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My baby is super active and has never loved or even liked breastfeeding but rather has tolerated it. He is 10 months old now and for him to nurse the conditions have to be perfect, no distractions and he has to be well rested otherwise he pops off and rolls away. He’s gotten really good at eating solid foods and is obsessed with water and I feel he is rejecting the breast more and more. I always pictured myself nursing until 2-3 or whenever my baby weaned himself but I sense he will wean far sooner than I ever imagined and I am sad about it. I struggled to get pregnant and I worry this will be my only chance to nurse so that is part of the sadness

Has this happened to anyone? All of my friends have boob barnacles and I feel like the odd one out with a baby who doesn’t really enjoy or find comfort in nursing and is seeming to be self weaning before a year

TIA

EDIT: my baby has never been interested in a bottle either, we would have to force feed him a bottle so I just stopped pumping and breastfed because it was easier and he didn’t prefer the bottle. He doesn’t even really like purées, we’ve done BLW because he loves to grab food and feed himself

Looking for advice from people who successfully lost weight or did body recomp postpartum while breastfeeding without hurting their energy or supply.
I was 140 before pregnancy and am now around 165 at 9 months postpartum. I lost about 10 lbs after delivery, then breastfeeding hunger caused me to gain some back.

The hard part is that my body seems extremely sensitive to calorie restriction right now. Whenever I try to cut calories the way I used to pre-pregnancy, I feel awful — shaky, nauseous, exhausted, headaches, almost flu-like. Yesterday I had already eaten 90+g of protein and was aiming for ~2000 calories, but by evening I felt so sick and immediately felt better after eating fruit and ice cream.

It makes me feel like my body just can’t tolerate aggressive deficits while nursing, but I also don’t feel comfortable in my body currently and would love to lose weight or recomp gradually.

Has anyone successfully:
lost weight slowly while breastfeeding?
done postpartum body recomp?
found a calorie range that worked while nursing?
improved body composition without hurting supply or energy?

Would especially love hearing from people whose bodies felt hormonally sensitive postpartum.

My 9 month old is OBSESSED with fiddling with things to fall asleep — specifically my hair and (unfortunately) crinkly dog poop bags 😅
The bags actually help him settle and sleep better, but obviously I know they aren’t safe for sleep. He will sleep if I lay next to him and give him my hair and we do cosleep but I know I won’t be able to give him my hair when I cosleep with our future baby so I worry about getting him used to that as comfort

Blankets (even the crinkle ones i have tried ) don’t interest him at all. He seems to like:
crinkly texture/sound
thin/fiddly textures
rubbing things between his fingers

Has anyone had a baby like this? Any recommendations for safer comfort objects/loveys/sensory toys that worked well once your child was old enough for one? Would especially love recommendations from parents whose babies liked tags, hair, crinkly things, plastic packaging, etc.