AmiraZefr

It has been almost a month since my dearest munchkin, Amirul, had his usual ‘nenen’ session. Finally I did it, well we did it. I’m glad that I managed to bf him for 2 years (and 3 months). Honestly, I went cold turkey when I was in my 34th week. Had a minor problem and decided that it was time for him to get off the boobies once and for all. Besides, I know I’ve done a good job all this time, nourishing him with ma goodies :).

It was hard at first, for the first few nights… he cried and cried and only wanted to hang on to me. Pity Abah. What I did was to let him sleep really close to me and let him have the ’smell’. He still cried but after awhile, those cries turned to whimpers and not before long, we found him sound asleep, nicely snuggled up next to me. Thank God. Miraculously, he slept the whole night through and we thought hey, this would be easy.

He still wanted some occassionally but the point is to not respond to his pleas. It’s hard, yes, but it is the best way to make him understand. Besides that, lots of talking to him will also help. In my case, I always mentioned that his Adik is coming out really soon and Amirul has to be a big boy now and show Adik a good example.

However, recently, he came down with a cold and later a fever. Usually, nursing him would be the best medicine (apart from the usual meds) so I caved in and nursed just once (or twice) and alhamdulillah, t’was a quick recovery.

Now that he’s all aware of not having mommy’s goodies anymore, he will playfully snuggle up at me and say ‘Mommy, nenen’. Knowing very well I would look deep into his eyes and say NO. He’d laugh at me and attempt saying it again. Amusing pulak!

I am so proud of my baby (yes, he still is) of his ‘achievement’ and I hope he won’t be jealous with his Adik when the time comes for the latter’s ‘nenen’ session :p

To any mommies out there struggling to wean their toddlers, you can do it. It’ll take some time but it’ll definitely pay off. Good luck y’all!

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