| Hi barbwong
regarding feeding to sleep, I'm also worried becos my gal will STILL continue to suck ie nibbling at my nipple even when she has fallen asleep, she is really treating my breast as her pacifier hence I dunno when is enough and when to unlatch and put her down to sleep (stupid mommy) If she becomes too reliant, like a fren of mine whose bb boy treated her breast as pacifier, once unlatch (just like the pacifier drop off) he would woken up and cry. He was clearly tired becos was yawning and rubbg his eyes but jus cudnt stay asleep once his mommy removed her nipple and put him down...hence my fears of my gal behaving like dat. I love cuddling my bb as well (which mom doesn't?) but I'm just worried she becomes too reliant on the nipple for assistance to STAY asleep
Hi carang
thks for ur input too. Ure prob right but I'm worried now becos I don't wish to foster a bad habit that is difficult to readjustin the future. Also, with my milk ss being established, my breasts are no longer engorged and gull prior to a feedg session so now I hv a hard time knowing when she is truly full or if the feedg sesssion has truly ended. Last time it used to be my breast feels rock hard, she suckle and when I feel it became really soft I know she has had enough, more or less, and it is ok to unlatch her. But now that my breasts has somewhat soften abit, I hv no idea when to unlatch her! I certainly don't wish to feed by watching the clock but if not she can feed up more than hour at every single feed! Which leads me to start worrying (and kept asking Sarah if my supply is diminishing) cos she used to only feed for ard 30mins or so.
I love my bb gal very much, but having to let her suckle for more than an hour at every feed, not knowing when to unlatch, and now potentially becoming a human pacifier to coax her to sleep and stay asleep is draining my energy. Am I being selfish for wanting to minimise this so I can hv some time to myself and complete other things, and also to take care of my poor doggie (who has been neglected since the birth of my bb)? Oh well, rats a totally separate issue isn't it? But it is really like hvg to care for a toddler in the house. :p  |