Baby no2

Hey mama’s, just found out I’m pregnant with baby number 2 🙈 I’m still breastfeeding my 14 month old, is anyone pregnant and still breastfeeding? Is it safe ? Any advice would be appreciated xx

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Congratulations on baby #2! I was in the same situation! Mention it at your first appointment, but in most cases it’s perfectly safe! The only thing I’d say is that pregnancy seemed to effect my milk supply and my daughter wanted more than she could get so kept asking to nurse more frequently. She ended weaning herself when I was about 20 weeks along.

Hey, I’m 30w pregnant and still breastfeed & will continue to do so when baby is here if my 1yr old still wants it.
Really safe.
Haven’t noticed a drop in supply & he seems to like it still so far🤞🏼
Have had a few sore days but went back to the good old silver cups and we’re fine.
Some people do experience aversions and drop in supply but not everyone.
Congratulations xxx

Thanks so much girls! That’s really reassuring to hear, I was stressing about it a bit but feel much better now ☺️ and congrats to you all too! ❤️

Can’t speak from experience as I don’t have a #2, but am EBF so was curious about later stages with colostrum meant for new baby. I asked my friend who’s a breastfeeding consultant and she just said your body will produce more than enough if you’re still feeding both by then! Not a problem at all for first born if you start producing it early/towards then end of pregnancy and then once new baby is here, just try and make sure newborn always feed first, so they get as much of it as poss x

I’m currently 26 weeks pregnant and ebf my girl until she was almost 1. She had a bad cold and was struggling to latch a couple weeks before she turned 1, I knew I wanted to have her weaned for turning 1/starting nursery, so decided to stop then. A couple days later I noticed I wasn’t making milk anymore anyway, and now I’m making colostrum so I think it’s just as well I stopped. I think she was just using it more for comfort too as she found the transition to no boob very easy, but I also only fed her twice (before nap and before bed). We’d been giving her cows milk for about a month to drink before though so she was used to that plus eats a lot of food. I would’ve been around 21 weeks I’d say.
For at least a month though if not longer it did hurt my nipples a bit when she latched and I would cringe feeding her sometimes so glad I stopped when I did

that’s super helpful thank you xx

that’s good to know cause I’m quiet similar, I weaned him off from bf on demand to 2/3 times a day as I was struggling to get pregnant, now that I am though I’d like to bf on demand again. He does also drink cows milk now and eat loads so I guess if he naturally weans I will probably just stop xx

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Just out of curiosity, why do parents love zipper onesies?

Don’t get me wrong, I tried zipper ones it’s easy to zip in and out when putting it on the first time and taking it out, but I find it difficult when changing diapers especially when baby is asleep.

I prefer those kimono style buttons where it’s easy to button or too down button with crotch snaps.

Is everyone thinking the same or different? Lol

At this point I’m not enjoying motherhood

My 22 month old is horrendous at the moment🫣 biting, hitting, pushing, pulling and shoving not only adults but children he also wants what other children have and will just snatch it away from them.

We repeat ‘nice hands’ ‘be gentle’ ‘let’s share’ etc

But how do I make him understand what he’s doing isn’t very nice? At the end of the day I feel like I’ve just been saying his name all day and nothing else.

What can I do?

This might rattle some people

Ok, this might get a bit long, and a bit bumpy, so get comfy and buckle up.

So about a week or 2 ago, there was a post on here regarding sleepovers. Not letting their child go to them as you can't trust who'll be at the house etc.

Now, given recent incidents in nurseries and schools, plus my own experience back in the 90s, I am more concerned about sending my child to nursery and later school than I am to a friend's house for a sleep over.

The other day a man was jailed for abusing children at the nursery he worked at. A woman has been arrested for sleeping with an underage boy and then getting pregnant by a different underage boy while on bail for the first offence.

Young girls and boys get sexually harassed and bullied when at school, not all of them. But more than you think. And not just by other kids, but by adults who we as parents are trusting to look after our kids.

A sleepover, is a more controlled environment, with only a handful of people coming into contact with your child. A school, a club etc there can be 100s of people coming into contact with your child.

I was targeted at 7 years old by the owner of a prominent private school. Thankfully, I wasn't SA'd. In year 5 of primary school, I started to develop early, I was harassed by the boys and teachers made remarks about how my uniform didn't fit right, always "adjusting it" around my chest and legs.

Years 7-9 of secondary school were hell. But it was all under the guise of "we're just messing around". A teacher twanging my exposed bra strap (none uniform day) is not "messing around".

Boys pinning me down trying to rip open my shirt to see my breasts.

I fear for my daughter. I hope she takes after my father's family, flat chested.

We need to educate all our children, what is acceptable behaviour. And to come to us, as their parents should ANYTHING happen.

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The first day no dummy was fine, the second bit rougher. But now it feels impossible she just moans and cries all the time it takes ages for her to go down to sleep (she’s always been an amazing sleeper)

I thought it was meant to get better as time went on not worse. I’m at my wits end I dunno what to do.

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Of these two, which seems more overall “demanding” to you, overall? Lighthearted poll, not putting anyone down 🫶🏼

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