I'm doing something that I hoped I wouldn't have to do. I'm weaning Greyson. I thought I would do child-led weaning and just go until he decided he was done. But here I am telling my sweet baby boy "Sorry, no more milk". I'm a little heartbroken over this. And oh Lord, so is he. He will throw a kicking a screaming fit when I tell him "no more milk". It is heartbreaking.
I'm not totally weaning him yet. I'm just trying to get him down to 3 or 4 times a day and not at all at night. Since he was 4 months he has nurse on demand and he was very demanding. As a baby his reflux made it necessary for him to eat a little bit, but all the time. So we did. It wasn't unusual for him to nurse 15 to 20 times in 24 hours. Up until last week he would still nurse 8 or more times a day and at least once, if not twice a night.
So we are weaning - and I'm the meanest mom ever.
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The closet I got to child-led weaning was when my milk started drying up with Cole. Georgie weaned then. I've done mother led weaning with all of them and they are all happy, healthy and somewhat normal. ;)
YOu are NOT a bad mother!
You are definately not a bad mother!! Please don't think that. Greyson has gotten an amazing gift from you and the benefits are very obvious. Hang in there.
I don't feel bad - just mean. I realized in this process that "I" am his lovey. He isn't attached to anything - just my boobs. Now that I'm restricting them his gets really MAD!
Each day is getting easier and I think he'll wean pretty easily after we get over this first big change.
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