Hi, I'm a senior BSN student (on temporary leave) and I am studying to eventually become a CNM and IBCLC. I have posted on LactNet very few times but have been lurking for about 2 1/2 years. I had my son at 19 and said I was going to "try" breastfeeding. I read as much as I could and when my son was born, to me, there was no other way to feed him. I got lots of bad information in the hospital after he was born but because I had read so much on the subject, I knew it was bad information. I was the first person I knew that had breatfed. He was a fussy little guy sometimes and nursed at least every 2-3 hrs during the day and every hour at night for the first year. My husband's family all said he wasn't getting enough because he nursed often. It even got so bad they were practically chasing me with a bottle of karo syrup and water. I hid and nursed my little one in the car. My son got no formula, or that darn bottle of karo syrup. When he was born, until he was about 12 months, my viewpoint of breastfeeding was "it's wonderful, except those people who do it TOO long," which to me was about 15 months. When my son hit a year, I could not take away his favortite thing. So, I thought we would nurse for 18 months. When that time came, I had met a great group of extended nursing girls online. I decided then to trust my son enough to let him know when it was the right time to wean. I really began to get worried that he was greatly crossing my comfort threshold when he nursed through my pregnancy with his brother. He self weaned at 4 years and 3 months, the day his brother was born, saying, "ew, it's baby milk." I wish I could have one last time nursing him since I don't remember his last nursing session. I didn't realize it would be the last. But, I trust him that he knew that right day to wean. Jessica, student nurse (taking a break to be home with my new little nursling), and most importantly, mommy to Cristian who is 4 1/2 and my little boobie boy, Jaden who is 4 months *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html