3 years and 23 days
But I think the nursing has finally come to an end! We have been waning on the nursing for quite a while...really only for a minute or so at night before bed and occassionally in the morning, but prior to and after Selah's 3rd birthday, I started talking to her about how she was a big girl and soon wouldn't need to nurse anymore. I don't think she's been getting any milk for quite some time, just comfort sucking a little bit here and there. It's been getting more and more uncomfortable for me. So finally, last night, when she got into bed and asked to nurse, I said no. She threw a very small fit, during which I said, "We can cuddle and hug but you are a big girl now and don't need to nurse anymore!" Finally, she said, "Okay, then I want to ride the school bus!" Chuckle. But she calmed down quickly and all was fine.
I have been ready for this day for a looooong time, but of course last night as I lay in her bed singing to her, I got that pang of sadness over the fact that I would never cradle her to nurse ever again. I had been wavering on the possibility of ever having another baby, but the nursing relationship (love/hate as it may sometimes be) is definitely a motivation to me.
My baby is all grown up! Sniff!
That made me sad to read of your sadness. I love nursing so much. What will I ever do when he stops?
Thanks for sharing.
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Sad and happy at the same time. Weaning always makes me cry.
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You put some serious time in, mama. I can't get over how fast the time is going by, seems like she was just a baby. I'm not going to recognize her next time I see her, LOL, we have got to get together soon.
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"I have no country. As a woman, I want no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." - Virginia Woolf
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oh i feel sooooo ready for dd to be done. she's 2 years and about 4 months. sometimes i want to just scream "no more!!!!! stop it!!!!" but, like you, i'm thinking i may not have another kid. so, on it goes. and i do love it and i know i will miss it. love/hate is right.
i want so badly to wean at times but when we get close to it, i buckle because i know how much i'm going to miss it and how much she loves it. you had a really, really great run, mama. i love that she responded with "i want to ride the school bus"! so funny that she gets this is about growing up, and so is that.
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I always think the same thing when I see pictures of Todd and Scott. It seems like when I saw them last, Todd was still "little" and now he is becoming such a big kid like his brother. We need an Ohio mamas get-together... Hey, I wonder if maybe sometime we could all meet up and take the kids to the kids museum in Columbus or something like that?