This morning I was lying in bed, somewhere between half asleep and half awake after a long night of my two and a half year old waking up every 45 minutes to nurse. It was 8:00 and she wanted to nurse again.
I was done. Finished. Exhausted. There would be no nursing.
“Honey, you’ve been nursing all night long!” I told her. “No more milkies right now. Mommy needs a break.”
She shook her head and reached for my shirt.
Time for bribing.
“Why don’t you get up and go watch cartoons?” I suggested. When I’m that tired I’m happy to still have cable, even though I beg my husband at least once a month to cancel it.
She shook her head no.
“Don’t you want to go see your sister?”
She shook her head no again.
“How about we get up and you can have breakfast? I could make you some oatmeal!”
No.
“Toast?”
No.
“Apple?”
No.
“Banana?”
No.
One last try…
“How about some chocolate?”
“No. I want milkies,” she said.
You have to know that when your child wants milkies more than chocolate, that they really, really want milkies.
I couldn’t help but be reminded of this song. Insert “my milkies” (or your own special word for breast milk) for “your love” and you’ve got a nursling’s anthem!
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That is so sweet! What a great photo too. I feel you on the being tired front – though mine is so much younger. Em was sleeping through the night pretty consistently for awhile, and then stopped… and now I’ve got it in my head that I’ve got to try to do EC overnight… which is going great, but makes what sounds like a decadent 10 hours in bed really not that much sleep… Thank goodness I’ve got next to nothing going on during the holidays!
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This is such a nice entry to read. God bless you for your patience. It’s much deeper than my own!
Really great post. I can relate to it so much! K2 is nursing like a newborn again, but all in all I would not give it up for the world.
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This post made me smile and laugh. I have so, so been there, willing to offer anything to get a moment of personal privacy. But the nursling will have none of it, because NOTHING is better than mama milk, at least for that moment.
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Thank you! so glad you are there and writing! I had a little bit of trying time this holiday season with my in-laws thinking that it was ridiculous that I was nursing my 17 month old so much or at all! Most people only nurse until 6 months you know!!!!!!!!!! Or so they tell me. When we got home from 5 days with inlaws my 3 year old said I want to nurse (gogo). He begged me. I find it so hard sometimes. And because of you and LLL and my friends I can keep trying to parent the best way I know how. Thank you and here’s to milkies better than chocolate and ice cream!
@Dominique – I’m so sorry you had a rough time with the in-laws. I was so glad my toddler didn’t ask to nurse when we visited my Grandma yesterday. That was the last thing I wanted to deal with (my Grandma’s reaction). It’s too bad we have to do our best parenting in the closet sometimes!
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