Breastfeeding Mommy's

mommyrox05
mommyrox05 Posts: 238
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Ok....so my daughter will be 15 months soon and I am trying th whean her from the breast. I have started giving her regular milk in place of me durring the day, but I still nurse her at night (usually twice), and plan to do so for a few weeks...and then drop it out completely. But I was wondering...should I still log "Nursing Mother" in my food diary???? I am thinking not....but I wanted to see if I could get some imput to see what you other mommies have done. :flowerforyou:

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  • cjwolfjen
    cjwolfjen Posts: 323 Member
    I stopped logging mine when I cut back like that. I figured at most I'm burning 100-200 calories, at the MOST that way, and thats not enough of a deficit to really even matter. So I stopped tracking nursing, and figured any extra calories I burned doing it were a bonus to help the weight come off better.

    Great job breast feeding that long! I only breast fed my son 4 months and my daughter 6 months. It is a real commitment.
  • silversong24
    silversong24 Posts: 409 Member
    Maybe you can log a partial day of breast feeding. I know that even producing milk still consumes the calories that you eat, so I think it should be counted somewhere.
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    At this point, she's probably not getting much nutrition from you, more comfort (not a bad thing!). I'd stop logging breastfeeding daily.
  • lanegringa
    lanegringa Posts: 6
    If you're aware of about how many oz she consumes, there is a "food" you can input that is breastfeeding by oz. My 11 month old son only does naptime and bedtime nursing so I estimated around 5oz. That equals to -100 calories for me. Of course, I'm not quite sure how accurate I am, but for some reason, seeing that I have an extra 100 calories helps me out. It's really a personal decision if you want to continue to log it for the next couple of weeks.

    PS congrats on nursing to this age, you've done great! Good luck with weaning nighttime feedings, I've heard it's pretty difficult. I'm dreading it. Do you have a plan?
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