Comments on: Discovering On-Demand Breastfeeding

By: Chantel

Chantel — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:19:38 +0000

Brooke, girl move that baby into bed with you! My son is now 1 year, and he sleeps with us. He also is the wake up every hour or two kind. If they are next to you they wake less frequently because they feel you there. My son now comforts himself. He will grab a fistful of my hair and rub it in his hand. He knows it’s mommy because I am the only one with long hair. I also keep him tucked up close with my arm around him and my hand under his hip or bum depending on how he is laying. If he awakes fully I just give him some booboo(milk) and he goes to sleep. He still mainly eats breast milk so he needs to have a good nurse once or twice at night. I don’t mind because he usually sleeps 10-12 hours. Then he takes a 2 hour nap about 2-3 hours after he gets up. Babies sleep a lot. Just forget all the unimportant crablike doing dishes and laundry and sleep when your baby does. Even if you are working do it when you can. Take an afternoon nap or nap on the weekends. Working with a baby sucks, I hated it. Glad to be at home with my little man. We are all happier.

By: Brooke (a.k.a. tired mama)

Brooke (a.k.a. tired mama) — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:25:01 +0000

Thank you for this encouraging post. I’m the exhausted mother of a fussy one-month-old baby girl. I decided during pregnancy that I would feed on demand and keep the baby near me at night… but I had no idea that this might mean nursing nearly constantly all night long and sleeping in 20-minute increments, sitting up with my baby on my chest. My friends keep telling me that I “have to” sleep train my darling girl and put her on a schedule asap, and sometimes in my exhausted state that even sounds like a good idea, but I will NOT ignore my child’s cries for comfort and food, or shut her away in a separate room to sleep. I keep telling myself that this is temporary and that other mothers have attachment-parented fussy babies successfully. Someday (hopefully soon!) her constant crying will cease, and both of us will sleep again. Thank you for the reminder!

By: sarah

sarah — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 01:37:42 +0000

Everyone i know has had something to say about me feeding my daughter on demand. We opted not to use bottle or pacifiers and to allow her to nurse for comfort and nutrition. Here we are 13 1/2 months later, we have NEVER had the struggle of breaking her bottle or pacifier habit, she nurses herself to sleep and stays asleep for the whole night, and she is COMPLETELY happy. I sometime joke that i am a cavewoman momma, really really old school. BTW i am 6 months pregnant and planning to tandem nurse. More women need to know that this is an option. There is NO shame in choosing motherhood as a career.

By: Meleah Rubio

Meleah Rubio — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:43:23 +0000

Thank you for this article. I started with PDF and it was a disaster! I felt completely removed from my baby and he was mad that I was waking him up to eat and he wasn’t always hungry. I abandoned that practice and have become an attachment parenting follower. It is much more intuitive and goes along with my inner drive to give my baby exactly what he needs! My sister used the PDF method and is visiting soon and I am praying she doesn’t pass judgement. She had already given me the “he’s your child” in somewhat of a condescending tone. I think we are doing exactly what works for us and our baby is a wonderful, happy little boy with minimal crying.