Weaning works!

Who would have thought? Weaning does work! We spent the week talking about how on Friday (4 more days, 3 more days...) the bosoms would go night-night when it was dark. We got a special night-time cup for water.

The fun started Friday night. Honey went down at 8pm like usual. She woke up at 2 and cried for an hour. We talked about how we don't nurse at night anymore and the bosoms were sleeping. She stood at the door, and I put her back in bed. We rocked and I sang. After about 45 minutes she drank a some milk from her bottle and cried a little longer. After about an hour she fell back asleep in my arms. We snuggled for the rest of the night. When she woke again at 5:30 it was getting light outside so she nursed for while and went back to sleep.

Sat night was better. She sent down and woke at 10:30. She cried for 45 minutes and I carried her around the house, just doing laps and singing. She went back to sleep and we got back in bed. At 2:30 she woke again, drank some milk from her bottle and went back to sleep. No tears, no trying to nurse, only about 7-10 minutes of wakefulness.

Sunday night was amazing. She went to sleep at the usual time (8pm). And woke at 3:45. She has NEVER slept that long on her own. I was in my bed, she was in hers. When she woke up, I went in to her room. She drank some milk from her bottle and went right back to sleep. I stayed with her until about 5:30. She woke at 7 for the morning.

I'm afraid to be too excited. I don't want to jinx myself. But I'm so happy that it seems to be working. The fact that she has so much language really helps. There were tears, but i was there the whole, reassuring her that even though we are not nursing, we can still cuddle at night and I'm still there for her.

We'll see how tonight goes. If everything continues to go so smoothly, I'll transition her to a bottle of water, rather than milk. I'd like to have something that can stay in her bed, so we don't have to mike a midnight fridge stop.

What I don't want is for her to feel abandoned. This has been a big part of our relationship, but it is time for change. My little baby, getting so much bigger.

Next up- work updates.