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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
question for those who breastfed
Am I crazy to think that when we're done I'll feel like I have more of my life back? I'm planning on nursing for a year, and every month I think to myself, "Only ___ more to go." I love nursing, but it's so difficult to make plans knowing if I'm more than a few hours I'll either have to head home or find some place to pump (which is the part I definitely don't love). I keep thinking once we start to wean, my personal life will be easier to manage - right?
Re: question for those who breastfed
I've been at it for 8 months and I've had the mental countdown going for a while. I know I'm going to miss it and I am honestly shocked that I've made it this far (would you believe I never even said I wanted to breastfeed my baby, let alone for an entire year!?), but I think I'm ready to be done. I actually need to look into how to wean her...I was so worried about having milk all the time and now I need to think about getting rid of it.
I had the same issues with E and L. They both refused bottles and I EBF E for 14 months and L for 15 months. It was HARD not being able to be away for more than a few hours.......
Yes! I'm weaning DS now & he gets WCM during the day & that alone makes it so much easier to go out places with less planning & preparing.
But the irony will be as you get closer to that day, you'll be more sad about it than happy. At least that's how it's been for me.
Ugh, it was so hard!! Bravo to you for taking it to 14 and 15 months!
same with me, 14 and 15 months- neither ever took a bottle. i once couldn't BF for 24 hours because of an emergency medication and my daughter literally starved for 24 hours. didn't drink a single drop.
and don't get me wrong- i don't STILL miss it, and when the time came i was like WOO F'N HOO!!!! but there was just like a tinge of, Aww... i'm going to miss this... kinda. It was really hard to get through it, especially once they hit a year and i knew THEY weren't ready to wean even though i was. they both weaned on a busy holiday, we just never sat down, they never cried for it, at the end of the night i was like "hey, i never nursed today, ok let's be done." My son was thanksgiving and my daughter was 4th of july.