Hi,
My son will be 2.5 in a few weeks.
He is nursing about 8x in a 24-hour period. I'm home with him during the day, and we co-sleep from about 2am until wake, so he nurses before he falls back asleep at that time.
When my son was 9 months old and not yet eating solids, he had very severe eczema and multiple food allergies. As it was worsening, we made the decision to abruptly stop breastfeeding and do a 14-day trial of Neocate. The eczema disappeared, but came back at a lesser intensity after we started breastfeeding at the end of the trial. The abrupt stop of nursing was obviously very difficult for him, so I'm sure that has led to who he is right now.
He's very clingy, requires alot of comforting, is slow to warm up, and needs alot of skin on skin contact with me. He sticks his hand up shirt and hangs onto my stomach as we walk around the house. At bedtimes, he lifts up his shirt and then mine and rests his belly against mine.
I was lamenting about this to a friend, and she basically told me to Super Nanny him and refuse to nurse when he wants it. I disagree that this is the right tactic for him. It's not a loving way to wean...we went through this already at 9 months. I feel like he's not developmentally ready to stop. It's just highly annoying, because I AM DONE and want to eat eggs and nuts again so very, very badly. He drinks Neocate, so there is another alternative.
Additionally, he is currently reacting to something new...could it be the sunflower seeds I'm currently eating, as they were processed in a peanut-containing facility?? If it's a possibility, I'm done. I can't do this anymore.
I've been dealing with the FA's in both of our diets for too long and need to end this relationship.
I work in the evenings, and when I do, my husband puts my son to bed, so there is no nursing session until the middle of the night and the next morning.
My husband also just put him down for a nap, so that he could skip nursing.
At bedtime last night, my son wanted a drink of water (after guzzling too much already). I told him that I'd get him so water, but then he couldn't have mama milk, and he was OK with that.
I just want to be 100% done. How can I do this?
My son will be 2.5 in a few weeks.
He is nursing about 8x in a 24-hour period. I'm home with him during the day, and we co-sleep from about 2am until wake, so he nurses before he falls back asleep at that time.
When my son was 9 months old and not yet eating solids, he had very severe eczema and multiple food allergies. As it was worsening, we made the decision to abruptly stop breastfeeding and do a 14-day trial of Neocate. The eczema disappeared, but came back at a lesser intensity after we started breastfeeding at the end of the trial. The abrupt stop of nursing was obviously very difficult for him, so I'm sure that has led to who he is right now.
He's very clingy, requires alot of comforting, is slow to warm up, and needs alot of skin on skin contact with me. He sticks his hand up shirt and hangs onto my stomach as we walk around the house. At bedtimes, he lifts up his shirt and then mine and rests his belly against mine.
I was lamenting about this to a friend, and she basically told me to Super Nanny him and refuse to nurse when he wants it. I disagree that this is the right tactic for him. It's not a loving way to wean...we went through this already at 9 months. I feel like he's not developmentally ready to stop. It's just highly annoying, because I AM DONE and want to eat eggs and nuts again so very, very badly. He drinks Neocate, so there is another alternative.
Additionally, he is currently reacting to something new...could it be the sunflower seeds I'm currently eating, as they were processed in a peanut-containing facility?? If it's a possibility, I'm done. I can't do this anymore.
I've been dealing with the FA's in both of our diets for too long and need to end this relationship.
I work in the evenings, and when I do, my husband puts my son to bed, so there is no nursing session until the middle of the night and the next morning.
My husband also just put him down for a nap, so that he could skip nursing.
At bedtime last night, my son wanted a drink of water (after guzzling too much already). I told him that I'd get him so water, but then he couldn't have mama milk, and he was OK with that.
I just want to be 100% done. How can I do this?
