Alright, yes, Lucas is still nursing. I have always felt that I would let my babies wean themselves. I was willing to breastfeed for as long as they wanted but knew that it would never go past 18 months old. Logan completely was done by 16 months but I am pretty certain it was because I was pregnant.
I just want to say that I am so over it. I have been pregnant or breastfeeding for around 4 years with some time overlapping too. I think with most things people should not pass judgement because they never really know what they would do in a situation unless they are in it themselves. It is so easy for someone to say "just don't do it anymore" I have tried the weaning technique "don't offer, don't refuse". Then I tried the redirect with a snack, drink, change of scenery. I have recently even tried the flat out refusal, telling him the milk is all gone and also running out of the room.
Lucas has been nursing twice a day for months now. He was sick for a few days and nursed more frequently. Lately it has been once a day but we have had a setback for some reason. He has a complete meltdown at least once a day and nothing will calm him until is nurse him. It is so pathetic. He cries and begs "milk, please....please, milk". I would not feel so weird about it except he talks and acts even older than his 16 months old. He has been saying "other side" when he finishes on one side. Well, today he was following me around the house saying "outside" so I opened the door to the back yard and let him out. He had a meltdown and cried saying "outside". I was like "Sure Lucas, you can go outside, come on out, let's play". He kept on saying it but I finally realized he was saying "other side" to ask for milk because that is what he says while he is nursing. I felt so bad I got him so frustrated that I broke down and let him nurse.
I am very ready for him to be weaned especially because we are going to Mexico in five weeks. We will be gone for 5 days/4 nights. My mother and father will be watching the kids. I know my mom would feel better if Lucas did not need his mommy for "milky". I am pretty sure she is not lactating anymore and I am not sure what she is going to do with him when he has one of those daily meltdowns. I guess we still have five weeks left to get him weaned. Hopefully it will happen because I really did not want to have to bring my pump with me to Mexico!
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It's so funny how many of us have blogs. I find it to be a great way to have a me space and a way to talk about my life. Although it was much more freeing when it was only strangers reading. Now that we've moved here, I have a lot more family and friends looking at my blog to get family updates. I really enjoyed reading your posts. I can relate to many of them! I remember weaning John. I wanted to nurse until he was a year, but knew I wanted to stop shortly after that to try and get pregnant again. I weaned slowly (one meal at a time) and ended up subbing some milk and sometimes a snack for those skipped nursing times (at bedtime, I weaned to water). Our final weaning happened a little more suddenly than I had hoped. When John was one week shy of his first birthday and we were down to one nursing a day, I got a really bad stomach flu and really had no milk. I thought he would be distressed, but after crying the first day he went on his way and was fine with the cups of milk. Lucky me! I wish you the best with weaning Lucas. I know it is a very emotional time for you both. I found snuggling with John while he drank his milk from his favorite sippy cup helped--maybe you and Lucas can go shopping for an extra special milk cup together when Logan is in school this week. Good luck!
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