I didn't expect to make it to 16 months. N is definitely headed toward self-weaning as she has started dropping her am feed in favor of breakfast. She still nurses before naps and bedtime but even those are getting shorter. I'm glad to be getting some of myself back (and that means DH can do more wake ups and naps too which is a win win) but I'm very emotional about it too. I think partly because it was so hard at first and because it has been so long -- that and I don't think we are having another LO so the ending is bittersweet indeed.
I have such new appreciation every day for how emotional my mom gets, still even now that I'm 36, about milestones.
Re: BFing Mamas checkin - whose still with me??
We still do morning and evenings.
Not sure how long we'll go. It still works for us, so I'm just going with it for now.
I never would have thought id still be nursing, ever. But here I am!
I'm right with ya.
We had gotten down to 4 times a day (with the occasional middle of the night wake up) before Thanksgiving but two trips with terrible stranger anxiety, teething, and a cold have kicked us back up to pretty much full time nursing.
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Aw! I think all of you are awesome! Everyday I forget little by little the "last time" I nursed Bo which was the day he turned 14 months. I never thought I would forget, but I miss our cuddles and how I could be there for him. Try and hold on to this as long as you can...It is so precious.