Re: No let-down for 17 month old-Is this the end of BFing?

Originally Posted by
@llli*npmomma
Hello.
I am away from my nearly 18-month old during weekdays. We nurse first thing in the morning and before bed. On weekends and sick days, we nurse more like 3-4 times per day.
For the past month or so, I don't get let-down at least once a day when we try to nurse. Yesterday and this morning, I got no let-down at morning or bedtime.
I'm not ready for nursing to end and neither is my boy. He seems to want "beeboos" more now than he did 6 months ago! I'm not particularly stressed, so I don't think it's anxiety.
Any ideas? Thank you in advance.
You know, ive had the same issue, I've been getting nervous that I may be drying up completely. I even nurse more than you do at 6 times a day and sometimes in the night if my husband wakes him up getting ready for work. I only hear a let down once or twice a day...sometimes not even once. But like pp said, its just that tapering down time where you are still providing some very good nutrition but more importantly its for comfort and bonding. Think of it like a Multics vitamin, the less milk there is the more concentrated with nutrients it is...
My mom worked when I was very young, she bf me until I was nearly 3, it was just for comfort, not much more than a few swallows maybe 2 or 3 times a day when I got older...I know because I vaguely remember... weird, but she told me about it too. My son is 17 months today, I am not ready for bf to be over, he certainly isn't either. I am going to start drinking the mother's milk tea 4-5 times a day since it really triggered let down for me if I drank it 20 minutes before nursing. You can buy it in a four ir six pack of boxes on amazon for a fair price vs individually at your grocery store. Also, I notice the most let downs when he is very hungry, right before snack or dinner time or if I wait too long to make breakfast... so maybe when you come hack from work, nurse before any snacks.
Keep up your nursing until you are both ready, its a wonderful, beautiful, mutually beneficial time
Long time wannabe Momma. First time actual Momma.
-candice -