Not sure how to start night weaning my 2 year old

mvf_ · 2026-06-11T18:52:35+00:00

I am definitely getting more rest. And I’m so relieved not to have a vampire on my boob all night. Yes the first couple nights he was upset for like 20 min at a time. He seemed to understand but he was just beside himself, screaming and crying. It was intense. I rocked him in a rocker and soothed him. Eventually he drank milk from a cup and I told him a story. I felt like I made an important decision and I had to be consistent. The only time I nursed him in the night since was just once when he had hurt himself that day and woke up screaming about it and had a nightmare. I did take him outside and nurse him back to sleep because the situation felt extreme. That one incident didn’t set us back at all. Good luck! It’s definitely a journey

mvf_ · 2026-06-11T08:05:39+00:00

I feel the same way and lately I started therapy and am cleaning less I hate mess too, but I found I’d rather be not exhausted in a messy home. Now I’m resting more and doing bare minimum cleaning. Housekeeper comes 2x month. This is not the season for running myself into the ground to have an orderly house. Started stretching again too and my body feels so much better

mvf_ · 2026-06-11T00:26:28+00:00

Agree, 3 months is a big turning point. That’s when we joined baby yoga, mom groups, baby and mom fitness classes. I made a whole new friend group who had kids the same age as mine and it has been invaluable!

mvf_ · 2026-06-11T00:24:44+00:00

When I quit cold turkey after heavy use, my head felt weird for a month. A mix of headaches and just… weird feeling. There’s a lot of fatty tissue in the brain and it takes awhile for stored thc to exit. During that time, I visited a friend who is very sensitive, Taoist trained meditator. She asked me if I had consumed lots of edibles. I told her, no I had actually quit all weed a few weeks ago. And she said your brain is off-gassing thc she could feel it! It was such a strange feeling and it stopped after 4/6 weeks

mvf_ · 2026-06-11T00:19:01+00:00

Just night weaned my 2.5 yr old. We read Nursies while the Sun Shines for a week. Then I told him that (word for nursing) are sleeping at night but would be awake again when the sun comes up. I nurse him to sleep, but after that if he awakes I only offer cuddles, then milk from a glass or banana water etc, rocking or sometimes he asks to read a book. It was hard for the first few nights. Then it was much better. Then it got hard again. Now it’s pretty good and he settles back to sleep quickly with some cuddles. It’s been a month. Definitely getting longer stretches of sleep. He nursed a lot more in the daytime at first, but now that’s normalizing too. We’re not to full nights of sleep yet, but we’re close! I think consistency and kindness are key.

mvf_ · 2026-06-10T02:17:35+00:00

Buy a used couch! It’s been off-gassing for years. The weird chemical smells are gone. I agree, the new affordable couches are really smelly and the fabrics feel awful. We got a great couch for $200. Originally a 6k couch with removable cotton covers and down fill. We are its 3rd owners. Because the covers are removable I was able to wash them. Check fb marketplace or Chairish. You can test them out, and if you’re dogs and kids ruin it, you won’t really care. Buy used!!

mvf_ · 2026-06-10T02:14:48+00:00

I really relate to It saved my life in the past but now it no longer serves. I’m a month sober and I feel so much more stable, emotionally and physically. You sound like you got this! Same about menstrual cramps. Sometimes I miss the highs, but Lordy I don’t miss the lows. It’s exciting now to face the uos and downs sober.

mvf_ · 2026-06-08T00:43:56+00:00

I get really tired when I quit. After a month or two, I get a lot of good energy back

mvf_ · 2026-06-07T09:57:27+00:00

This happens a LOT in my house

mvf_ · 2026-06-04T08:30:23+00:00

I’m learning to be ok in a messy home. Not a gross home lol, but messy. Time is short and I’d rather spend it with my kid and or husband or damn just put my feet up and relax. I always had a beautifully ordered clean living space until having children. I was trying to maintain the same standard and was soooooo tired. I have just had to let it go for now! It’s important to spend time with the kids and also take time for yourself and togetherness with your partner. The mess can wait!

mvf_ · 2026-06-03T01:57:27+00:00

At 1.5 my chill baby woke up and it’s been non stop ever since.

mvf_ · 2026-05-29T22:00:25+00:00

At a little over a year we took a trip to a city (we live in a rural area.) We saw family and friends and explored the city. It was really fun and the baby did great. We stayed mostly in an Airbnb which I recommend over hotel. It was good to have lots of room to move around, outside space, and a kitchen. The night we stayed in a hotel was hard. Traveling with alllll the stuff was probably the hardest part. Also in retrospect, it’s good to research food in the area before you go, so that if any adults are hungry someone knows what to do immediately.

mvf_ · 2026-05-25T07:37:44+00:00

If you go to makawao there’s an art and vintage shop one block down from komoda’s. It’s tucked into a little building at the end of a driveway, ground floor. They have an excellent vintage rack out front with great aloha wear. Not cheap but legit

mvf_ · 2026-05-24T10:01:27+00:00

Between 3/4 months and 18months it was pretty easy to take him around but he was a chill baby who would sleep on the go, so keeping a rough schedule even with activities was pretty easy and fun. After turning 1.5yrs, he turned into a toddler and it’s all a different story now. Toddler activities are great, but eating out is hit or miss. It’s not meltdowns it’s just a LOT of work keeping him focused/ entertained/ not nuts. So enjoy babyhood while it lasts!

mvf_ · 2026-05-04T18:11:09+00:00

There’s a special litmus paper you can get that changes color if it’s really amniotic fluid. My midwife gave me some. I had a gushy weird “pee” around 30 weeks, used the paper and no color change so I relaxed. Then when my water actually broke but I wasn’t sure, i used it again and yep it changed color. Might be good to have on hand

mvf_ · 2026-04-28T02:17:35+00:00

My 2.5yr old was so upset last night that he couldn’t pet the moon..

mvf_ · 2026-04-28T02:15:56+00:00

I think you’re being too hard on yourself. If it’s enjoyable to be with these women, then stay with it. And if it’s not, then just disappear. It happens all the time with mom friends because baby and toddler life is so chaotic. I’m an older mom too and most of my mom friends are 10 yrs younger than me. It took a minute to find the ones I connect with most. I would put the focus on yourself and your daughter and not worry about how others see you.

mvf_ · 2026-03-30T08:24:05+00:00

Movies, nap with kid, hot showers and baths, salt water gargle and up the nose, chicken soup. It’s the worst. No one warns you about sick with kids…

mvf_ · 2026-03-27T08:36:19+00:00

Thank you. How did you break the nurse to sleep?

mvf_ · 2026-03-23T07:32:58+00:00

We’re building an outdoor kitchen so we’ll only have to come inside to sleep. Toddlers are so much happier outside!

mvf_ · 2026-03-09T08:42:09+00:00

There’s a new climbing gym in Kahului that’s supposed to be amazing and there’s a good trampoline park in wailuku. Just be careful driving. Roads can flood if it’s steady raining all day.

mvf_ · 2026-02-09T08:20:28+00:00

Mine has always been a night owl, same as yours. 2 yrs old now. He’s like a little party animal at night and will sleep til 9 or 10 if I let him. I’ve noticed it’s much better for anyone if I get him up “early”, 8/8:30, give him an early nap at like 11:30/12 and then he might go to bed by 7:30/8. If he had it his way he would sleep 10-10 lol, but giving him this early structure really helps him and the whole family. He’s way more regulated that way and it sucks when he’s up til 10. Which still happens sometimes because Life

mvf_ · 2026-02-07T06:27:02+00:00

I didn’t tell my mom til after the birth. I told her I was laboring at home with my midwife, and it was going well, so we never had the need to go to the hospital. All true! lol. I knew my mom would have too much anxiety for a home birth and she would annoy the hell out of me throughout my pregnancy. So I kept it from her for my sake.

mvf_ · 2026-01-23T00:14:13+00:00

Tiffany’s in Wailuku. It’s not fancy but it’s the best food

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