Just Say No to Milk Update

The Little Man is exactly two and a half years old today. It has been 15 days since I've started saying no to his morning nursing sessions. The first day, he cried. The next few days after that, he didn't seem to think to ask. Then he started asking again. Usually he is good about it, but some mornings, it seems when he wakes up a bit too early, he gets upset and cries.

I feel bad for him, in the sense that he wants something he can't have, but I don't feel bad about it. So I think that means this is the way things are supposed to go for us. I'm ready. If I felt bad or guilty about it, I wouldn't do it.

I feel like it's given me a bit more freedom and that's a lovely thing!

There are still the two nursing times left (nap and bedtime) but I'm not in a rush to get rid of those. I might follow his lead a bit more closely for those.

Just Say No to Milk

The Little Man is 29 and a half months today. I'm no longer doing "don't ask, don't refuse," I said no to nursing this morning. I can deal with being a sleepy-time pacifier, but there's no pacifying required in the morning, just habit.

Half the time his latch is off and we're almost totally dry-nursing and quite frankly, it hurts. My boobs are sore and tired. It's not how I thought it would be - that whole "I want my body back" thing people say so much. I have my body back. I don't feel like I ever lost ownership of it. My boobs are just tired and empty. (That sounds like they're depressed. Well, they've lost their reason to live!)

He cried, but I told him he was a big boy and could have a big boy treat. He said he wanted to watch TV. I presume I will have to repeat this process for weeks.

I'm not sure if it sends a mixed-message if he's allowed to nurse at nap and bed time, but I do tell him then also that he's a big boy and doesn't need to, though I don't refuse. I figure he's not developmentally ready to totally soothe himself to sleep yet and he doesn't use an artificial pacifier or suck his thumb. Even after nursing at night, he still gets passed off to Dada for rocking. There's always been something about Dada's arms - Dada has always been the master putter-to-sleeper. Though, if Dada is not around, he's fine and if I'm not around in the morning, he's fine.
People are complex.

Help, I Don't Know How to Stop!

Books are really good at giving info how to initiate breastfeeding, but they gloss over the whole stopping bit. The Little Man is almost 27 months and down to three nursings a day. I'd like to cut out the morning one now (or within the next month or so). Maybe I have to wait til these last two teeth come out? I'm not really one for outright saying, "no" when it comes to this. At the same time, I don't feel like I have much to give, realistically. My brief stint on the pill didn't help my already reduced production and I would like to get pregnant again and that's pretty much going to force him off the boob. I just don't want it to be sharp and dramatic.
*sigh* I'm probably over-thinking this, aren't I?