Comments on: back on track http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/04/25/back-on-track/ Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: calm mama http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/04/25/back-on-track/comment-page-1/#comment-1205 calm mama Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:09:11 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/04/25/back-on-track/#comment-1205 hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee

]]> By: Leila Abu-Saba http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/04/25/back-on-track/comment-page-1/#comment-1203 Leila Abu-Saba Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:46:01 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/04/25/back-on-track/#comment-1203 yes, I said licked. Utterly unconscious. *blushing*. yes, I said licked. Utterly unconscious. *blushing*.

]]> By: Nana http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/04/25/back-on-track/comment-page-1/#comment-1201 Nana Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:59:56 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/04/25/back-on-track/#comment-1201 Yeah monkey! Yuck charcoal! Once I tried to give you some Ipacac because I thought you had swallowed an aspirin. You would have none of it and you survived. Don't know why I thought of this. I guess it is about remedies and vomit and forcing babies to do something they don't want to do, or keeping them from what they want. It all turns out okay in the end. Yeah monkey! Yuck charcoal! Once I tried to give you some Ipacac because I thought you had swallowed an aspirin. You would have none of it and you survived. Don’t know why I thought of this. I guess it is about remedies and vomit and forcing babies to do something they don’t want to do, or keeping them from what they want. It all turns out okay in the end.

]]> By: Leila Abu-Saba http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/04/25/back-on-track/comment-page-1/#comment-1200 Leila Abu-Saba Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:51:35 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/04/25/back-on-track/#comment-1200 Re: nursing - some other mom made a comment once about how much my 8-month-old was nursing. As if I was supposed to control it somehow, or as if he were wrong to nurse a lot. I was puzzled as much as offended. What was I supposed to do, say no? No tit for you, you just had some? Maybe other people's kids will accept no, but my 2d child never does. He has a will of steel, and we hope he becomes a lawyer because he will wear down the opposition and make us all a lot of money. I am a strong-willed person and I made many firm attempts to cut back on nursing with that infant but he had me licked. Every baby is different. Lying to nosy parkers is perfectly acceptable. If *you* are sick of nursing then do what you can to cut back, but as long as you can deal with it, who cares? PS my 2d child was so well-adjusted that at 18 months he would go off on the playground and play on his own or with others for half an hour at a time, utterly unconcerned about staying attached to me. He was very attached to me, mind you, and loved to nurse and snuggle. But he was extremely independent very early, and he gave me some scares because of his fearlessness about leaving Mama's skirts. So all that nursing didn't cause him any harm... Re: nursing – some other mom made a comment once about how much my 8-month-old was nursing. As if I was supposed to control it somehow, or as if he were wrong to nurse a lot. I was puzzled as much as offended. What was I supposed to do, say no? No tit for you, you just had some?

Maybe other people’s kids will accept no, but my 2d child never does. He has a will of steel, and we hope he becomes a lawyer because he will wear down the opposition and make us all a lot of money. I am a strong-willed person and I made many firm attempts to cut back on nursing with that infant but he had me licked.

Every baby is different. Lying to nosy parkers is perfectly acceptable. If *you* are sick of nursing then do what you can to cut back, but as long as you can deal with it, who cares? PS my 2d child was so well-adjusted that at 18 months he would go off on the playground and play on his own or with others for half an hour at a time, utterly unconcerned about staying attached to me. He was very attached to me, mind you, and loved to nurse and snuggle. But he was extremely independent very early, and he gave me some scares because of his fearlessness about leaving Mama’s skirts. So all that nursing didn’t cause him any harm…

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