Baby wants to be on the boob constantly at 10 months--advice?
Hi all,
FTM with a 10-month-old boy here and some questions about how your nursing experiences have evolved at this stage of the...journey. I/we have exclusively breastfed since birth, although baby is now getting two bottles of pumped milk on weekdays, when he does half days at daycare. He is also getting solids 2x day, once mid-morning and once early evening before bed. His nursing preferences have changed pretty dramatically of late, and I'm wondering if others have had similar experiences. I typically offer the breast on waking, before and/or after naps depending on timing, and right before bed, but lately he's been refusing some of those sessions and then wanting to pop on and off the breast intermittently throughout the morning and afternoon, pretty much constantly. It's been like this for maybe two weeks. Is this a normal phase? I don't mind so much, but my spouse has criticized me several times and implied that I am offering my breast compulsively. I don't feel this way of course, but I'd appreciate some other perspectives.