It’s official – Eve is weaned. And she
\n effectively did it herself. Tuesday night we got some books and
\n sat down to read and nurse, as is our normal routine. Eve was
\n very happy about her book and did not want to nurse. I asked if
\n she wanted to nurse and pulled at my shirt (the baby sign for
\n nursing), normally she nods and tugs at my shirt eagerly then
\n tries to get herself into the nursing position, but Tuesday
\n night she just ignored me and tried to get me to read her book
\n instead. So she went to bed with no nursing. On Wednesday and
\n Thursday I asked her if she wanted to nurse at all the regular
\n nursing times (morning, before pm nap, and night) but she
\n always crawled away or ignored me. Wednesday night she slept
\n through the night, however last night she was up at 2:00am
\n wailing. I tried to soothe her and give her the plug, but she’d
\n have none of it. I put Lex in my bed (he woke up saying “Eve is
\n angry”) then I sat on the floor with her and for the first time
\n in days she tried really hard to nurse. I thought long and hard
\n about it (parenting is full of tough decisions) but decided not
\n to. Instead I snuggled her and told her that she’s getting to
\n be a big girl and we are all done nursing and I love her and
\n will always cuddle and other sweet things. Oddly enough, she
\n settled right down. After a few minutes I put her pacifier in
\n her hand and she popped it right into her mouth (instead of
\n throwing it across the room like she’d been doing). We stayed
\n that way for awhile, sitting on the floor, rocking back and
\n forth, me whispering sweet nothings to her, and her falling
\n asleep on me. It was sweet and a little sad to say goodbye to
\n the nursing connection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s official – Eve is weaned. And she effectively did it herself. Tuesday night we got some books and sat down to read and nurse, as is our normal routine. Eve was very happy about her book and did not … Continue reading