Jill10191130
01-02-2008, 01:14 PM
After 3 years and 1 month of breastfeeding, I think we are done.
I can't believe that we were able to bf for this long. I NEVER would have thought it 3 years ago. I almost didn't even attempt to bf my second child because I had such a bad experience with Luke. I decided to give it one more try and turned out she was such a booby baby.
I set mini goals 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, etc. Then by 18 months, I realized that I would probaley just let her self-wean. Despite a lot of criticisim about that choice, I continued to do what I felt was best for Abby.
A while ago she started nursing only to go sleep. Then she started skipping nights all together. Before I knew it, it had been weeks since she last asked. It's amazing, they really do stop on their own eventually. It was so gradual that I don't even remember the last specific time that she asked. Which was what I wanted. I just never wanted things to be drastically taken away from her and her not understand why. This is reason that I chose to self wean. She was always so attached and I just couldn't do that to her.
I'm really proud of us. THank you all for all of your support through these years. I would have NEVER made it this far without the encouragement, knowledge, and support of bfing.com.
I can't believe that we were able to bf for this long. I NEVER would have thought it 3 years ago. I almost didn't even attempt to bf my second child because I had such a bad experience with Luke. I decided to give it one more try and turned out she was such a booby baby.
I set mini goals 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, etc. Then by 18 months, I realized that I would probaley just let her self-wean. Despite a lot of criticisim about that choice, I continued to do what I felt was best for Abby.
A while ago she started nursing only to go sleep. Then she started skipping nights all together. Before I knew it, it had been weeks since she last asked. It's amazing, they really do stop on their own eventually. It was so gradual that I don't even remember the last specific time that she asked. Which was what I wanted. I just never wanted things to be drastically taken away from her and her not understand why. This is reason that I chose to self wean. She was always so attached and I just couldn't do that to her.
I'm really proud of us. THank you all for all of your support through these years. I would have NEVER made it this far without the encouragement, knowledge, and support of bfing.com.