2 years 7 months 19 days! Julian has officially weaned off from breastfeeding.. something which he had held so dearly since birth…
It was not a self-initiated wean which I had hoped for. At least it was also not as tough as I expected… no crying to sleep too…
The tough part for Ju was falling asleep on his own even though I would lie down beside him during nap and bedtime. For the first four nights, he will take at least an hour tossing and turning before falling asleep. It gets better from the fifth night onwards…
How did I wean him off? I thought for a long time whether I should blog about how I did it… reason being it can sound embarrassing if it is not properly described.. haha!
Ju has this dislike for hair.. each time a strand of hair gets caught in his finger, he would ask for me or daddy to come to his rescue. So… I went to buy a pair of fake eye lash from Daiso for $2 and stick a few strands to the source! Ta-da…
He did not noticed the new “growth” and continued to nurse. Then the yucky prickly disgusting feeling in his mouth stopped him. When he saw it, he said.. “I dun wan Nak Nak.. got hair!” That’s when he started his first night sleeping on his own…
I can feel his disappointment the first night and day after even though he did not really express it. I brought him swimming the next day. After the session, I asked him,”Ju, are you sad that there is no Nak Nak to drink?” He replied “Mummy I love you. I am happy. I am not sad anymore.”
The smoothness and success during the first few days of weaning made me feel happy that we had finally quit this “nurse to sleep” habit of him. But now… I am beginning to miss nursing him… Yes… It’s contradicting… I miss the way I carried him in my arm every night and the way he looked at me while he nursed.
Now I understand how some mums feel when they told me how they cried when their kids weaned off from breastfeeding.
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