Re: Nursing Toddlers
Janet Hamlin
My son is almost 2 1/2 and still nurses avidly. Mostly at nap and bedtime,
but other times as well. I agree with Misty. Who would want to give up
nature's secret weapon for calming a toddler?? Some days I'll admit I'm
tired of it, but most days I'm glad he still nurses. He was the high needs
baby turned spirited child. :)
Janet, mom to Thomas, 2, and Caroline, 6, homeschooled.
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but other times as well. I agree with Misty. Who would want to give up
nature's secret weapon for calming a toddler?? Some days I'll admit I'm
tired of it, but most days I'm glad he still nurses. He was the high needs
baby turned spirited child. :)
Janet, mom to Thomas, 2, and Caroline, 6, homeschooled.
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Sue
> My son is almost 2 1/2 and still nurses avidly. Mostly at nap andbedtime,
> but other times as well. I agree with Misty. Who would want to give upHi Janet,
> nature's secret weapon for calming a toddler??
> Janet, mom to Thomas, 2, and Caroline, 6, homeschooled.
Sometimes the toddler wants to give it up )-:
Three of mine self-weaned at around 16 months... it was heart breaking.
Sue
Mac and Carol Brown
My second child (now 17yo) nursed until I said *enough* - 5th birthday was the
last day. But hearing everyone talking about what their toddlers call it, makes
me laugh - I learnt the hard way that an obscure word or phrase might be
better. When #2 was about 3 1/2 we were at a homeschool gathering, I was in the
middle of setting out lunch for the starving millions, including my own older
child, when #2 started asking for milk. I said 'no, wait till I have finished
setting out lunch' - I knew it wasn't 'urgent', he was just hungry and bored,
and once lunch was out, would just as happily have a sandwich and then go play
(please believe me on this, I knew this particular behavoiur pattern).
Anyway, he asked again for milk, and again I said 'wait', where upon another
mother, glaring at me, commented that there was no need for him to wait, and
before I could explain, handed him a glass of cold cow's milk from the carton
in the fridge. The look of disgust on his face was priceless - as was the look
of horror on the woman's face as my ds hurled the glass, contents and all,
straight at her!
One of the other nice things that happenned, which goes to show you shouldn't
judge people by appearances, happened at a party we had at our house as a
farewell for one of dh's workmates who was leaving the country. Ds #2 (again)
this time 4 1/2yo, fell and hurt himself quite badly. You guessed it - after
being mopped up by dh, all he wanted to do was nurse. I was sitting with about
four guys, 3 parents, and one about 19, loud, foul-mouthed, full of grubby
jokes.... you get the picture. Along comes this huge 4 1/2 yo and this awful
woman (me) picks him up and starts nursing him!
Well, the 3 fathers, quickly left, looking slightly ill. The aforementioned
19yo moved slightly to cover me from view from the rest of the room, said 'my
mum nursed all of us till we were qite old, I can still remember it' then sat
and chatted to me the whole time :-)
I saw him for the first time in years about a month ago, in a bar at a get
together of dh's old work mates. He still tells rude jokes, made sexist
comments about attractive women who walked into the bar, etc. but how could I
hate him? I will always see past the bravado to the sweet sensitive guy that I
saw that day all those years ago.
Carol
last day. But hearing everyone talking about what their toddlers call it, makes
me laugh - I learnt the hard way that an obscure word or phrase might be
better. When #2 was about 3 1/2 we were at a homeschool gathering, I was in the
middle of setting out lunch for the starving millions, including my own older
child, when #2 started asking for milk. I said 'no, wait till I have finished
setting out lunch' - I knew it wasn't 'urgent', he was just hungry and bored,
and once lunch was out, would just as happily have a sandwich and then go play
(please believe me on this, I knew this particular behavoiur pattern).
Anyway, he asked again for milk, and again I said 'wait', where upon another
mother, glaring at me, commented that there was no need for him to wait, and
before I could explain, handed him a glass of cold cow's milk from the carton
in the fridge. The look of disgust on his face was priceless - as was the look
of horror on the woman's face as my ds hurled the glass, contents and all,
straight at her!
One of the other nice things that happenned, which goes to show you shouldn't
judge people by appearances, happened at a party we had at our house as a
farewell for one of dh's workmates who was leaving the country. Ds #2 (again)
this time 4 1/2yo, fell and hurt himself quite badly. You guessed it - after
being mopped up by dh, all he wanted to do was nurse. I was sitting with about
four guys, 3 parents, and one about 19, loud, foul-mouthed, full of grubby
jokes.... you get the picture. Along comes this huge 4 1/2 yo and this awful
woman (me) picks him up and starts nursing him!
Well, the 3 fathers, quickly left, looking slightly ill. The aforementioned
19yo moved slightly to cover me from view from the rest of the room, said 'my
mum nursed all of us till we were qite old, I can still remember it' then sat
and chatted to me the whole time :-)
I saw him for the first time in years about a month ago, in a bar at a get
together of dh's old work mates. He still tells rude jokes, made sexist
comments about attractive women who walked into the bar, etc. but how could I
hate him? I will always see past the bravado to the sweet sensitive guy that I
saw that day all those years ago.
Carol
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In a message dated 1/1/01 12:51:45 PM Pacific Standard Time,
mjcmbrwn@... writes:
<< I learnt the hard way that an obscure word or phrase might be
better >>
Tell me about it! My second child was my first nursing toddler. We lived in
Seattle at the time and he used the words "nurse" and "titty" Except that he
was not very articulate so all anyone heard was, " Ah wan nuh" or "Ah wan
tee." When my youngest came along, I continued to use the same words. Then
when she was one we moved back to the East Coast. Before I knew it I had a
highly articulate toddler demanding," Give me titty!" Oh well, it was a bit
embarrassing but we survived:>) Thanks, Carol, for your great stories. They
really made me laugh! -Amalia-
mjcmbrwn@... writes:
<< I learnt the hard way that an obscure word or phrase might be
better >>
Tell me about it! My second child was my first nursing toddler. We lived in
Seattle at the time and he used the words "nurse" and "titty" Except that he
was not very articulate so all anyone heard was, " Ah wan nuh" or "Ah wan
tee." When my youngest came along, I continued to use the same words. Then
when she was one we moved back to the East Coast. Before I knew it I had a
highly articulate toddler demanding," Give me titty!" Oh well, it was a bit
embarrassing but we survived:>) Thanks, Carol, for your great stories. They
really made me laugh! -Amalia-