mrsxnos:Nursing for a nap the other day. It’s been about 3 ish weeks that I’ve gotten “serious” wi
mrsxnos: Nursing for a nap the other day. It’s been about 3 ish weeks that I’ve gotten “serious” with the whole weaning thing. Starting to pull on the mama feels of not wanting it to end but simultaneously wanting my body back to myself. That’s something I have not known since early 2013. It’s a long time when you think about it. I never really expected to nurse this long, almost 31 months. I was ADAMANT about breastfeeding while pregnant, and when she came I still was. I kind of had to be especially because she was a preemie and I was told to pump for most of her feedings because her strength wasn’t there to get the milk herself every feeding. Those early days we fed with tubes taped to my boobs with pumped breast milk flowing through to help simulate, I tried nipple shields (briefly, hated them) to try to correct latch issues, I got discouraged more than once thinking maybe it’s not worth all this work - and that thought fled almost as quickly as it came. Our journey together has completely 100% been the most shaping, testing, patience requiring, eye opening experience I’ve ever gone through, so it’s a bit bittersweet that we are nearing the end of that. I say nearing the end but to be real I think we’ll still be nursing here and there for a while longer. I remember being in the NICU and them asking how long I planned to nurse and I said oh I’d like to go at least 6 months. Then about two months in I said yeah definitely at least a year. And from there it became until she self weans, and now at 2 ½ here we are. She’s not self weaning, well I guess maybe a little, but I’m leading it. I’m starting to realize lately though that I don’t have enough pictures to remember this time, I’m going to miss it, I don’t really know when it’s going to completely end and how that’s going to happen. But I will say, I’ve noticed some perks since we’ve cut back - like the best and biggest hugs, cuddling up (without reaching for boobs ) & “hold me mommy” when she falls asleep at night. #weaning #normalizebreastfeeding #bosomnectar #feedingwithlove #motherhoodrising #ebf -- source link
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