LLL Meeting: Loving Guidance/ Growing Nurslings

*There will be no meeting on December 24th.*

How is your nursing relationship changing as your baby moves towards (or through) toddlerhood? At this week's morning meeting we'll chat about nursing our babies into toddlerhood, and all the amusing and at times frustrating things that go with it!

-Do you have thoughts about how setting limits with gentle discipline fit in to your current (and future!) nursing relationship?

-Are you curious about the weaning process--how to be gentle, respectful and gradual?

-Are you thinking about getting pregnant again but aren't sure whether you should wean first?

-Wondering about nursing through pregnancy and continuing to tandem nurse once the new baby is here?

If you are thinking about any of these issues, or have experiences to share, please join us at the next LLL morning meeting! And even if these topics aren't relevant to you right now, come enjoy the camaraderie, commiseration and support of other nursing mamas.



And we always make space for any other breastfeeding concerns or questions you may have!



See you Tuesday, December 17 @10am

Sunnyside Presbyterian Church

115 S. Frances St.

South Bend, IN 46617





Here's some valuable information about breastfeeding past infancy:

http://kellymom.com/ages/older-infant/ebf-benefits/

and

http://www.today.com/parents/it-normal-breast-feed-your-toddler-beyond-science-says-2D80489189

And here's a blog about nursing aversion we can sometimes feel with our older nurslings, particularly when pregnant: http://www.katesurfs.com/2013/10/27/when-nursing-your-child-gives-you-the-heebie-jeebies-and-a-tandem-breastfeeding-anniversary/

What about nighttime nursing for older babies?

http://www.nancymohrbacher.com/blog/2012/10/31/do-older-babies-need-night-feedings.html

And some concrete ideas of how to ease the transition for the older sib during lengthy and frequent newborn nursing sessions: http://naturalparentsnetwork.com/breastfeeding-toddler-playtime/

And one mama's emotional/hormonal experience of welcoming her new baby, while saying goodbye to the intimate one-on-one relationship with her first: http://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com/im-going-to-miss-you/

Thoughts about gentle weaning:

http://themilkmeg.com/breastfeeding-my-two-year-old-and-why-gentle-weaning-is-not-just-about-when-he-is-ready/

and

http://www.llli.org/nb/nbweaning.html

And here's a lovely blog about one mama's experience throughout ever-changing breastfeeding relationships: http://blog.nurturedchild.ca/index.php/2010/11/13/what-my-children-learned-at-my-breast/

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