Weaning

"Am I a push-over? A weak mom who needs her son more than he needs her? Not at all. Am I letting my toddler run my life? No way. Am I spoiling him? There’s no evidence of that! Do I enjoy knowing that mothers who nurse longer have lower rates of breast, uterine, ovarian cancer and osteoporosis? Sure. Do I enjoy knowing that breastmilk contains antibiotic, anti-allergy, and anti-obesity properties? Yes. Is this why I do it? No. Those are neat facts, but the real reason we nurse this way, now, all night, all day, anywhere and anyhow, is because it’s not broken, so there is nothing to fix. "

I just read an essay written by a famous mother who nursed both of her sons till they were 2 1/2. This was a paragraph that I really loved and could completely relate to. Everyone has their own opinions about when they feel the time is up for breastfeeding their babies.
Before Jessalyn was born I knew I wanted to do everything in my power to nurse her. I knew I would take it one day at a time . It came so easy for the two of us from the moment she was born so we made all of our goals. 6 months, 1 year, 18 months and I kept saying when she turns two, that's it! Well here we are at almost 26 months and she doesn't show any sign of slowing down. Although I don't see anything wrong with letting her go as long as she wants but for personal reasons of my own we have started the actual weaning process.
Whenever we are out for most of the day she doesn't even think about asking for it. It's whenever we are home and she just wants to snuggle with mommy. That's when she starts tugging at my shirt saying "um um". But now I haven't been giving in quite as easily. Which appears to be the worst thing in the whole entire world to Jess when I say no! After throwing a for a few minutes then gets over it and goes on her merry way. Weaning her from nursing just shows me that my little baby isn't exactly a little baby anymore. It's been tough so far but I know she will be fine. And so will I.

Lately

Things are cooling down around here. Jordan is busy in school and Jess is busy at being a crazy toddler. She is talking up a storm of course. Lately she has been extremely friendly. She loves saying hi to everyone and talking to strangers when we're out. Which is a big change from a year ago. She used to cry whenever a stranger would look at her. She becomes girlies by the day. She loves anything princessey. She especially loves playing dress up. When she puts on a pretty skirt she calls it a "princen" AKA Princess. She likes to sit her babies down in a chair and pretend to do their hair like mommy does. She is also a great mommy to her baby dolls. She likes to rock her babies and sing rock a by baby. She likes to give them bottles and wrap them up in blankets. I love listening to her talk to her babies when she's playing. She has such a big imagination like I had when I was little. I made a blanket and pillows for her doll crib and she had to test it out for herself. She always likes to pretend she is going somewhere and puts on her "pack pack" AKA purse and get her keys and says "Mommy, I go back." Then walks away and goes to her little ride on horse toy and pretends to put the keys in it. I love watching her play.