Oh Mel, big hugs hunny. I can understand your frustration at not being able to end things when both you and your little miss wanted to, you were both kind of forced into it by nature. I think I would probably feel the same too.
But please also try to recognise the awesome achievement you and Miss S have made. You've done a great job, and have given her a great gift of yourself and your milk.
Thanks everyone. I blogged about it last night, and it helped looking back at some photos - from being such a very small baby to the big girl she is now! I am proud, but still sad - much sadder than I thought I would be, I didn't think I would feel like this.
I gave her some milk in a sippy cup just before, and she drank it, and then went to sleep in her bed. Sad
Oh hun just wanna give you another I know others have said it but I definitely sympathize/empathize with what you're going through. Ironically I felt very similar with ds2 self-weaning a few months ago and he was my longest bf! All of mine have weaned pretty much as soon as or a few months into the next pg, its never easy to end so fast but you can still maintain a close bond with dd3 without BFing (im sure you know ) maybe try think of it as a way for both of you to slowly get used to the idea of her not being 'the baby' anymore? I often think it would be lovely to tandem feed but at the same time having only one baby to feed means you are almost forced into quite mummy-bubby time when they are little. Try and enjoy these few months and look forward to doing it all again, hopefully with less struggles as well hey!
I just wanted to say I think you're amazing, you've done a brilliant job!
DS1 weaned 10 days before his second birthday, so I know the feeling of getting so close to a milestone you wanted to badly and missing it by such a short time. But you know what, you fed your little girl for 23 months, that's 95.8 percent of 2 years, which is totally awesome!!
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) maybe try think of it as a way for both of you to slowly get used to the idea of her not being 'the baby' anymore? I often think it would be lovely to tandem feed but at the same time having only one baby to feed means you are almost forced into quite mummy-bubby time when they are little. Try and enjoy these few months and look forward to doing it all again, hopefully with less struggles as well hey!
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