How did you feel when your baby weaned/you weaned your baby?
I felt ready. I didn't miss nursing him because when he weaned, we were both finished. He was only nursing right before bed, and we simply replaced that with lots of cuddles. When he is ready for bed, he used to say "want boobie! want boobie!" and now he says "want to snuggle with mama!" and I think that's just as good!
I was soooo ready to wean. I had planned on breastfeeding ds till he was about 5, due to his serious chronic health problems and it was working for us. About 2 months before his 5th birthday I had had enough!! I was feeling touched out and frustrated and didn't want to do it any more.
I'd always thought that I would do child led weaning, but this kid probably would have kept going till his teens.
So, one day I just told him that I'd run out of milk, and there'd be no more breastfeeding. He burst into tears, so I told him that we could still cuddle at night, before he fell asleep, and he chilled a bit.
Nowadays, I'm really missing breastfeeding, and can't wait to do it again, but I'll probably focus on feeding at least into the 2nd year and see how it goes.
When we weaned, I was beyond ready. C nursed for 32 months, and that was perfect for us. I was getting really touched out those last few months and she seemed to want to nurse all night and all day, and I just couldnt handle it.
Now that we have, and it's been a year. Wow, has it really been a year? whoa. Just realized that. I miss nursing. She does too, and always asks if I can turn her into a baby so she can nurse again. I am so happy we nursed as long as we did AND that she remembers, and talks of it so fondly.
I was sad actually, because jordan was about 6-9 months( i know bad mom, i can't remember off the top of my head when we weaned!) But I had gotten pregnant, and didn't want her to want to breastfeed when I was breastfeeding the new baby. I ended up miscarrying so I could have nursed her longer. And I really wish I would've.
i was so. done. ds was 22 months and i was ready as all hell to have my body back to myself. i don't know that he was necessarily ready but that is where the idea of breastfeeding as a relationship comes in. when one of us was done we were done. i actually think i went too long out of a feeling like i was cheating him if i stopped.
I was really sad both times. I had planned to nurse a year both times and both times, my baby weened long before I was ready.
My daughter weaned herself about 2 months ago (at 3.5 yrs). It was gradual, she would go a couple of days or even a week in the last few months, and only nurse for a minute or so when she did. I was pretty surprised she weaned herself actually, I always thought she would nurse until 5 or so, just given her personality. I was sort of sad at the time, missing my baby. I'm happy about it now that I've gotten used to the idea though. She loved nursing and so did I (most of the time), but in a way I'm glad she's weaned now.
I had to go back to work when Malakhi was a year old and he weaned shortly after that. It really sucked and I am still upset about it.
I'm hoping if I have another, we will BF for much longer.
my little man weaned himself. i was thrilled, in a "aww! My baby is ready to grow up!" sort of way, but otherwise i was sad, and actually had a little rejection issue for a few days. But, I got over it. I would have kept it up, even though he was almost 2, had he wanted to. BUt, one day we were settling in for our mid-morning nurse and cuddle, to be followed by nap, and he siply didn't want the nurse part. He just wanted to cuddle. I'm happy he became so self-reliant, so early. But a bit sad too.