I have two sons,elder one is 4 years,and younger is 2 months. When i breast feed the little-one,the elder is jealous,and wants me to feed him also.
2006-10-10 10:10:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
My son was like this, I stopped breastfeeding him when he was 1 beccause i became pregnant with my daughter, she is now 7 months old and is breastfed. I let him try it and he said it was yucky and though he said that he asks almost all of the time, but I told him that he is a big boy and has his own milk, besides this would be his cut off time had I not been pregnant. He is now 2 and I plan to feed my daughter til she is 2. If you are troubled by it, ask your pediatrician what you can do, but I think that if you make him a snack as was said before and snuggle him on the one side and baby on the other side to feed, he will be happy with that. Oh, my eldest daughter was 5 when her brother came, this is just a stage of jealousy, it gets better in time. Good Luck!!
2006-10-10 10:43:03 · answer #1 · answered by fatiima 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing wrong with your allowing the 4 year old to breastfeed if he wants to and you are comfortable with it. If you are not comfortable with the older boy breastfeeding try and make the time you are breastfeeding the youngest special for the oldest buy playing a game with him or reading to him while his younger brother feeds.
2006-10-10 17:21:59 · answer #2 · answered by CowtownMummy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just answer no. somethings you need to be pretty matter of fact about. you may want to joke around a little with him and say that if he wants to put a diaper back on and go back to earlier bedtime and only baby toys then you might think about it...and act like its a wierd thing to say and be silly about it. just tell him its not what boys his age do and hes too old for a lot of things now because he is a big boy.
2006-10-10 18:00:42 · answer #3 · answered by igot_terminal_uniqueness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make him a snack and have him sit and snuggle together. Explain to him that he is not a baby anymore but that you love him just as much if not more than you did when he was a baby. Show him pictures of him and you when he was a baby. He'll get it.
2006-10-10 17:15:55 · answer #4 · answered by BParker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take a small amount of apple suace or something like that , that will act as a passifire for the older one.
2006-10-10 17:16:21 · answer #5 · answered by Speedy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
explain the food is for the baby-he is a big boy and can eat food, the baby cannot yet
2006-10-10 17:16:19 · answer #6 · answered by phyllis_neel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I let my older son try it ,he didn't like it and didn't ask again.
2006-10-10 17:21:34 · answer #7 · answered by m-j d 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋