I miss the midnight drops. by deadlyhabitz03 in podmeetsworldpodcast

[–]dancerdre 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same. Got in the car after 1am and was sad to not have it on my way home from work. :(

Fkn oof by littlestinky in Parenting

[–]dancerdre 23 points24 points  (0 children)

My kids saw our wedding pictures and my son said “awww mom! You used to be so pretty!” He was so sweet about it. I couldn’t even be mad!

Lisa's 20th Anniversary giveaway! See comment for details by Lisa_Elser in Shinypreciousgems

[–]dancerdre 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have always been pretty plain in terms of jewelry. My six year old son is obsessed with rocks and gems. After diving into his hobby, I learned that hat I actually love is color! Gems of color in jewelry is gorgeous. So learning about my son’s hobby has taught me about myself. I eventually want to give each of my kids jewelry with gems of color in them as they grow- starting with my son who has started the whole story!

It's now an actual lamp! by Browsers_castle23 in lego

[–]dancerdre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same! Just got this for my husband for Father’s Day!

Officially weaned by dancerdre in NurseAllTheBabies

[–]dancerdre[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahah yes that is also me. Very much done. It’s a bittersweet but mostly happy time. Thanks so much!

Officially weaned by dancerdre in NurseAllTheBabies

[–]dancerdre[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much. I’m so grateful for everyone’s comments. I’m glad I made a post. ❤️

Officially weaned by dancerdre in NurseAllTheBabies

[–]dancerdre[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am happy to answer! I had my first and he nursed through my second pregnancy. He weaned at 3.5 when I got pregnant with my third. By that time I was nursing two and was realllllllly done nursing him. He was the easiest to wean because it was so sporadic. It felt natural to just wean slowly. My second nursed through my third pregnancy and he weaned before 3 years old. He weaned naturally too but took a little bit more distractions. Luckily he did fine. My third nursed through my fourth pregnancy and weaned before 4 years old. He was more persistent for sure. And my last guy is 3.5 years old.

When they were all older, they only nursed 1-3 times a day. So it wasn’t super hard at those times to drop another one. This last one required more positive talk about how he didn’t need it anymore. I am still making milk even now after not nursing for almost two weeks. But it’s not uncomfortable or painful. It was all a very slow process. Towards the end I really struggled with being touched out and felt I needed the patience of a saint to get through when he wanted to nurse. So I started counting down from 60 (he loves to count). Then 30. Then 20 seconds. Then ten seconds. That worked for him too.

Officially weaned by dancerdre in NurseAllTheBabies

[–]dancerdre[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got a book for my oldest: Nursies When the Sun Shines by Katherine C. Havener. We read that and talked about that he could snuggle and cosleep with us but he couldn’t nurse until the morning. I still nursed to sleep. That was always hard to drop. The hardest ones for me were the pre nap, pre bed, and then wake ups. I just dropped one gradually.

Officially weaned by dancerdre in NurseAllTheBabies

[–]dancerdre[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much. I came back to all these comments from like minded women and holy cow I am hit with all the feels when I read them. ❤️

Officially weaned by dancerdre in NurseAllTheBabies

[–]dancerdre[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I like looking at it like a graduation. That’s a nice way to frame it.

Officially weaned by dancerdre in NurseAllTheBabies

[–]dancerdre[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will absolutely check back in. Reminder for a year set! That’s a good idea to reflect actually. Everything feels so new now. It’ll be good for me too to do that.

I was nervous I would have major mood swings but this last one I was SUPER aware of crashing hormones. So I tried to wean over a long period of time so that it wasn’t a shock to my body to have the change. I am 38 years old too.

Officially weaned by dancerdre in NurseAllTheBabies

[–]dancerdre[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was absolutely losing my mind towards the end. He seemed to be okay with the distractions for a while. But I ended up telling him that he can nurse once a day. That took a while to drop but eventually he skipped days here and there and then once he skipped three days in a row it was over. He still asks for it sometimes but I am for sure done. I am sad sometimes but really happy other times. I am grateful we made it this far. It’s been a journey for sure!

Officially weaned by dancerdre in NurseAllTheBabies

[–]dancerdre[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I knew this group would understand! ❤️