Growing Up...

 

So, my little Owen is getting soooooo big.  At the end of this month he will be three and a half years old &  he is finally weaned! 

We follow attachment parenting, we did the family bed thing and I always wanted to do child led weaning.  However, my eldest son would have gone on nursing indefinitely I think if I hadn't weaned him myself.  Yikes he was tough case!  I have been ready to wean Owen now for a long time, but he, not so. When he turned three years old I told him we would no longer be nursing. This after lots of preparing him ahead of time. He was so upset that I finally yielded to only at bed time. He did so well with this transition.  Then Papa started getting him to bed often this last month and before we knew it he hadn't nursed in three days. 

After the three days I did our bedtime routine and he asked to nurse. I told him the milk had all gone away, that he was such a big boy he hadn't remembered to nurse in three days!  He was very sad and cried himself to sleep that night. (With me close by of course. Though he didn't want to be touched!) He was sad but not inconsolable like his brother had been. The next day and every evening after that he's asked me if the "milkies" were still gone. He said, "They will not come back?" with a shake of his head.  I told him the milk doesn't come unless a Mommy has a baby.  That babies have a magic that makes milk come and he's such a big boy that he doesn't need the milk anymore.  Well, that might have been the wrong thing to say.

Last night he told me a story at bedtime.  He said, "Babies are angel fairies and they come down from the sky with wands and fairy dust and they have magic to bring the nursies back. You can have a baby and then I can nurse!" I am paraphrasing. What he said was so much cuter than I can remember.  He went on and on and I asked him lots of questions and he loved being the storyteller for a change. It was such a special bedtime that I wanted to record it & remember. 

 

We just recently got this trundle bed from a friend of ours and decorated their room a bit.  My husband says it finally looks like a real room.  Before we had mattresses on the floor, which was fine & functional but we're much happier with this.  Owen sleeps on the trundle.  He comes into our room early in the morning to snuggle but he loves having his own bed.

Both my babies are growing up! Thanks for allowing this Mama a little sentimentality today.

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Next week come by for our Holiday Craft Along!  I am working with my son Michael to make an all handmade woodland tree this year.  We'll be selecting from my Handmade Christmas Pinterest Board and making ornaments throughout the month of December.  Follow me & my boy as we craft and please join in and link to your holiday projects. We would love to see them!