Phasing out "Milky Milk"
August 25th 2008 09:24
Mr. Babyman is now 12 1/2 months old...he has been breastfed from day one. So now it's time to start weaning the little guy. I had high hopes of him doing it himself...losing interest...afterall, he has way more important things to do these days like walk or babble in his special language. It almost seems that he has gained interest though. He has taken a drink of the sippy cups of cow's milk offered him...then turned his head in distaste. I have been trying to adhere to an every four hour schedule, and that has worked fairly well. Except for the day he was teething really bad, and it was every 2 1/2 hours. Yesterday he went for a total of 6 1/2 hours without it, but he was asleep for about 2 hours of that time. I will still take that as progress though. Under no circumstances will he get fed after waking up in the middle of the night though...well, as long as it is earlier than 5:30 am. It is kind of hard to change your mentality from baby needing it as his source of nourishment to it being the beverage of choice. I am not looking forward to the pain and discomfort associated with weaning, and I have heard of this bringing on a big case of the blues. I don't want to be depressed...wouldn't you think your body would be happy to have it's parts back? I have went throught this before, but I stopped breastfeeding his brother a little before 3 months. So I wasn't as attached to the processs. Now you probably have seen part of the problem...I am sad to let this go, but the other part of me can't wait. Oh what a tangled web of emotions keeps weaving it's way inside of me! This is why Mr. Babyman needs to just take matters into his own hands, and say "Enough with the milky milk, just give me what everyone else is having!"
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