My baby boy, at 18 months, is not at all interested in weaning. He loooooooves his boobies! My daughter wasn’t nearly as intense—by this age, she had completely rejected the right breast as not worth her time and effort—too much work for too little milk. She would practically roll her eyes at that poor low achiever. But the boy is determined not to miss a drop. He goes back and forth aggressively, from the left to the right, three or four times at each feeding if I allow him!
The only reason I’m even considering the idea of weaning is because of upcoming work travel. I nursed my daughter until she was two. But four day trips to the west coast + breast pump = unhappy mommy. My boy has recently begun to refuse my milk in a bottle or sippy cup, so all the frozen leche I have stocked up is probably destined for the trash. I was more than happy to pump it when I knew he would consume it later…I always said HELL NO to pumping and dumping!
Now I’m considering weaning him over the next 90 days so that I can travel to San Diego in peace, breast-wise. It’s just so hard to deny him, because I will also feel deprived of that sweet connection with the last baby I’ll ever nurse!
