Weaning Your Baby: Be Careful What You Wish For
Weaning Your Older Baby or Toddler – Part Two:
Be Careful What You Wish For
If you’re like me, you know all the benefits of breastfeeding a toddler—the emotional attachment, the positive health aspects, the reduced risk of allergies, etc. You and your talking nursling may be an anomaly in society, but you don’t care. You know what you’re doing is right.
But still, there are days when you just can’t wait for your child to be weaned.
You know, those days. The days when your child is teething and wants to nurse around the clock. The days when your baby will sleep only when you nurse him to bed. Days when people nag you about breastfeeding a kid (who’s far from a baby).
But will weaning solve your problems?
Breastfeeding feels good—for you and your child. It’s a time to bond and relax. Think of how easy it is to calm a cranky toddler through nursing. Think about how cute your child is when she nurses then stops to give you a big grin. 
Once breastfeeding is done, it’s pretty much done. Weaning is bittersweet.
So before you long for the supposed care-free days of being weaned, take a moment and enjoy the ride.
Your child will grow up soon enough and you’re be longingly looking back on the days when your baby would sit still in your lap, nurse and give you that calming feeling.
Enjoy it while it lasts.
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