DS just turned 3 & lately was nursing for a few minutes each morning, sometimes a few more times throughout the day but other days just that one time... he probably averaged 5 minutes of nursing a day over the last couple of months. (WOW... this is the kid who nursed 20+ times a day and didn't really eat food until he was 2!! It just hit me how much he's changed in a year!!) I had put a lot of limits in place over the last year but most of it was just him cutting back on his own.
A couple of days ago he said he would feel happy if he stopped nursing (he brought up something about nursing as an adult and I said, "When you're bigger you won't drink mommy's milk anymore," and he said, "Well, that would make me happy.") We talked about it some & he went to bed & didn't nurse the next morning, though he did ask to nurse "for just 5 seconds" later in the day. Last night he said again that he was all done. Today he woke up and said he was still all done with nursing (those were the first words out of his mouth when he opened his eyes lol).
So is that normal for kids to just say they are done? Does that mean he IS done, or is he just testing it out or something? Of course I know no one can predict how my DS will wean, just looking to hear others' stories! If your kiddo said they were done, was it for real?
I am OK either way. I swear my body never produced any oxytocin or whatever it is that makes nursing pleasurable so for the past 3 years I've done this solely for DS, sometimes hating it myself & other times just neutral about it. It would be nice to be done I guess, and the timing is just right (got him through most of the winter) and he eats incredibly well so I don't really have any worries, and it would be nice for my body to be able to just go back to normal. But I'm totally OK if he decides he's not really done, and I told him he can let me know if he changes his mind. Of course I will be a little sad that he's growing up & all! This is younger than I expected (but at the same time, kind of an ideal weaning age in my mind).
Just curious what to expect!
A couple of days ago he said he would feel happy if he stopped nursing (he brought up something about nursing as an adult and I said, "When you're bigger you won't drink mommy's milk anymore," and he said, "Well, that would make me happy.") We talked about it some & he went to bed & didn't nurse the next morning, though he did ask to nurse "for just 5 seconds" later in the day. Last night he said again that he was all done. Today he woke up and said he was still all done with nursing (those were the first words out of his mouth when he opened his eyes lol).
So is that normal for kids to just say they are done? Does that mean he IS done, or is he just testing it out or something? Of course I know no one can predict how my DS will wean, just looking to hear others' stories! If your kiddo said they were done, was it for real?
I am OK either way. I swear my body never produced any oxytocin or whatever it is that makes nursing pleasurable so for the past 3 years I've done this solely for DS, sometimes hating it myself & other times just neutral about it. It would be nice to be done I guess, and the timing is just right (got him through most of the winter) and he eats incredibly well so I don't really have any worries, and it would be nice for my body to be able to just go back to normal. But I'm totally OK if he decides he's not really done, and I told him he can let me know if he changes his mind. Of course I will be a little sad that he's growing up & all! This is younger than I expected (but at the same time, kind of an ideal weaning age in my mind).
Just curious what to expect!
