Colostrum does not support growth, Her nursling
will have to get some other food because breastfeeding will no longer be
sufficient nutrition.

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i did not catch the original post and am wondering what i missed ? why  
would there be undue concern at this age for the nursling to get  
adequate nutrition? are there special circumstances that require s/he  
be exclusively breastfed for much longer? any reason mom won't be  
starting solids by or at a year? or is the fear that her milk supply  
might drop sooner than that?

when my 1st was 8 mos, i became pregnant again. he was exclusively  
bf'ed and started solids at 11 mos and we never had a hitch in our  
bfing experience. i did not notice a drop in milk supply w/ any of my  
5 pgcs until 19-22 weeks. so that should put an 8 month old at about a  
year, right? so i would think starting solids would help out w/ any  
concern there. i never needed to supplement w/ any artificial milks of  
any kind as long as i catered to the nurslings' desire to nurse on  
request. when my 3rd son was 6 mos old, i got pregnant again and still  
had no problems w/ supply and meeting his nursing needs altho he did  
aggressively seek out starting (stealing it from sibs is more  
accurate!) solids by 8 mos.

so i am reading this post and wondering what i am missing - i thought  
getting pg again when a nursling was 8 mos old was the epitome of  
perfect timing ! still so invested in bfing the pgc wasn't likely to  
make them wean, old enough to start solids by the time the milk would  
wane, young enough to be likely to accept tandem nursing alongside a  
newborn ... i'd be congratulating and reassuring this worried mom!

~jacqui gruttadauria, bsw

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On Apr 11, 2008, at 9:34 PM, LACTNET automatic digest system wrote:

> mom of 8 month old pregnant again


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