relieved that I gained some freedom, but that relief turned into regret a short time later. Unfortunately, when I changed my mind and decided I still wanted to breastfeed, it was too late for us, my milk had dried up, and my daughter wouldn't latch on anymore. Now with my son, I also gave it up at about 4 months, but with him, I truly was at peace with my decision. I think that was the difference. Here's what I would suggest.... Why don't you take away one or even two breastfeedings durning the day and give her a bottle, but try to hold on to the others, just incase you are like me and regret giving it up all together. Atleast then you will still have a milk supply, and you can even build it back up to exclusive breastfeeding if you want to. What ever you decide, don't worry, Nadya will be just fine. Good luck girlfriend! :o)

Jaime I think it was sarcasm...