supergirl is growing up so fast. superdad and i just love her sososoosososososo much. we tell her we love her about a gazillion times a day. i kiss her just as much! she's just so adorable and so smart.
she's learning to feed herself and it's just adorable watching her do it! it is a messy ordeal. we do still feed her the majority of the time.
i've started weaning her..... and it's been much easier than anticipated. the first week, i was weak. she'll cry and cry for my milk and i just give in to her. i am exhausted though. she still wakes several times a night-- and she's 15 mos old! even with her eating solids, she just has a habit of waking 3-6 times A NIGHT and want my breastmilk. it's my own fault that i always give in to her, and mostly i'm exhausted and just want to feed her and she'll fall asleep. finally the last week, i've toughened up. i would only nurse her once during the day, and once at night before bed. (she usually falls asleep nursing.) she still cries sometimes and superman has been kinda non-supportive cuz he can't stand to hear her cry! but it worked. supergirl is just so smart and quick learner, and seems to understand that mommy wants to slowly stop nursing her. (kinda breaks my heart.) she no longer sticks her hand down my shirt and cry for milk! or whine until i'll nurse her. we've been more alert to her hunger pangs. we'll give her cereal and milk whenever we feel she's hungry and it's working... so far. today is the third day with NO NURSING at all during the daytime! usually she'll want to nurse before her daily nap. but now... she'll just roll around in bed, and perhaps wants me to hold her or rock her, but she won't beg or cry for my milk! awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.....................
i still nurse her once per night. for the past 3 morns, she woke at 7am crying because she is hungry. we just give her warm milk in her sippy cup and she likes it!!! and she'll play a bit and go back to sleep.
so...... i'm thinking this is a success story by any means.
i've been nursing supergirl since birth... and it's been A LONG YEAR and some weeks........ but i enjoyed it so much too. i've read that weaning is just as hard on the mother..... and i agree. i miss it sometimes. i miss that 'kind' of bonding we share. i'm believing it's actually harder for me to let go than supergirl. albeit, i look fwd to sleeping thru the night.......
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I breastfed all three of mine until they weaned theirselves. I believe the oldest was somewhere between 15-18months.
ReplyDeleteThe second two weaned theirselves closer to 12 months but I think it was because there was so much action that they didn't think about mom's boobs when they saw the sibling running around. LOL.
I enjoyed breastfeeding so much and always encourage others to give it a try.
hi coupon mommie, thanks for sharing!
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