tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693662279324712342.post5004745051044565652..comments2023-05-22T07:13:54.930-08:00Comments on My Merry Way: June Days :: 22Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894597819646192048noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693662279324712342.post-6333316724583027582008-06-29T22:17:00.000-08:002008-06-29T22:17:00.000-08:00I think I must be about one half step behind you. ...I think I must be about one half step behind you. Mishi is still drinking so much milk from me, all the time. She needs it for day time naps, and for bedtime, and then about 4-5 times during the night. And other times during the day, as well. <BR/>I am at the place where it is more of a chore, most times. Of course, I still love it - mainly when I take the time and just slow down and be with her, rather than resenting that I'm having to be giving giving again and again.<BR/>But, right now - for me - it's even more tiring to go to the next step and ease her off the feeding, and to start the weaning.<BR/>I have been pregnant or breastfeeding for about four years now - and it really is so totally tiring.<BR/><BR/>It's wonderful that you are just sitting there, listening, and letting Adam take on the next process. That really is the hardest part, I think. Listening to your baby call your name, and not going to them. But I think that crying is okay, as long as they are with someone who loves them. But I remember that sitting on the edge of the seat, making myself not step and take my oldest child away from my husband when he was weaning.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with it all. Junie will always always go to you, things will shift, yet stay the same. Think about how you feel about your Mum - she is always the one that you go to.<BR/>Sleep well!!elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13094544175392775835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693662279324712342.post-590244896659549662008-06-27T21:50:00.000-08:002008-06-27T21:50:00.000-08:00Thanks Julie for the support. I'll find my way th...Thanks Julie for the support. I'll find my way through all this eventually. Snuggles will surely help. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00894597819646192048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693662279324712342.post-51641691341020889302008-06-26T15:54:00.000-08:002008-06-26T15:54:00.000-08:00Ah, so hard...One surprise I had, though--when our...Ah, so hard...<BR/>One surprise I had, though--when our son weaned himself (quite young, around a year), he became even more snuggly with me. A treat. And I still have special mama powers, somehow, even without nursing anymore. It's nice, even if it means that I am the go-to parent when he's really sad...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693662279324712342.post-49570216912483734412008-06-23T15:24:00.000-08:002008-06-23T15:24:00.000-08:00oh, giving up that control is so hard, I know. My...oh, giving up that control is so hard, I know. My husband has been putting my son to bed for a few months now, and for the past month my little guy will go without needing to nurse until morning. It is wonderful in some ways to have a break, but on the other hand I feel left out, like I'm not as important anymore. It's hard...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693662279324712342.post-64132409709550997022008-06-23T08:01:00.000-08:002008-06-23T08:01:00.000-08:00I don't think you should ever begrudge yourself of...I don't think you should ever begrudge yourself of something that, in the end, will make you a better person and parent. For one, you will always be mom, no matter what actions that entails. Two, you are entering, or have already entered, the age of play, play, play, not to mention full time work that is coming, and sleep is essential to being happy and healthy, and isn't that what June and Adam and YOU need the most? June (and my own little Bean, I must remember that) will move from needing to nurse for comfort to simply needing a hug and a kiss. Needing you for comfort won't change, it's just HOW you comfort that will. :-)MKMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751719713730900014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693662279324712342.post-60241869966079955162008-06-22T16:31:00.000-08:002008-06-22T16:31:00.000-08:00The photo of June and her Daddy is so sweet. Lett...The photo of June and her Daddy is so sweet. Letting go is so tough.dawn klingehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10068232686648964979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693662279324712342.post-25754422456514234012008-06-22T15:18:00.000-08:002008-06-22T15:18:00.000-08:00Sigh.I feel your pain.Life is change, and new adve...Sigh.<BR/><BR/>I feel your pain.<BR/><BR/>Life is change, and new adventures/identities await you, June, Adam....<BR/><BR/>(I'm telling myself this more than you.....lots of issues with future empty nest syndrome on my mind of late...)Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04974215579354036047noreply@blogger.com