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This morning... as my 10 month old was throwing a hissy fit at about 5am... flippind and kicking about... I sat thinking... I really want to wean this child. Then the other thoughts kick in about how I will regret it later, they are only little once blah blah blablippity blah. So we keep going. Ill have PLENTY of time to sleep later.... RIGHT???
So anyway, as I lay there... I started doing a little math... my kids are all a little less than two years apart.. Bailey is almost 4 1/2, Brooke 2 1/2 and DJ 10 months... Here's the rundown...
Over the past 5 years and 3 months which is 63 months
Ive been pregnant for 30 of those months and/ or
Nursing for 29 of those months.
That means of 63 months .. over 5 YEARS... Ive only had my body to myself for FOUR *4* MONTHS! WOW!!!!!!!! lol This makes me proud of myself.... and also makes me very VERY tired!
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Oh honey, you deserve to be tired!! Is this your last or might we see some more months added into the emberneville's used body count? But just think how much you've helped your 3 pretty babies.
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I get like that sometimes, then dd hurts herself and wants mommy and noni, as we call it. It stops the screaming!!!!!!! which is worth the world to me. So we'll keep nursing for now. I love how we lay down to nap and she cuddles her legs up and puts her little feet on my thighs and cuddles up as close as she can to nurse. It's also nice to move over to my own space later! They say to nurse until one or both don't want it anymore. That's a good gauge. Yes, you'll have your body back someday - it'll be older but it'll be yours. As my dh said when I griped about it the other day when she'd been a leech and I needed time away, "You'll look back and miss these days." For once he was right!
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You have really been a very busy Mom for the last 5+ years. I have only nursed one baby in my life. My then husband did not want me to nurse my first child, DS and I didn't. He didn't want me to nurse my second child, DD. But I DID IT ANYWay! I have never regretted it. She was never attach and never called it anything. She weaned herself at 20months. I just thought it was wonderful to nurse her. I know you are tired and no one can tell you when to wean him. But you probably could with no problem in a few months.
The last feeding at bedtime was the last one she gave up. My then husband would not allow for our children to be in our bed. So I never nursed in bed. I always got up with her.
I held her like a football and layed her on 2 bed pillows. She would go to sleep and so would I. She was a weird baby. She slept 10 hours the first night we brought her home from the hospital. She slept to much and was not gaining weight. The ped. told me to wake her up during the day to feed her and let her sleep at night. Well, I did that. She would nurse for 45 minutes and be ready to nurse again in 1 1/2 hours. She lived with a boob in her mouth all day and slept allnight. When she was about 3 months old, she started waking up during the night. I figured she was going through a growing spirt.