I know it's been a while, but I need Hipmama advice
I'll give a full fledged update soon. I just wanted to run this by everyone to see what they thought.
I'm weaning DS (19.5 months). He's only been nursing for nap and bedtime for a few months. And this week I'm taking the last steps to wean him. So Monday I put him down for his nap w/o nursing. It took well over 2 hours and was very emotional for both of us. When he's pull for my shirt, I'd tell him that we were all done with that. He finally went to sleep. Then Tuesday and today were much easier. He went down in under 30 minutes with no nursing.
Now, I'm still nursing him at night. But his reaction to bedtime has changed. He's always been the type of child that would go-go-go until the very last minute. He'd fight sleep till the very last second. And I'd have to practically drag him to the bedroom. But since Monday, he's accepted the bedtime nursing session, but has chosen not to fall asleep during. Instead, he'll get back up and fall asleep in my lap, roll over and fall asleep on his own, or (the strangest of all) fallen asleep on the floor in front of where I was sitting.
I can't decide whether he's taking this really well or really bad. He's not extra ill and he's sleeping/eating fine. He has been a little more affectionate these past 3 days, and I've made a point to give him extra attention since he's losing something that's he's very familiar with.
I guess I'm feeling a little guilty and sad that it's coming to an end.
Does anyone have any strange stories of what their child did while weaning?
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those long bedtime sessions are very very hard and emothionally draining. hopefully those wont last.
with me (pait is 17months) we're weening...kinda. i've left her naptime drink and bedtime nurse there, but trying to distract her from the rest. she's the same at bedtime. she'll nurse from both sides and then go into her crib (sometimes with a little protest) and then roll over and sleep. i do have to pat her back for a bit, sing or play the music box. the last couple of nights she's been not really accepting of the weening. i think its seperation anxiety. so i've acutally decided that if she wants to nurse at night, thats ok for a couple of nights, we'll play it by ear i guess. we were up for over an hour yesterday. it was awful.
anyway, what i'm saying is that i'm there with you. i feel you. i wish you luck and vibes to get that little one weened. it'll happen before you know it. just listen to your gut.
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We're not enjoying it. He claws and pinches me all night. ANd neither of us are sleeping well anymore. I've got him napping in a toddler bed in the bedroom and he naps much better and longer. I know I'm a fitful sleeper, and I believe that it's making him crankier through the day. Thanks for your POV.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
~ Groucho Marx