My DS is 22 months and still nurses aggressively at night, mostly I think for comfort. I am a almost like a pacifier, its so often. We co-sleep and so far I have put up with the lack of sleep on occasion and his tossing and turning, because I figure he will self-wean (although I was hoping this would occur before his 2nd birthday!).
To my shock and surprise I found out I was pregnant a few weeks ago. I am about 6-7 weeks along and my breasts are now VERY sore when he nurses. It is almost unbearable. And since I stopped pumping at work back in June, my milk is even less than before, but my little guy keeps on goin'.
DS goes to a Montessori school three days a week and a sitter the other two, so he is in full time daycare and both of us work.
My DH has long been over the co-sleeping arrangement and has not been happy with it. We've tried have heartedly moving DS to his crib mattress on the floor, but it only works for an hour or so. He still wants to nurse and often wants to nurse as soon as I get home from work. He is capable, however, of going to sleep with daddy without nursing for naps and such.
We've done this many times before. However, at night, when I'm there, I try and tell him, "Boobies go night-night," or "boobies are tired," etc, but nothing works, he just screams until I give him my breast again and I go through this major torture on my nipple. I am 44 yrs old and exhausted now that I have this new pregnancy (and quite worried about how I'm going to do it, frankly) that I would like to wean. Any advice that worked for you?
Minaret
To my shock and surprise I found out I was pregnant a few weeks ago. I am about 6-7 weeks along and my breasts are now VERY sore when he nurses. It is almost unbearable. And since I stopped pumping at work back in June, my milk is even less than before, but my little guy keeps on goin'.
DS goes to a Montessori school three days a week and a sitter the other two, so he is in full time daycare and both of us work.
My DH has long been over the co-sleeping arrangement and has not been happy with it. We've tried have heartedly moving DS to his crib mattress on the floor, but it only works for an hour or so. He still wants to nurse and often wants to nurse as soon as I get home from work. He is capable, however, of going to sleep with daddy without nursing for naps and such.
We've done this many times before. However, at night, when I'm there, I try and tell him, "Boobies go night-night," or "boobies are tired," etc, but nothing works, he just screams until I give him my breast again and I go through this major torture on my nipple. I am 44 yrs old and exhausted now that I have this new pregnancy (and quite worried about how I'm going to do it, frankly) that I would like to wean. Any advice that worked for you?
Minaret
