70 Days of Weaning
70 Days of Weaning: Days 11-12
Day 11: I was with my son’s feelings for around 20 min or so tonight. I am not sure of the exact timing. It was dark, and we were in his room. Maybe it was a half hour total. My partner helped for some of it. We were trying to make the bedtime – midnight…
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Day 8: New Milestone Today, something new happened! I was on my way home after having some personal time (thank goodness for me-time!), and I internally fretted about the possibility of my son wanting to nurse directly upon my arrival. My plan was to hold out till bedtime, a few hours later. I felt unsure…
Read More70 Days of Weaning: Day 7
Feeling peaceful. I notice what I am specifically working on right now is having a stretch during the day of at least 8 hours when my son does not nurse. This usually happens, but sometimes we are a little shy of that. I want to push the boundary here a little more and encourage…
Read More70 Days of Weaning: Day 6
Begin Again, Now Your responses, questions, support, and love are all helping me stay conscious and deliberate in my actions. I continually begin again from now, this present moment. I am intimate friends with these inquiries: Is my son thriving? Am I thriving? How is this working for us? Is there anything I would like…
Read More70 Days of Weaning: Day 5
Beyond Tired I am just so tired. I listened to my son cry for 15 minutes last night, instead of nursing him. I gave myself a time limit, and I stuck to it. I listened to him with connection, meaning I was holding him all the while. I reassured him in the sense of letting…
Read More70 Days of Weaning: Days 3-4
Mama’s Readiness I have been asked, and I continually ask myself if I am ready to wean. I have been in this place before where the possibility of weaning is on the table, and I have to decide what to do. Each time, (at 14 months, 18 months, and 22 months) I felt pressure from…
Read More70 Days of Weaning: Day 2
Signs of Readiness It has been important for me to assess whether or not my son is really ready to wean. I have been paying attention to him, in this way, over the last year. What I have noticed is this…. He can go 12-15 hours without nursing, even if I am present with him…
Read More70 Days of Weaning: Day 1
Mint Tea and Bandaids During my pregnancy, I spent lots of time preparing to breastfeed. For example, I had weekly calls with a breastfeeding peer counselor. She was a mom, with her own breastfeeding experience, and she was trained by WIC and La Leche League to help other moms through their breastfeeding experiences. My conversations…
Read More70 Days of Weaning: From the beginning
I always planned on weaning between my son’s 2nd and 3rd birthdays, if he had not weaned himself first. Storm is 2 years and 2 weeks old, and we have decided our weaning process officially begins tonight at midnight. If all goes as planned, he will be done breastfeeding by my birthday on April 1st.…
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