Letting off some more steam

[bubNo.2]

Hi
You poor thing i could imagine how you are feeling!!! Except the trying to wean your 2yr off your breast totally!!! This might sound harsh (for your 2 yr old) but why dont you just 'shut shop' altogether and just try to ride it out.... as you said it is only the overnight feeds that he wants mummies boobs... just say no ... no more mummys boobs all gone. If we want milk we have it in a special cup and then when he wakes up and need a drink just give him a small cup a microwaved milk and settle him that way but dont give in!!!
Are you married? Where is your husband?
Ainsley x

[bubNo.2]

ps..... i didnt mean Where is your husband (as if you need one) i meant why doesnt he help with all the night time settling etc etc iykwim

Ainsleyx

[Lulu]

Thanks bubs, Dp is only here 3 nights a week. He's not bad with settling at night, but DD is known to throw a mean left hook is she doesn't get her mummy.

Dach - packing my bags, can we go somewhere warm?

[bubNo.2]

oh well ... your dd? can try to to connect with the left hook but your bigger than her to miss it connecting lol

Seriously just be extra strong with her and the boob thing it is just a habit and she really doesnt need it for milk as such just to settle erself back to sleep... well she might be in for a total shock !

I do have a child who is nearly 8yrs but i only bf for 2 mths as i hated it but i had troubles getting his dummy off him and in the end after a few tantrums he saw me toss the dummies in the bin and he was 2 1/2yrs. I swapped the dummy for a rug thing for bed time and it worked..... so maybe swap the boob/settling habit for something else so your dear boobs are closed for ever ... welll for a milk supply at least .

xx

[bubNo.2]

i have to go but if you have msn add me a_ins_ley@hotmail.com as i would love to know the outcome .... cheers ainsley

[Lulu]

Yes, the boobie shop is officially closed. Damn it, I'm not sleeping much anyway so this is another storm I'll have to ride. I might get her a special blanket (she has rejected special dolls for bed as soon as she knows what I'm hinting at) for bed or something.

Willow, wanna come join the circus too?

Thanks laydeez, I think I needed help to totally shut up boobshop. I was hoping it would be different, but its not. So closed it is...

[Pretty Butterfly]

I know its hard, but when its time , its time babe!!

You done amazing!!!
good luck honey!!

[Phteven]

Lulu, pack for somewhere warm but don't forget your warms as well. We'll go where ever the circus takes us....

[Cricket]

Just wanted to add my sympathies Lulu. I've been there and done that. It's a miserable time. But it's not going to last forever! They will move out eventually.
How's today going? Or have you and Chloe run off already? Let me know if the circus is coming my way, and I'll come and be the poo-shoveler. I'm good at cleaning up poo, let me tell you!

[AngelPunks]

Dach - packing my bags, can we go somewhere warm?

It is reasonably warm in Brisbane ......... Come save me from my nearly 35 year old child!!!

[Astrid]

Ah LuLu - you are a much stronger woman than me, so if I could wean a boobie addict, then you can to! I would have run off and joined the circus, but I have a fear of clowns Just wish the boobie broken line worked with DD, she would just argue back that they were not broken

[Visitor7]

Well you're heading up to Cairns to be my birth bouncer anyway, and it's still warm!

I hope you find a solution to this problem. I have no idea what to suggest, but I hope it doesn't take long.

[DoubleK]

Lulu i hear you loud and clear!

i am still trying to find a way to wean my boobie monster... i tell her boobies are broken/empty/gone, but she just looks at me if to say 'umm yeah sure mum' and proceeds to pull at my top.

i dread going to bed of a night.. if i could id stay awake forever. i feed Krystal to sleep- which means she has no bedtime.. she just falls asleep whenever she falls asleep! very frustrating, then is usually in our bed within three hours of going to sleep the first time. boobie again, back to sleep- at this point i cant put her back into her bed for at least 15 mins, because she will wake up- so i end up falling back asleep. she will wake again for boobie, then back to sleep. when dp gets up @ 4.30am, i shove her over to his side of the bed- she wakes and boobie again. then we have about another 4-5 hours sleep uninterupted... untill she wakes me about 9-10am.

its frustrating, its annoying, it makes me so angry.

sorry no advice, but just a big hug... and a big 'i hear ya!'