Welcome! I will soon be bf a toddler. My girl will be 1 on Mar 31. Question, how do you get her to stay still while nursing? I'm hoping this is just a phase since she's only just recently become an efficient crawler. I feel like I'm wrestling her sometimes to nurse her, especially before naps.

You'll get there on your weight loss journey! Slow and steady can be frustrating, but the time is going to pass anyway, right? I just keep telling myself that she's so young, if I lose the weight now she'll only know the fit active mom and hopefully will be encouraged to be fit and active herself.

Hey! I'll add you both. I'm BF'ing a 14 month old. I only just recently stopped worrying about my supply in relation to cutting calories (since I'm starting to finally feel like it will be ok in any case since he gets nutrients elsewhere). I only BF him now if he wants it, so maybe that helps with the squirming ("Hey, buddy, you came to me, let's focus here...haha!"). Not sure. He does occasionally end the session, then come back a minute later because apparently he decided he wasn't done. Usually that's to go off and check on the dog...once he's assured he's fine, I guess, he can go back to nursing. :-)

Hi everyone. I am ebf my 5 month old but over the last week ive noticed tht by eating between 1200 -1500 cal my supply has been severly affected, but i was losing weight.i increased my intake and found supply to be getting better but i gained back 3 pounds.
can anyone please help me..please..im really getting frustrated at this point as i love to bf my baby but at the same time wana lose the weight i have 30 pounds to lose before reaching preprego weight.

I'm still nursing my 16 month old on demand, which at this point is before bed at night, and some times after breakfast. There are some days she's just too busy and even though she comes to me for it she will only nurse for about a minute or less, other days she'll stay on for 10-15 minutes. I've always found her to be most squirmy when she's just learned something new (sitting, crawling, walking) because she wants to try out that new skill all the time. When she began walking we had several days in a row where she didn't nurse at all because she'd latch on, then decided to slide off my lap and run away. I'm not worried about my supply at this point since she's (usually) and awesome food eater, and the plan is to let her self wean, which I can see happening over the next few months.

I agree with winklkr about taking DD to her room to nurse effectively, and I also haven't nursed in public (or even around anybody but DH) since she was an infant because she won't stay focused if there are other people/sights around (unless we find a quiet spot at the airport. For some reason it's the only place we've ever been successful. I don't know why! :ohwell: :laugh: )

I'm glad to find this board. I have a 13 month old who I still nurse, she eats food but won't give up the boob just yet. I plan to let her wean herself though every person in my life tells me I have bf long enough. I have about 60 lbs to loose. I lost a lot before I got pregnant and had a lot of success here on MFP. Looking for like minded momma to help support each other.

I'm nursing my 15 month old around 4 times a day, nice to chat with everyone! I do give myself 200 calories a day for nursing and it has not affected my weight loss negatively!

BF my 12 month old here! She still nurses 8-12 times per day, so I haven't lowered my calories yet. It's mostly night nursing (sleep? what is this sleep you speak of?) I do get a lot of push-back on letting her nurse still, but she was a preemie and has trouble putting weight on, and mama's milk is high-calorie and nutritious, so I'm going to keep going!