Are there any nursing mom's of older babies?
 

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At what point did you worry less about getting everything you needed for lactation?

Are you nursing your 10 year old?

god no. I meant ten months. LOL

She's eating tons of solids now, so I'm wondering if it's okay to start prioritizing weight loss.

LOL, Gale!...not passing judgment, just clarifying! ;)

I guess it depends on your own supply and how it is affected by diet. I have never really worried about it and started weight loss at a couple months postpartum. At about a year to 18 months pp I can work a couple 12 hour shifts a week without pumping and my supply is not affected. I nurse my babies until they are three. Everyone is different though, I think.

:) Nursing a 10 year old seemed a bit excessive, but to each their own. :)

My second is almost 3 months old and I started WW again when he was 4 weeks old. As long as I eat all of my points I don't have any issues with supply. I think you should give it a shot and see how it goes. You'll be able to adjust accordingly if you see your supply being affected. I think (and this is just my experience) that my supply is more affected by whether or not I'm getting enough water. I do need to eat enough, but more than that I have to make sure I'm getting enough fluids. I start to see a drop in my milk production when I'm dehydrated.

Yes! DS is 2 1/2 and DD is 5 weeks. I'm going to start WW tomorrow. I'm not worried about supply because WW for BF moms is a lot of points!

If you don't do WW, I'd try to start out with something like 2,000 calories a day and see if you lose weight. Nursing two is easily taking at LEAST 500 calories a day so 2,000 calories would be like 1,500...

I need a buddy, do you have one yet? I don't know many other moms who long term BF and it's so nice to know more! :D I have 15-20lbs to lose.

I don't poke my head in here enough! I'm still nursing dd who will be 3 in April, let's see, she's 31 months old now. :eek: She's growing up so fast! She still nurses like a newborn, sometimes stays latched on all night long, still doesn't sleep through the night, sometimes a trial but always a joy!

I guess the answer to your original question is: once baby is not exclusively nursing, getting supplemented with solids or formula, I get to be a little more lax with worrying. After 12 months was gravy! LOL Apparently nothing I've done has harmed my supply or my dd, thank goodness.

Good luck!

Hi! I'm nursing an almost 2 year old (she turns two next month! :D). I always had over-supply issues so I never really worried about it much but then again I haven't been focused on drastically cutting calories either (I'm losing about 2lbs/month on average so very slow but steady!). Any attempts I've made at cutting back more led me to be really, really hungry so I figured that was a cue from my body to wait until DD is nursing less (she's actually sick at the moment so she's pretty much nursing non-stop!) but even when she's healthy she still nurses quite a bit for an almost 2 year old.