It was basically a combo of encouraged AND CLW. I would slowly cut out/limit nursing sessions, and DS was also asking less and would sometimes get distracted.
I am fine with him weaning right now, as I had this age in my head as the age I would feel comfortable stopping, and also my breasts are extremely tender with pregnancy although just as he weaned they were starting to get better.
Even though I am fine with it, I am still trying to work through my feelings about it. We had a wonderful 4 year BF relationship and in a way I dont want that to end although I know it needs to at some point. It kind of hurts to talk about it in past-tense. I sure hope he remembers some as he gets older, and I will continue to talk to him about it. He also still hugs the b00bies just about every day and says he loves them, it's so cute.
The last nursing session he had was morning only, then the other week I told him the last one would be at the end of the week (I had dried up and he was starting to get milk again he said!). He fussed a little but then got distracted enough, although asked once or twice since then but the fussing doesn't last long.
One feeling I am trying to sort out, is that I have been gluten free for most of these 4 years because he has some kind of gluten intolerance. Now, technically I could eat gluten (don't react to it myself) and if I do, I will only do so when not with him because he is used to eating what I am eating, so I will still make all meals GF. But in a way, I wonder if I will feel like I am betraying him if I go to a restaurant and have a 'regular' meal. I did sneak Milky Ways from his Halloween stash and ate those to see how I would feel, and it seemed OK but it's not all-out wheat!
I am also not sure whether to offer to him after the baby is born. He was and is SO attached to the b00bies that I don't know if I will be opening up a can of worms if I offer (and would need to stay GF for sure). But I would also love it if it meant he might bond more to his new sibling. DH, on the other hand, would not be pleased if I offered
If he got pretty sick with something, like the flu or other virus, I would like to offer in order for him to get the antibodies.
Did anyone wean an older child and then offer again after baby is born? I know there is the book Adventures in Tandem Nursing, does it talk about this specifically?
I am fine with him weaning right now, as I had this age in my head as the age I would feel comfortable stopping, and also my breasts are extremely tender with pregnancy although just as he weaned they were starting to get better.
Even though I am fine with it, I am still trying to work through my feelings about it. We had a wonderful 4 year BF relationship and in a way I dont want that to end although I know it needs to at some point. It kind of hurts to talk about it in past-tense. I sure hope he remembers some as he gets older, and I will continue to talk to him about it. He also still hugs the b00bies just about every day and says he loves them, it's so cute.
The last nursing session he had was morning only, then the other week I told him the last one would be at the end of the week (I had dried up and he was starting to get milk again he said!). He fussed a little but then got distracted enough, although asked once or twice since then but the fussing doesn't last long.
One feeling I am trying to sort out, is that I have been gluten free for most of these 4 years because he has some kind of gluten intolerance. Now, technically I could eat gluten (don't react to it myself) and if I do, I will only do so when not with him because he is used to eating what I am eating, so I will still make all meals GF. But in a way, I wonder if I will feel like I am betraying him if I go to a restaurant and have a 'regular' meal. I did sneak Milky Ways from his Halloween stash and ate those to see how I would feel, and it seemed OK but it's not all-out wheat!
I am also not sure whether to offer to him after the baby is born. He was and is SO attached to the b00bies that I don't know if I will be opening up a can of worms if I offer (and would need to stay GF for sure). But I would also love it if it meant he might bond more to his new sibling. DH, on the other hand, would not be pleased if I offered
If he got pretty sick with something, like the flu or other virus, I would like to offer in order for him to get the antibodies.Did anyone wean an older child and then offer again after baby is born? I know there is the book Adventures in Tandem Nursing, does it talk about this specifically?
