[ruthann8]

The nursing thing is an issue for my dh. He didn’t like the idea of nursing past 1 year but agreed to see how it went. But I know he hates it. For him it is the reason for all her problems, from not sleeping to, being crabby around me, to misbehaving. It is just the way she is around me and I think a lot of moms will say that their children act differently around them. I think my dh has really developed a jealousy issue with breastfeeding. He has even stated he doesn’t want to breastfeed any future babies. He is a wonderful dad and husband. This jealousy issue is really surprising to me. He wasn’t like this at first and at first his encouragement was one of the things that kept me sane. He now is making smart remarks like “you’re gonna nurse her until she 6 or 8 b/c you can’t stop”. Ellamae nurses for comfort and is very attracted to it like a paci or a bottle. Any other jealous dh’s out there?


The past few days have been going well. Ellamae has finally slept through the night 3 times in the past week! I never thought she would sleep through the night. Hopefully she keeps it up. I think the issue has always been a combination of problems, teething, sick, no schedule, me working, and she likes to nurse for comfort. The past week when she would wake in the night I would go to her and she would say “no” when I asked her if she wanted to nurse. Sometimes she would start nursing pull away and say “don’t” I think she still wants the sucking comfort but isn’t into the bm as much anymore and she has always refused the paci. And I’m NOT going to start it now! So when she woke I would just hold her in a modified football hold (she still loves that position but is getting to tall!) and we listened to music while she twirled my hair.


Hopefully she continues to sleep through the night and overall nurse less b/c do agree with him that she nurses too often. I just don’t know how to get her to do it less and any effort I do just seems to make things worse in the end. The less I let her nurse the more she wants it! I just kind of gave up; to me it’s not worth the struggle. She is just one of those babies that are permanently attached to you. For those of you will these type of babies how in the world did you get them to nurse less?