night weaned, would it be confusing to start up nursing during the day?

[nycmom18]

i wasnt planning on weaning my 28 month old until he was 31 months old or we got health insurance (so we could conceive again)

but i ended weaning him because i couldnt do the night nursings anymore. but now i am pretty sad about it and wondering if it was the right choice as far as health and readiness for him. however, i think it was a good decision for his sleeping because he sleeps better now and can get to sleep with us rubbing his back.

i wouldnt mind starting up nursing during the day, we previously were just nursing at nap, bath, and then night. i just think it might confuse him. its only been 3 days since we weaned, but he still asks for booboo every time we go to sleep.

any personal experience advice?

[nycmom18]

p.s. the health insurance would come from a job, and that could be a lot longer than december, and in that case i would really like to have continued nursing until he was 3

[Shanny2032]

I don't have any personal experience with this yet but I would say that if it has only been 3 days that you could nurse him before bed when he asks and see how that goes. you may want to say something like "OK we can have milk now but not when we are sleeping, remember?" That way he'll know this isn't going back to "on demand" including over nights.

[nycmom18]

thank you for your response, i was thinking the same thing. i had heard many stories before of telling babes, no nursing until the sun comes up etc. i really dont wish to stop, and am regretting this right now.

any other thoughts anyone?

[nycmom18]

so we started up nursing again during the day, and so far so good! he took his nap with no nursing and feel asleep by himself, he even told me to leave the room with no back rubbing! anyway, we'll see how tonight goes, i think he understands that there is no nursing while he sleeps.

and i feel so much better about not weaning him this early

hope this helps other mamas in the future!