ARGH! Just venting. Rachael is now 8 months old and in full blown total distraction while eating mode. I try and take her to her room to eat, but with a 2 year old buzzing about it is not helping. It is making me freakin nuts. I know exactly why the kid still wakes at night - she obviously is too busy to get her needs met during the day. Believe me I try! I also make her hold off on any other foods unless she has nursed well because I don't want that to become another issue..... AHHHHHHH! I nursed my son for a year - barely! He pretty much weaned himself at about the year marker. Rachael has never had formula and rarely gets a bottle, but whooie this is taking its toll on me. You know - the whole "getting off and on" about 50x per nursing session. Usually, I just give up and put her down. I don't even know if she is old enough to get that unless she gets busy my shop closes up.

Any tips or words of encouragement would be awesome.

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***Sara***
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do you have a nursing necklace? maybe she could be distracted with only what is directly in front of her that way?

most of my other suggestions ar ethigns you're already trying, maybe the 2 yr old can have a special basket of (quiet) toys that he can only play with while mommy is nursing? maybe this will help keep him a little more in one place and not buzzing about so much...

fave quote for this;

"this too shall pass"

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