My cute little Baby G is just about 14 months now.
This is her and I about 6-7 months ago.
We are still nursing.
About 6-8 times a day.
Yes, she is eating food but she is really more of a grazer.
My biggest conundrum with this is that she wakes 1-2 times every night and I nurse her back to sleep (this usually takes about 5-10 minutes, no drama, no baby wanting to play, she always goes right back to sleep).
This all means one very important thing…I have not slept through the night in over a year.
This makes a mama cranky. And a little crazy. And feeling like she has a constant hangover. Which often leads to hangover-like eating. Think: carbs, fat, salt, and sugar.
Ugh.
I am considering stopping nursing so I can ideally facilitate some hardcore sleeping.
I keep thinking of that Bon Jovi song, ‘I’ll sleep when I’m dead.’ But all I can think about is how if I don’t sleep, I WILL be dead and then what’s the point. 
Oh, and I’d love to have 800 margaritas. Okay, maybe just 5.
But I am a big advocate of long-term nursing (however long works for you) and nursed my first daughter, now 7, for 2 years. I know it has a big impact on their health. I know it is great for soothing with teething and when they are cranky.
I really do love doing it.
But I am thinking of stopping.
But then I think, no. This will not be forever and to keep at it for another few months when I intuitively feel she will stop. I really do feel she will stop at around 18 or so months.
Also, I don’t feel great about the bevvies of choice for her to have instead of nursing. All that milk every day? Not a fan. I’ve tried to give her raw cow’s milk and she is not super keen on it. So we’d rotate some boxed milks, rice, coconut, almond, soy/rice blend, keep trying the raw milk, make some of our own ‘milks,’ etc. Truthfully, I’d rather wait on all that.
And would it be any guarantee that she doesn’t wake?
Who knows.
I know we could try all kinds of things, cry-it-out, dad goes in, gradually decreasing nursing and then going in for just a few minutes, etc. etc.
Part of me knows (and truly feels) it won’t be much longer and that I am so happy that it makes her so happy.
The other part of me just wants to sleep.
And have a margarita…or 5.
Any Mamas want to share their experiences?
Not looking for answers, just shared experiences.
Thanks!
Love,
Adrienne
