I never tell the exact ages at either LLL meetings, or, of course to clients, but 
here, it's safe. :)

Baby 1 b 1986 about 15 to 16 months. I miscarried around this time, I don't 
know if there is a connection. I have OER, and it wasn't identified until Baby 
no 2 was around 10 months old. This first baby *never* nursed for 
comfort.      :(  

Baby 2 b 1988 about 2.5 years. 

Baby 3 b 1999 almost 5 years. (Baby born @ 36-37 wks guest) 

My second baby also "forgot" how to nurse. A few weeks after her last wide 
awake nursing, I was talking to a LLL friend on the phone, and I said, "You 
know, I think Becca may have weaned." Of course, Becca heard me, and came 
in the room and demanded "Nummie NUM!" (She hadn't asked in weeks.)  So, I 
got off the phone, sat on the floor,  and offered it to her. She tried, did some 
very weird thing with her mouth, made some faces, stretched her mouth in a 
strange configuration and said. "I can't. Dere's no milky anymore. I done."  And 
walked away to play with her sister. And that was that. I do believe she had 
forgotten how to nurse in only a few weeks. (I had colostrum like fluid for over 
3 years after the second baby weaned, though. It dissipated much more 
quickly after the third baby had weaned, though. By the time she weaned I 
was *well* into my 40s and into perimenopause, so that could be why. I'm not 
sure, though.) 

Mary Jozwiak IBCLC, RLC, LLLL
Private Practice 

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