u/cinnamonsugarhoney

I breastfeed for 3.5 years. By the time i weaned, we were just feeding 2x/day and I think only a few drops of milk were coming out. If I had to guess, maybe 1-3 tablespoons max total per feed.

My question is, can I expect just as profound as a hormone drop even after such a gradual weaning process? Or any weaning symptoms at all?

I’m trying to figure out if I’m depressed because of my life or because I weaned 3 weeks ago 😂

Well, Lydia, 4/4 of your kids are addicts because you refused to parent them with any shred of emotional intelligence. So, I’m not sorry that my daughter is free to express her emotions to me.

By the way, my daughter is incredibly well mannered around adults. She has been ordering herself since she was 2. (She’s 3.5.) She says please and thank you. She is grateful for new toys and frequently hears “no” (MANY times per day). At her pre-school, her teacher says she is the most emotionally regulated and in touch with her feelings out of all the kids.

This kid is not spoiled. I’m so pissed at my judgmental, dysfunctional mother in law.

Just got a reel with him being pulled over, looked through his page for 10 min and it does seem like he’s a bit mental. Or just super smart and not great at communicating exactly what’s happening? What’s the deal?

I feel like my BO everywhere smells different ever since having my first child nearly 3.5 years ago. I’m attributing this to breastfeeding hormones?

She’s still comfort nursing only at night for a few minutes, but as of the past few weeks I don’t think there is any more milk coming out ?? If any, I think like maybe a few drops?

My question is: does dry nursing still trigger breastfeeding hormones? I read on this sub that it takes like 3 months after the very last feed for the breastfeeding hormones to go away and just return to baseline… but not sure if that still applies even if the nursing sessions are like 2 drops of milk lol.

In the early days of breastfeeding, the only potential embarrassment is usually from accidental boob exposures. Which don’t get me wrong, that’s embarrassing too.

But in extended breastfeeding… it’s like Russian roulette what your kid is going to say to complete strangers.

Yesterday my husband and neighbor were talking over the fence in our backyard, about lawn seeding or something. My 3 year old interjected, COMPLETELY unprompted, “I’m almost done doing milk from my mommy’s boobs!” I guess weaning must be heavy on my daughter’s mind because I’ve been telling her we w to stop milk soon.

My neighbor is a single childless man in his 40’s and unfortunately my daughter speaks very clearly so he understood. He actually recovered pretty well and said “wow! I have to buy my milk from the store!”

I’m so embarrassed, never speaking to him again 😂

Edit to add: for other extended bf’ers, have you been embarrassed for people to find out you still breastfeed? I have gotten so many judgmental comments. Everyone I’ve talked to just thinks it’s so weird to go past like 1 year. 😕 I think even my husband thinks I’ve let it go on for too long.