Ok that'd be gross. :P
But Braeden is almost a year old. I've always said I'd nurse "at least a year" and now I just can't imagine not having that time with him, and giving him that special nourishment that I make just for him. Man this would sound creepy to anyone but another breastfeeding mother. Everytime I read the word wean, I want to cry. Maybe it's just the knowledge that's he's growing older, a sign of time passing... but I get so excited about his milestones! I guess those are beginnings and this would be an end.
Well either way I'm definitely not ready to stop at one year.
Maybe in a couple months, my mindset will change; I'll start seeing him as a kid instead of a baby and I'll be ready. Or maybe he'll lose interest before me. For now, I shall continue!
You know, I can't figure out why I feel like society wants me to stop at 1 year... I seriously am dreading comments from opinionated people who realize I'm still nursing him. But WHY do I think that it's got such a negative connotation?! The more I think about it... I think it's cause that's what I believed before I got preggoes, had a baby, researched breastfeeding, etc etc... My own stupid prejudices. Ha, maybe this current anxiety is a form of karma.
I had alot of opinions change after I had kids too. One thing I've learned is to not judge someone else's decisions about their kids, because you really don't know what's all going into it. If you think breastfeeding is what is best for you and Braeden, then do it. If someone judges you for it, remember, they have other crazy things you can judge them on, but you don't because you are better than them.
ReplyDeleteOn the other side of the same idea, I can't wait until my sister and her hubby have their baby, because of all the looks we get when our kids don't behave perfectly and their kid won't behave perfectly.....haha they'll figure it out. I can't wait until then. Maybe that's mean....