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My kids are 15 months and its been about a month and half since I weaned. Yes, I miss it! I miss their drunken, satisfied faces after they finished.

Yes, very much, but the weaning transition has been much easier than I expected. I was super worried about ending the mute button (nursing) but he's doing surprisingly well in the transition. At 10 months pp, AF returned, which goes right with him eating more solids. We have just gradually been dropping feedings here and there, and now only nurse once every few days at 18 months.

I've also hit a point this past week that I have been so done with nursing- I have literally been dreading weaning on my end because I like nursing, but I've hit a point that I am ok with not nursing anymore.

@PrincessBaby: i haven't weaned yet, but i know i am going to miss it! and BTW, L was waking 3-5 times per night for a long time until recently - we got a softer mattress for his crib and give him a nice cozy blanket instead of a sleep sack and he immediately went down to one night waking! i am thinking about getting a bumper as well because i think his one waking often comes from bumping into the sides of the crib. Basically by going against all recommendations, he sleeps better, LOL. But he is almost 8 months old so I am not worried about SIDS.

@PrincessBaby: lol! That stinks!

We just weaned when she was ready. She was well into her second year

@PrincessBaby: I was wondering how you guys were getting on, I remember you were going to sleep train around the same time we were - did you try it? We didn't, I bottled it. The result of my wimpiness is that she has zero naps in her crib: zero, nada, zip. I have to lie with her the whole time. She still nurses to sleep and wakes up around three times in the night, then I bring her to bed with me at about 6am to try get a few more hours. And the last few nights she hasn't gone down till 11pm. And we are wanting to TTC in November, so have to think about taking away the boob too. I have all my fingers crossed that I can start ovulating on my own (I'm starting acupuncture again in September to try trigger it) and can just carry on breastfeeding because girlfriend is a boob fanatic. Annnd, we're going to Spain then England next month, so even if I try sort her sleep out now, it will go crazy town again during the trip. Ouch. If we're lucky enough to have another, I will sooo tackle sleep differently. End vent, ha ha. Hope H's sleep gets better soon.

@PrincessBaby: How often are you nursing? There may be a chance to get ovulation to return if you are still just nursing a few times a day.

I do really miss it sometimes. My D loves her "milkies" too. She constantly has her hand down my shirt or just wants to lay her head on them (she prefers skin to skin).

We're not going to wean until she's ready. I don't think she's ready yet considering yesterday, at 2pm (not a time she normally nurses) she started tapping on my chest and staring at my boobs. Someone wanted something. Ha!

I know a lot of women who have gotten pregnant while still nursing, it's possible!

M is almost 13 months now. At 11 months, we transitioned her daytime milk to whole milk in straw cups and are down to only nursing int he morning, after work, before bed and at any overnight wake-ups. I got my period back last month. I think weaning those daytime pumps/nurse sessions brought my cycle back for me.

OH and I had her the year I turned 35.

Oh honey, so sorry about the noise and lack of sleep. We resort to pulling LO into bed with us most mornings, as he is an early riser (like 4:30-4;45am early). It isn't ideal, but it makes me feel alittle less loopy to get a bit more rest while nursing.

I don't know what I'm going to do once we wean. I'm hoping he'll just do it on his own, but I can't see that happening. He's 11 months today and shows no signs of giving it up anytime soon. I'm hoping once we introduce milk after a year taht I can cut out the two daytime feedings and still keep the morning and nighttime ones. I'd also like to start NTNP at the end of this year, early next year so that will play into it as well. I'll be 33 this year too, so I know how you feel about wanting to try sooner than later.

LO self-weaned at just shy of 2.5 years. We were both ready, and I only missed it a little. If I have future LOs, I intend to let them self-wean too, because it worked so well for us. (And, to be honest, I'm a little lazy--I am highly motivated to not wash bottles and have instant peace and quiet without much effort! BFing was just the easier route for me.)

@PrincessBaby: *Augh!* I totally feel for you, and I am so so sorry you are dealing with all of this! Moving sucks (sucks major ass, even when you're happy about the change!) . . . and your baby girl not sleeping only adds to it!

My definition of STTN is a little different than most . . . for me, if BabyGloss sleeps for 6 hours straight, I consider it a total win! I have to add a caveat though that she will still wake and fuss, sometimes 2-3 times a night, but I don't go in to get her unless she fusses for approximately 10 minutes (I track her sleep using the Timer on my iPhone . . . I start the clock when I leave her nursery, and then if she fusses/wakes, I use the *lap* feature to time those events . . . at the end of the night, I can see the total time slept, and also all of the individual parts and pieces, i.e., big blocks of sleep, and fussy time, so that I have a more clear picture of just how much sleep she got, and the impact that may have on the next day). She has been averaging 9-9.5 hours a night, with 1-2 fussy periods each night. (She goes down between 6:30 and 7:00, so she usually wakes for a feed around 4-4:30 . . . if she wakes earlier than that, like around 2, I will nurse her in the nursery and put her back down in her crib). Have you tried letting her fuss for a couple of minutes before going in to *rescue* her?

I don't blame you for bringing MissH to bed with you . . . BabyGloss slept with me for 9 months until we moved to our new house at the end of May. (With me, baby girl, and at least one if not two kitties, there was practically no room for DH in his own bed!) I still bring LO to bed with me for the early morning feedings (around 4 a.m.) and then just let her sleep with us until we get up for good around 6. I say whatever you find works best is what you should go with - *rules* be damned!

And I wouldn't worry too much about creating bad habits . . . once you are in your new house (so excited for you!!!) and in a new environment, you will have the perfect opportunity to create new habits (of MissH sleeping solo in her nursery again).

BIG (((hugs))) mama!

@kml636: I have pretty much day weaned LO (I am down to one pumping session a day at work, or one afternoon nursing session at home on the weekends), and I just got my period back last week. LO turned 10 months on July 1st.