A recent nursing reflection.....

I've said it before, but my two children are different in so many ways, but one that really strikes me is nursing habits. My son, first child, was and still is a boob boy. I weaned him at 26/27 months fairly easily, though about a week ago, we went cold turkey off his nightly bottle (he "gave" them to our dr. as a present and in return recieved a really cool Cars Sports Bottle), but since then (about 1 week) he has asked me at least 1-2X a day to nurse and gets upset when Campbell is nursing. It is an interesting progression...I usually don't say no outright, but instead talk about something we are going to do in the future, like, Oh honey, let's read a book together/snuggle together, watch a movie, go outside, whatever.....as the response NO always results in a tantrum (so I am not nursing him to clarify). Lil C on the other hand is still nursing, but she is not all that in to it. And my supply is drastically decreasing. I went from pumping 15-18 ounces a day to only pumping 5-6 now, which worries me. Though I know in my mind that b/c she is 9 months and eating (all of a sudden eating SOOO MUCH!) that this makes sense, but the irrational part of me worries that she is not getting enough or that (god forbid) I may have to supplement with formula (which is fine for everyone else, but not me......sorry! have to be honest with my readers - it is my own thing....). Sometimes while nursing I feel that she is frustrated b/c she is not getting the milk quick enough or just enough in general.......but she is growing, sleeping well (hmmmmm - kina), pooping, peeing, and eating solids, so again, this is probably just how it is supposed to be! With her brother though, I was still pumping soooo much at 9 months. They are just different. Not one better than the other, just different. Hmm.