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February 2012 Moms
tayrob1986
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Breastfeeding Moms/ Moms that breastfed...Please come in (emotional)
tayrob1986
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In the past two months I weaned my daughter down from three sessions, to just her nighttime session before bed. I was going to do this as long as she wanted to. I have no problem and quite happy doing so.
Tonight when we got into the glider, she held on to her lovie and laid her head down on my shoulder. I asked her if she wanted "milkies" and she didn't lift her head. I asked her three more times and she never budged.
I knew this day would eventually come, and I'm thankful that she feels comfortable enough at this point to not "need" it. But, I'm really sad. I just didn't know that last night was going to be the last time. If I had known I would have kept nursing her until she fell off of me asleep vs just cutting the session a bit short because she was almost asleep and laying her down in her bed. I just didn't know....I'm typing all of this as I'm sitting at my computer balling like a big ol' baby. It's just such a special thing that only I was able to give her, and I loved that. Anyways, rant over...going to go watch an overly emotional romantic movie and eat chocolate chips. :-(
Side note: hubs just started a new job in a new city two weeks ago. He lives there Mon-Fri, and we are trying to sell our house. So this was kind-of the icing on the cake I think. So much change at one time. :-(
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Re: Breastfeeding Moms/ Moms that breastfed...Please come in (emotional)
I wish I had taken pictures. That is the exact thought as I was rocking my daughter to sleep with tears streaming down my face tonight. Maybe she will nurse one last time so I can have some. I'm going to offer for the next few nights.
Thank you so much for the supportive and encouraging words. You have no idea how much it really means to me right now. I sincerely appreciate it.
It's nice to know that other people felt/feel the same way. My supply almost completely disappeared at 4 months when AF returned. I worked my rear off for an entire month to get it back up. So it's very sad for me to see all of this come to an end.
I am proud of making it 15 1/2 months (I'm going to round it to 16 months, just because! Ha)
Thank you so much for your supportive words. It really means the world to me, especially with not having my husband here to lean on right now.
DS is getting closer to weaning, and I am dreading it. We nurse morning and night at the moment, and tonight he turned away (he was so not ready for bed and wanted to play is what I told myself, but he is getting ready to wean).
Give it a shot to get the pics - I just took some the other night myself. It stings for a few days but soon you will get a similar closeness just rocking at night.
If you don't want it to be over yet, you could still offer today. Maybe she just didn't want any last night, but will want it today, KWIM?
Weaning is emotional. DD weaned at 19m and DS lost interest around 12m. I do miss it in some ways! Overall though, you should really be proud of yourself!