Three years ago, I nightweaned my son. A little over a year after that, he weaned himself completely. In order to get ready for any of that, I volunteered to lead a meeting on weaning for our local chapter of Attachment Parenting International. The distance of teaching on the topic helped keep me from getting . . . → Read More: Weaning in Context of AP Principles
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 9 comments  Posted on January 10th, 2012 in Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Weaning  Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, child-led weaning, eight principles of attachment parenting, extended nursing, nursing relationship, nursing toddler, Weaning I used to make milk. My son sometimes wishes I still had that superpower, but since he weaned himself at 3 and he’s now 4 1/2, I think that ship has sailed. My current superpower is that I can open any book to where I was just reading. No props like bookmarks, no need to . . . → Read More: What’s Your Superpower? Leave a comment Posted on May 26th, 2011 in Breastfeeding, Parenting, Tips Breastfeeding, i wish, superpowers This is the second post in a series. Read Part I: Three Year Old Weans himself here. For more nights than I’d kept track of, Cavanaugh didn’t want to go to sleep. We’d get through the whole bedtime routine: nighttime diaper and pajamas, yogurt and a story, brush teeth, into bed for three stories, then . . . → Read More: Saying Goodbye to the Milk 14 comments Posted on January 6th, 2010 in Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Emotional Self Care, Self Care, Weaning Attachment Parenting, child-led weaning, extended breastfeeding, the weaning conversation with your child Nursing at 11 months No, child-led weaning is not propaganda spread by La Leche League. It truly exists. I’d begun to wonder, honestly, even though I’d heard stories of friends, and friends of friends, whose children had weaned themselves. But now I’ve experienced natural weaning firsthand and I’m here to tell you it actually . . . → Read More: Three Year Old Weans Himself 7 comments Posted on January 5th, 2010 in Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Emotional Self Care, Parenting, Physical Self Care, Self Care, Weaning child-led weaning, extended breastfeeding comes to an end, toddler weans himself A whole lot of my friends are either pregnant or have just had babies so I’ve been referring to this list a lot. Thought it was time for a repost of these resources I was grateful for or wish I’d had when we brought the baby home from the hospital. Better yet, I wish I’d . . . → Read More: Books (& DVD) to Bring the Baby Home 4 comments Posted on December 2nd, 2009 in Baby/Infant, Breastfeeding, Read This, Reviews, Sleep book list for new parents, bringing the baby home, help with a newborn, resources for new parents, the baby book When I read about night weaning, my main fears were that the weaning itself would be traumatic, that we’d have to move Cavanaugh out of the family bed or he’d never stop nursing at night, or that once partially weaned, Cavanaugh would wean completely. The books and websites introduced more fears I hadn’t even thought . . . → Read More: Night Weaning Part V: Everything No One Ever Told You About Night Weaning 9 comments Posted on September 11th, 2009 in Breastfeeding, Sleep, Weaning Attachment Parenting, co-sleeping, extended breastfeeding, how to night wean, night weaning Breastfeeding did not come easy for me in the beginning. It took lots of hard work and lots of pain before my daughter and I were in a truly wonderful breastfeeding relationship. So it was not an easy decision for me when I decided that it was time to night wean Emma. For the first . . . → Read More: Guest Post: How I Night-Weaned My Daughter Leave a comment Posted on August 28th, 2009 in Breastfeeding, Sleep, Weaning Attachment Parenting, co-sleeping, guest post, night weaning, sleeping through the night Nighttime is when our kids get fevers, have nightmares, or otherwise need our help–even though we are sleeping and wish they were too. The key to night weaning is that once you stop offering milk as a panacea for night waking, you need to have some other tools for getting your child to sleep. I . . . → Read More: Night Weaning Part IV: Crying Over Unspilled Milk 6 comments Posted on August 18th, 2009 in Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Sleep, Weaning Attachment Parenting, bedsharing, Breastfeeding, co-sleeping, extended breastfeeding, night weaning, nighttime parenting, Weaning Originally uploaded by molossoidea Night Weaning is not a one way milestone, accomplished and never thought of again. Backsliding and challenges will complicate your child’s major accomplishment, will interrupt your newly found full night’s sleep. Teething, illness, house-guests, the teenager across the street blaring hip hop from his . . . → Read More: Night Weaning Part III: Milk Bar Closed Unless… 2 comments Posted on August 10th, 2009 in Breastfeeding, Sleep, Weaning Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, extended breastfeeding, night weaning, nighttime parenting After I told Cavanaugh that he, the milk, and I were all going to start sleeping through the night, it took less than a week for us to start getting full nights of sleep. The first night, I started weaning without having planned it in advance. Cavanaugh woke at 3:30 and wanted to nurse for . . . → Read More: Night Weaning Part II: What Happens After You Tell the Boy to Sleep Through the Night 8 comments Posted on August 5th, 2009 in Breastfeeding, Sleep, Weaning Attachment Parenting, extended breastfeeding, night waking, night weaning |
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