Wean-Win Situation
Posted on 2008-Jun-10 at 11:25
Err .. or not. Not yet, that is.
I read about Elisa & Lollies wean stories and couldn't help but compare theirs to mine. After all, the boys are about the same age, hmm or maybe not. Ariz is in between Jack and Izani.
Anyways, I for one, have not been able to do so with Ariz who is 3 years and 4 months old. *I can hear you gasp, people!*
I think we mothers have it really rough. It's a challenge to get them to nurse and to get us mothers to persevere and once we've gotten to that 2 years period, then it's a challenge to get them off nursing too. The difference I think then, it's more physical, the weaning is more emotional, hence tougher. Regardless how tough we think we all are, matters of the heart can break any mother's heart.
Ariz, before he turns into HeatBlast
Like most mothers with their youngest suckling child, I find it terribly hard to think about weaning. I've always stuck to the principle that I will not wean a child off me, but the baby needs to decide that for her/himself when he's ready. And it worked with Ariz's older sisters who all weaned themselves off around 2 years of age. Alhamdulillah. But I cried buckets when they do, cos I wasn't ready. I'll never be, I guess.
Elisa, Lollies and most mothers tell the same stories about how hard it is to wean off a baby or a toddler or the biggest Ben10 fan. It's hard to let go of that you-are-my-everything look they dish out to you whenever they need to suckle. It's harder to live thinking that my baby's now all grown up and sporting an Omnitrix and fighting off aliens on board of Saphira, the dragon. It is hard. Very hard.
So, tell me girls, do you think Ariz will be ready some day? Will he wean himself off ? Or should I cold-turkey him? There is milk, I assure you that, so nutrition he is getting. But medically, is it still okay? I think it is, but I need someone to tell me.
I read about Elisa & Lollies wean stories and couldn't help but compare theirs to mine. After all, the boys are about the same age, hmm or maybe not. Ariz is in between Jack and Izani.
Anyways, I for one, have not been able to do so with Ariz who is 3 years and 4 months old. *I can hear you gasp, people!*
I think we mothers have it really rough. It's a challenge to get them to nurse and to get us mothers to persevere and once we've gotten to that 2 years period, then it's a challenge to get them off nursing too. The difference I think then, it's more physical, the weaning is more emotional, hence tougher. Regardless how tough we think we all are, matters of the heart can break any mother's heart.
Ariz, before he turns into HeatBlast
Like most mothers with their youngest suckling child, I find it terribly hard to think about weaning. I've always stuck to the principle that I will not wean a child off me, but the baby needs to decide that for her/himself when he's ready. And it worked with Ariz's older sisters who all weaned themselves off around 2 years of age. Alhamdulillah. But I cried buckets when they do, cos I wasn't ready. I'll never be, I guess.
Elisa, Lollies and most mothers tell the same stories about how hard it is to wean off a baby or a toddler or the biggest Ben10 fan. It's hard to let go of that you-are-my-everything look they dish out to you whenever they need to suckle. It's harder to live thinking that my baby's now all grown up and sporting an Omnitrix and fighting off aliens on board of Saphira, the dragon. It is hard. Very hard.
So, tell me girls, do you think Ariz will be ready some day? Will he wean himself off ? Or should I cold-turkey him? There is milk, I assure you that, so nutrition he is getting. But medically, is it still okay? I think it is, but I need someone to tell me.
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