Sorry to keep going on about this to those who have read my "will he ever wean" threads!
I was doing "never offer, never refuse" with my ds (2.7) and it ended up that he was wanting to feed non stop. Everything we did ended in him wailing for "mummy's miiiiiiiilk". He was hanging on my leg and just clingy, whiney and miserable. And for the first time ever, I was tempted to send him to Granny's just so I could get away from him. That made me feel terrible, because normally he is such a joy to be with all day long (honestly, he is!)
So, "enough is enough" I thought and on Tuesday, decided to start saying "no" to him. The first day was hard, but I was childminding so firstly didn't have the time to feed him all day and secondly, the other children were a good distraction for him. Yesterday was much better and he seemed to accept "no" but still got a bit upset. Today was great, he went from a feed in the morning right through until bedtime without feeding and was pretty much happy as Larry all day.
Now, me being me, I have been thinking about this a lot, and was trying to understand why he was getting so upset when he was feeding so much, especially when it seemed to be such a great comfort to him. It really puzzled me. But now the penny has dropped that by allowing him to feed whenever he wanted, there was no boundary. He has boundaries for every other thing in his life, but none for this. No wonder the little chap was so upset. Cue mummy guilt from me.
I don't really know why I am posting this really. But I am hoping that if we can keep to two feeds a day then I will be posting about a new pregnancy soon. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
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mawbroon · 05/06/2008 20:06
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