Weaned.....FINALLY!!

I'm free at last. This baby boy is officially weaned, and man alive does it feel good!!! It has been a loooong time coming, and I for one was more than ready to be done. I had cut it out during the day for the most part, but we were still major struggling with nights. It was to the point that he was basically using me as a bink all night long. First of all, he was getting way to old for that and second of all I was getting NO sleep. So we finally buckled down and kicked him off. He did so dang good. Makes me wish I hadn't been so nervous about it all and just cut him off long ago. It helps that his dad is basically his favorite person in life, and he just snuggled right up to him and went to sleep. Thiago would give him a sippy of milk, and then as soon as he finished that, he would just rock him to sleep. Then when he woke up in the middle of the night, Thiago would go get him and put him back to sleep. Most of the time they ended up downstairs on the couch, I knew if he were near me he would just cry to be nursed. It has been a week and a half, and I think he has all but forgotten. He doesn't even act like he remembers what nursing is. Such a relief. I had forgotten how absolutely horrible drying out is, I was pretty miserable for a few days there. However I feel like a new woman now, it feels so great to just have MY body back. I am no longer tied to my little monkey, which when I think about that too much it makes me kinda sad but mostly just glad. It was getting old.




This is just another added benefit. For the past 17 months, I have been the one getting Lincoln to sleep which on most nights means Thiago would get Carson down. They have a routine, they lay down and watch 10 minutes of a movie and then they turn it off and lights out. Thiago always lays by him until he falls asleep, which is usually only about 10 minutes or so. With Thiago being busy with Lincoln, this allowed me to be the one to lay with Carson. I have LOVED it. Although for some reason he doesn't like to watch movies with me, he only likes me to tell him a story. So every night we lay there and make up stories. We laugh, and giggle, and whisper and have the absolute best time. I have loved getting this time with my boy who is growing all too quickly. Win/win for us all.