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Weaning
Wish me luck! I am going to start the final stretch to wean Parker on Monday. I have been in a standstill nursing him in the morning and night for a while now. Monday is Rusty's birthday and he has been bugging me for 6 months to quit nursing so I figured it is as good of time as any. Starting Monday I am going to cut out the morning session. Then, around Thanksgiving I am going to stop all together. Please send some vibes my way that my boobs don't explode and that I don't completely breakdown emotionally!
Re: Weaning
If I stayed at home I would still be nursing all the time! His teeth are really starting to bother me though so that is helping my decision.
how many teeth does parker have? we had a stretch in there when his teeth were really bugging me while nursing. when he had the front 8 but thank goodness we figured it out since he has 14 now.
Good luck! I can only imagine how tough it would be emotionally for you after nursing for so long.
Most people I know stop nursing pretty shortly after the teeth come in. I think you did awesome going as long as you did.
He has 8 teeth and he is working on his I teeth right now, plus some molars.
Thanks Lundsay. His teeth didn't start really hurting until recently. It isn't him biting either. It is more my nipple rubbing on his sharp teeth, if that makes any sense.
Yeah he gets organic whole milk during the day and for dinner, along with water. I quit pumping at 9.5 months. The past couple of months he has refused a bottle so it is getting more difficult for me to be away. It took me a couple of weeks for my body to adjust, but it wasn't too bad. When I fist stopped I had to go in the bathroom and hand express a little to take the edge off, but it wasn't horrible.
My eye sight changed soooo much due to my hormonal changes that occured during pregnancy and nursing. I am pretty much blind even with my contacts in. My eye doctor told me that it can still change up to 6 months after nursing. I can't wait to be able to see again!
Um.... what? This is a side-effect of pregnancy that I've never heard about. Is this something that happens to lots of people?
Why did your DH want you to give it up again? I forgot.
yea ours wasn't biting either. it was almost like he was sucking so hard that they just dug in to my boob. he left marks and scabs even. I am grateful it worked out though because I wasn't (and still am not) ready to give it up and neither is he.
I've experienced the exact same thing. I can't drive without my glasses anymore, and they used to be just for occasional use
Good luck weaning Parker! I am not looking forward to weaning... I'm hoping that around 18 months Wyatt will just wean himself, although I would be perfectly fine going to 2 (Wyatt having no teeth definitely helps). I enjoy it too much to stop at a year.
I'm stopping pumping at a year. It is life sucking! Literally! She is good with solids, so maybe she'll self wean earlier. Someone said on another board of self weaning that it is "like she's breaking up with me!" I think for me, like you Tara and Rachel, it'll be a bit different because we are pumping so we have an unnatural supply and demand ratio. If she still wants to nurse in the morning and night for a bit after a year, that is fine.
She has two teeth and already broke the skin on one side. I've had zero nursing issues so this was a big reality shock. When she is cutting a tooth she nurses really hard, then stops once it breaks through.. I do the whole "Ow! Biting hurts!" and take her off. It seems to work.
Tara, I think it is good you've had a plan and I should think of one too!
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I really admire you girls who pump!! If I had to pump all the time, I would have been done months ago
I have never been able to get the true reason Rusty wants me to stop. I think it is a mix of a few different things. I think part of it is he is starting to get embarrassed that I am still nursing him. I only do it at home so I don't understand. I also think he is ready and wants to be able to soothe him. When Parker gets up in the middle of the night I have always been and still am the one who goes and soothes him. It is sooo much easier to shove a boob in his face and Rusty obviously can't do that. He misses my boobs too.
After all of the struggles I have had breastfeeding I am greatful to have made it this far. It sucks that he doesn't seem interested in weaning at all, but I know I have to do this.
So true!! I stopped when Kyle hit 9 months, because it was honestly wearing my down. I was so burnt out!! He refused to nurse at anytime except first thing in the morning, and my supply was dropping because he wouldn't nurse, so I literally was spending ALL day and night pumping to come up with enough milk to get him through each day. As sad as I was to stop and as hard emotionally as it was on me to make the decision (the guilt was the worst!), it is such a relief to not be attached to that pump day in and day out.
If my situation was different and he still nursed morning and night, I'd probably have kept going til he hit a year-16 months. Good Luck Tara!
I don't know how you pumping mama's do it. Pumping is just so life-sucking. I quit doing it because as soon as school hit, my room to pump (that was most comfortable to me) turned into an office, and my workload tripled. Taking 3 .5 hour breaks to pump a day, just wasn't feasible. I would get so caught up in my work that I would forget to pump-it was taking a tole on my emotions. I would freak out daily wondering if I would pump enough for KR to get enough food for daycare the next day.
Not worth the stress to me or Ryan. I finally decided to give him formula during the day and let him nurse when he is with me at night/weekends.
I feel so much better (minus the occasional guilt of not pumping). KR couldn't care less if it's the boob or the bottle either, so that eases my mind a bit.