My husbands family is always asking why are you doing that you don’t want to warm it up and I said no I want them to like it cold and room temp so it’s not such a hard transition later and I feel like it helps when it’s hot out. I have never used a bottle warmer.
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I got a cheap bottle warmer from Walmart. It takes longer than a bowl of hot water! Lol
We are at 12 months and my milk has taken quite a dip. My goal is 2 years. He started weaning but now wants the breast more. I’m currently trying to get my supply up. We give him formula especially at night to help him sleep
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Original goal was to try and then it was to go for six months and then it was to make it to a year. My daughter ended up being intolerance dairy so I wanted her to have breastmilk until she was 2. She ended up breast-feeding until she was 22 months old and then I had a stash to keep her through until she was two. Since my daughter had breast milk until 2 , that is now my goal with my son. I’ll probably try weaning around a year and a half, and then having them pumped for him. You have some amazing !!! Keep rocking it momma
2 years is a great goal! It has to be so frustrating your milk supply dipped! But don’t worry, you can get your milk supply back up. It can take a couple weeks to notice a difference. There’s two ways I know to increase it. Either have your baby nurse more frequently, even if it’s only a couple minutes at a time. Or there’s power pumping. I’ve had dips in my supply too when my daughter is teething, so I know how it is! Nothing wrong with using formula, I always have some in hand just in case myself!
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2 years is a good goal! You’re doing such an amazing job with them! I’m sorry to hear your daughter has a dairy intolerance. I know that must make meal planning difficult when you’re used to using dairy to cook with. I hope your son doesn’t have that problem. It’s so nice to see a lot of mamas on here are going beyond 1 year. I don’t feel so alone.