dd has not nursed in a month. she has not asked for it. she still sometimes touches my nipples for comfort at bedtime, but even that is rare.
i was willing to go as long as she wanted to and she chose 7 1/2 years.
i am so happy that we walked this path. bf was so important to my dd.
and to me. as a single mom with coparenting and nights over at her dad's i thought we would never go this far.
with my milk drying up when she was 3 years old i never thought we would ever see 4 leave alone 7.
i think for my dd who has anxiety this was more therapy for her. bf/nursing/pacifying whatever you may call it - calmed her like nothing could.
yet she has matured and it is a celebration that she no longer needs that crutch.
what was interesting is how it happened. the last year or so she nursed maybe 30 secs or a minute. then it came down to maybe 10 secs. i could tell the latch was starting to get unfamiliar. then she started maybe nursing once a week. random. sometimes every night i had her. sometimes nothing for two weeks.
it is a big milestone for me. no one supported us. in fact my ex would really try to get my dd to stop and intially after we separated tried to get me to stop. would be so rude and mean about it. but i kept going because i knew how important it was for my dd.
and so here i am at a bitter sweet moment of life. i am celebrating the emerging of a young girl, and yet terribly miss the little girl gone forever.
i was willing to go as long as she wanted to and she chose 7 1/2 years.
i am so happy that we walked this path. bf was so important to my dd.
and to me. as a single mom with coparenting and nights over at her dad's i thought we would never go this far.
with my milk drying up when she was 3 years old i never thought we would ever see 4 leave alone 7.
i think for my dd who has anxiety this was more therapy for her. bf/nursing/pacifying whatever you may call it - calmed her like nothing could.
yet she has matured and it is a celebration that she no longer needs that crutch.
what was interesting is how it happened. the last year or so she nursed maybe 30 secs or a minute. then it came down to maybe 10 secs. i could tell the latch was starting to get unfamiliar. then she started maybe nursing once a week. random. sometimes every night i had her. sometimes nothing for two weeks.
it is a big milestone for me. no one supported us. in fact my ex would really try to get my dd to stop and intially after we separated tried to get me to stop. would be so rude and mean about it. but i kept going because i knew how important it was for my dd.
and so here i am at a bitter sweet moment of life. i am celebrating the emerging of a young girl, and yet terribly miss the little girl gone forever.
i had forgotten about this thread.
