Last week we stopping nursing. DD is 2.5. She'd been telling me for a while that there was no more milk, so I figured it was time. It's been going reasonably well; she'd ask to nurse and I'd remind her that there's no more milk. She'd pout a bit, but move on.
We were down to two or three times a day -- wake up, nap time (if we were home) and bedtime. Wake up has always been a marathon -- she wakes up early, so we'd go back to my bed and nurse. Sometimes, we fell back asleep, but usually, she would nurse on and off for an hour or so.
For naps, she would nurse to sleep, but it was getting ridiculously hard for me to detach and leave.
Bedtime was the easiest -- ten minutes or so and she'd go into the crib for the time. She's been sttn since she's one (she slept with me before that).
Anyway, the past two days have been horrible and today she cried for 15 minutes at nap time begging to nurse. It was heartbreaking and I was at a total loss for what to do. Part of me really wanted to lift my shirt, but I know it will make it that much harder.
We had no issues tonight before bed. She didn't even mention it.
So, this made me rethink whether or not I really want to wean. I'm not getting any pressure to do it, but honestly, it was starting to be more irritating (physically) than pleasurable -- she was starting to latch incorrectly (getting just the nipple and leaving teeth marks), but the tweaking of the other nipple while she nursed was the worst. Ack.
Has anyone gone back to nursing after starting to wean? If I don't have any milk, am I really just a giant pacifier? I really miss the closeness and just watching her nurse, but I don't want this to be a complete mindfuck for the both of us.
Sorry if this is all over the place. I feel like I'm rambling.
...Lisa