tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post4483218181457195000..comments2023-12-11T08:19:00.272-05:00Comments on DoctorMama: My Breasts 2, or, Haven't You Stopped that YET?DoctorMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05187502628715846144noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-89408278109872150422007-12-27T12:53:00.000-05:002007-12-27T12:53:00.000-05:00Tonight is the night. After 19 months we're going...Tonight is the night. After 19 months we're going to wean Sam. I am sad but excited. I haven't sleep properly in over two years. Anyway, there is a lot of info on weaning and some of it geared towards guilt tripping but, even in my moment of sadness, I laughed heartily at your comments and the support you give others. Thanks and wish me luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-60467427078937684252007-03-13T19:52:00.000-04:002007-03-13T19:52:00.000-04:00good for you!mine didn't sleep through the night u...good for you!<BR/>mine didn't sleep through the night until 21 months... <BR/>I get lots of wierd looks for that.<BR/><BR/>I like your blog, very refreshing.Kelseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17830379498369815670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-45757319899330707612007-03-06T22:14:00.000-05:002007-03-06T22:14:00.000-05:00My daughter is 3 1/2 and still occasionally asks t...My daughter is 3 1/2 and still occasionally asks to nurse, but there is no milk, as we truly stopped just before her third birthday....Like so many others,I just wanted to go a year, and in shock, I STARTED attending La Leche League meetings when she was 18 months because I needed support if she wasn't going to stop...She has always been very rambunctious and bouncy, so nursing was not really so Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-82447696570566565162007-02-22T17:25:00.000-05:002007-02-22T17:25:00.000-05:00Hah! My mom (of 5) was a nursing MACHINE. Or so we...Hah! <BR/><BR/>My mom (of 5) was a nursing MACHINE. Or so we thought. <BR/><BR/>My little sister remembers quitting nursing at 3, when my mom threw out her back. <BR/><BR/>"Mom, can I nurse?" she said. <BR/><BR/>"Honey, my back hurts." <BR/><BR/>So my sister, very polite, waited several days, and then asked again, with "Can I nurse now, or does your back still hurt?" She was very sad when the Mudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09538057857439359003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-14832268793559056742007-02-21T18:49:00.000-05:002007-02-21T18:49:00.000-05:003 years, 3 months. Quit when both partners are r...3 years, 3 months. Quit when both partners are ready.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-32426405487790998972007-02-07T16:41:00.000-05:002007-02-07T16:41:00.000-05:00Amber Lawbyrd—weaning by contract! That is funny. ...Amber Lawbyrd—weaning by contract! That is funny. Yeah, I had several friends whose kids lost interest, and I assumed it would happen for mine too. Guess not.<br /><br />Orange—I thought baby teeth were basically disposable—are you saying we need to brush them? No, don’t worry, we’re doing ok in that department. (Though swallowing some cow’s milk from a sippy cup is likely not cariogenic anyway, DoctorMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187502628715846144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-40613686625877653182007-02-07T16:13:00.000-05:002007-02-07T16:13:00.000-05:00Having never nursed a child, I have no opinion. B...Having never nursed a child, I have no opinion. But ohmygosh, I think I'm in love with the sunrise clock! Tell me more! Does it really work??Ms. Perkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06923832430040384294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-52140102796876378042007-02-07T14:07:00.000-05:002007-02-07T14:07:00.000-05:00Oh gawd, I loved this. Thanks.Oh gawd, I loved this. Thanks.Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07169282165749035808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-82658095979421634922007-02-06T20:34:00.000-05:002007-02-06T20:34:00.000-05:00Thanks for this post and all the comments. It is ...Thanks for this post and all the comments. It is nice to hear from other extended-nursers. I feel very alone in this sometimes with my still nursing and co-sleeping 2 and 2/3 year old. I have no idea if my kiddo would be ready to stop nursing. She regularly asks for it when I get home, while I am making supper, while I am eating supper, after bedtime stories, throughout the night... But I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-63369463008730459112007-02-05T11:04:00.000-05:002007-02-05T11:04:00.000-05:00My little one will be a year this weekend, and I a...My little one will be a year this weekend, and I am THRILLED to be weaning from the pump. 5 more days! For the last week, his pumped milk at day care has been cut 50-50 with whole milk.<br /><br />But, we are showing no signs at all of weaning from actual nursing. Our schedule is 30 min when he wakes up (sometime between 5:15 and 7am), 15 min the moment I walk in the door after work, and falling Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-75226994291465669532007-02-04T23:39:00.000-05:002007-02-04T23:39:00.000-05:00It is so heartening to read of other working mothe...It is so heartening to read of other working mothers continuing to nurse long past one year. My son is the last child in his day care class still nursing and I am still flying on business trips with my pump in hand. Nursing is so obviously important to him emotionally and it is also important for him due to dairy/egg allergies. Nonetheless I very often feel like a weirdo because so many view Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-8561404213123100392007-02-04T14:41:00.000-05:002007-02-04T14:41:00.000-05:00I'm a long-time lurker, in the same shoes as you w...I'm a long-time lurker, in the same shoes as you were about 7 months ago, same exact nursing schedule, and your story of HB's discovery of the finite duration of the boob nearly made me cry. Talk about mindbending! Poor kid.<br /><br />I live in hope of the next few months bringing enough reasoning skills for my own boy to figure out that big boys eventually stop nursing. Right now he Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-74723213736877923652007-02-04T08:00:00.000-05:002007-02-04T08:00:00.000-05:00This story is adorable.This story is adorable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-79246720458263661422007-02-03T09:44:00.000-05:002007-02-03T09:44:00.000-05:00One more thing. I wonder, has HB had less infecti...One more thing. I wonder, has HB had less infections during his toddler years, and if so do you attribute it to nursing? <br /><br />FionaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-66450513830696772622007-02-02T23:58:00.000-05:002007-02-02T23:58:00.000-05:00My daughter loooooved nursing. So much so, in fact...My daughter loooooved nursing. So much so, in fact, that she made up her own word for it: "Moose." Then one day, in public, she referred to me as "Mommy Moose Breast" in a VERY LOUD VOICE. <br /><br />Weaning commenced later that afternoon.Whippersnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05644304287080536342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-52641452808155149912007-02-02T23:36:00.000-05:002007-02-02T23:36:00.000-05:00If the kiddo wants in our bed, where I am going to...If the kiddo wants in our bed, where I am going to put the overattached, very large Corgi sleeping crossways?<br /><br />We've not gotten to the children phase yet, but I've never even thought about what one does past 6wks! Very interesting to think about. I can't wait to hear about the clock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-8385611904861688112007-02-02T22:42:00.000-05:002007-02-02T22:42:00.000-05:00I'm seriously impressed with your parenting skills...I'm seriously impressed with your parenting skills and here's why:<br /><br />I went until two, got stuck in a city on a business trip and then realized that was my chance to end it. So I went for it. <br /><br />Crazily, I did not want to really because I knew that she did not want to. (I let her make all the big decisions in our lives!) I did realize that it would be easier for me to get work Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-79579069200277497492007-02-02T20:56:00.000-05:002007-02-02T20:56:00.000-05:00Perp is two and eleven-twelfths and still nurses a...Perp is two and eleven-twelfths and still nurses at least thrice daily (fractions AND fancy talk!). Dude is 11 months tomorrow and shows about as many signs of weaning as Perp does.<br /><br />I don't know that she understands the idea of not having her na-na one day. I'm not quite sure how to introduce that concept, either. So for now I take the path of least resistance and she has her snort Northwoods Babyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122254527523776874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-20727305789466301062007-02-02T19:52:00.000-05:002007-02-02T19:52:00.000-05:00Mj...thats my thought's too, my 5 and a half year ...Mj...thats my thought's too, my 5 and a half year old and sometimes my 7 year old still come into our bed in the night...my 5 1/2 year old asks me almost every night "I can sleep with you in the middle of the night. Right?" he puts the word "right" after almost every statement or question it's cute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-31519039629739934852007-02-02T18:57:00.000-05:002007-02-02T18:57:00.000-05:00Children should sleep through the night? In their ...Children should sleep through the night? In their own beds? Really? i must explain that to my 5.5 year old son who comes into my bed almost every night. His sister--same age--comes only about 3 nights per week. (And, no they're not being nursed. It's just my loving personality that draws them in.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-46701257606695112482007-02-02T18:56:00.000-05:002007-02-02T18:56:00.000-05:00I was not so committed to nursing when I had my so...I was not so committed to nursing when I had my son. I thought I would give it a try, but didn't commit to more than six weeks. I was certainy never going to be one of those mothers who is still nursing her child when he can walk and talk. We had an awful time teaching him to latch at first, and I think we managed to get nursing down at all only because I had a c-section and a few extra days Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-15090630222691690972007-02-02T15:54:00.000-05:002007-02-02T15:54:00.000-05:00I find it interesting that he showed such an attac...I find it interesting that he showed such an attachment, and was able to express how much he would miss it. Weanning, whether it be child-lead or otherwise isn't fun for anyone. <br /><br />My son didn't seem to mind the loss too much, but sitting here four months later, I still find myself missing it. We had to stop due to starting infertility treatments again, and it was necessary, but it's JMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903514053154713614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-71680051679626874062007-02-02T15:26:00.000-05:002007-02-02T15:26:00.000-05:00Funny the differences. Mine both self-weaned, my ...Funny the differences. Mine both self-weaned, my son at 15 months and my daughter the day before her first birthday. One big bite for me and a grab for the sippy cup and that was her. <br /><br />FionaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-59466680649724325892007-02-02T15:11:00.000-05:002007-02-02T15:11:00.000-05:00My daughter turned three yesterday and she sleeps ...My daughter turned three yesterday and she sleeps through the night maybe twice a week. And she isn't nursing. So nursing or not is no guarantee of a decent night's sleep. I used to think so, but I have been soundly and thoroughly disabused of that notion.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381808226138110508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-40206367789462217212007-02-02T13:35:00.000-05:002007-02-02T13:35:00.000-05:00"... he looked as if money had started to rain fro..."... he looked as if money had started to rain from the sky." Bwa ha! Gotta love that knee-jerk "child hurt - stick boob in it!" response. I wonder how soon that will go away? When J.Q. was little and was upset over having his diaper changed by someone else, I'd sometimes rush over, unleash a tit, suspend myself over his shrieky little head and let him have at.<br /><br />Did HellBoy ever thumbscre.wshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626759468694284273noreply@blogger.com