It’s been a while.

On the blog also, but this post isn’t just my way of making up for not writing in ages. In fact, since December 15 2005, I have been either pregnant or nursing. That’s almost 59 months!! And now, since last week (as far as we know!) I am neither pregnant OR nursing.

Evelyn has gone more than a week now without nursing. I was the instigator of this weaning – with Luke it went naturally through the course of pregnancy and he weaned himself completely at about 22 months old. With Evelyn, her 2nd birthday came and went and she was still completely happy to keep nursing. I was really done though. Evelyn tends to be very ‘busy’ while nursing, always rubbing my arms, feeling my face, pinching and pulling on my skin – not a very fun experience for mommy. She has been going 1 then 2 nights without me as my work trips are getting longer and she has been absolutely fine. So when I came home from a 2 day trip to Chengdu last week I simply started refusing to nurse her. It wasn’t the gentle baby-led-weaning I do honestly believe in – there were a few tears once or twice. But nothing a quick snuggle and reassuring words couldn’t fix. It had been more than a week now since the last time she nursed and I am certain this is it. Almost 5 years later it seems a bit odd to have my body back to being completely mine again.

Time for number three?

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