Hi to all on Lactnet,

I saw an answer to a question I missed on tandem nursing.  I tandem nursed 1
and 2 as well and it was the only time I did not experience newborn nursing
soreness although I did notice my milk came in double what it did with the
others.

I recently did a poll on TLC which is the e-mail list for LLLLeaders.  I
asked if moms noticed more/less jealousy between tandem nursing siblings.  If
baby/older sib. got jealous while the other was nursing, and if you had other
children how did the relationship compare.

Responses: 19
Total #of children: 66
Total #of nursing sibs: 33 (Karen Z. I wasn't sure if I should count you 8 or
3x8!?!)
No jealousy: 11
Yes jealousy: 8

Conclusions:

As you can see from the numbers most of the families reporting yes or no had
children who ALL got along/fought regardless of whether they tandem nursed.
 Only 3 reported that the baby/older sib was jealous/not jealous compared to
other sibs.

Of the 8 who reported jealousy 6 reported it being the baby. 2 said it was
the older one but felt that age/temperment had alot to do with it.

All the No's said they would/did do it again. 6 of the yes's said they'd do
it again if the older one did not wean by the birth. The other 2 did not
state.

I will disclaim that it's been almost 12 years since I took statistics and
that this is not a formal study - just a poll I did out of curiosity.

Hope this helps,

Mia
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Mom to Jack, Alix, James and Anika the toilet bowl fisherwoman.