How to balance weigth loss/calories and breastfeeding?

I am 7 months pp, and still breastfeeding. My little guy is starting to eat solids, but still gets the majority of his food from me. The studies I have seen all say breastfeeding burns an average of 500 calories per day. Basically, I put in how much I want to lose, got the minimun 1200 per day, and added 400 back in to account for the lower end of breastfeeding (typically the span is 380-700). In order to add the calories back in, I put it in my log as exercise (yes, I know it is't physical, but those calories have to be added back in somehow to account for milk production) I actually just had someone call me out on using that as exercise.

I'm no mother or anything, but I do know that you can log breast-feeding in your food dairy and it adjusts your calories.

I'm also 4months pp (with my 3rd bio-child, I also have step-kids). I'm exclusivly breastfeeding too. Everything I've read states we should consume 2000 cal a day. Breastfeeding itself burns 800-1000 a day. so I factor all that in. I actually have trouble getting the 2000 a day most days. But I exercize to lose weight. usually with the baby in her carrier. I'll worry about diet when I'm not a food sorce myself lol. add me as a friend if you like, it would be nice to have another bf momma to talk to.

I'm breastfeeding my 4th child who is 15 months old today. I have read as much as I can online and found most resources to say that moms who are exclusively breastfeeding should increase calories by 300-500 calories per day and not go below 1800 or so. I lost most of my pregnancy weight (all four times) within 4-5 months but then hung onto the last 10 lbs (and whatever I had gained between pregnancies) longer and had to work harder. Once the babies were nursing less I started to gain again, which is what I am trying to avoid right now.

I started MFP in February or March of last year and set my calories to 1700-1750. I am short with a low BMR so felt comfortable going below that 1800 mark. I just started back and am not sure what to have my calories at since DS is still nursing but not exclusively. Right now I have them at 1700 and will see how that goes. I also used the calculation that a lot of people use (TDEE - 20%) then adding 500 for BF. I would not add much more than 500 for breastfeeding, though.

I personally used this to calculate http://www.freedieting.com/tools/breastfeeding_calorie_calculator.htm then I looked here to see if it was close to my TDEE and it is http://www.iifym.com/tdee-calculator