I’m not sure what compelled me to write. I was a member over at BME for years (I was “Moon-fairy.” I left when I started teaching middle school and got paranoid a student might stumble onto my not-kid-friendly page) and I occasionally peeked in at your page there. For whatever reason you popped into my head today, so I googled and found your page. And as a fellow Cding, Bfing, modded mom, I thought I would just give an official hello, as i don’t think I ever did over at IAM. peace.

Shannon

but with Freya? well even though she is the baby, my last…I find I need to nightwean her because she nurses with such high frequency and such intensity, that I need the break and rest at night. (when you describe maggie’s eating habits, it sounds just like freya-who still has days where she subsists over 80% on breastmilk-and she is two and half!) Here is what I do now:

naps? I always nurse her to nap, and let her nurse as often as she wants during the nap. always.

bedtime? we nurse to sleep-or to almost asleep. I keep a camelback water bottle in the bed, so she has something if she wakes up. She got a special teddy bear for xmas which is really helping, she asks for him at night when she wakes up. when she wakes up i tell her its time to go back to sleep, and rub her back and offer her a cuddle. If she still asks for milky, then I offer her a drink of water. often she will say she wants juice instead-but i stand firm with her that if she wants something in the middle of the night, it has to be water. I would say that most nights, it goes really well. She goes back to sleep within 2 minutes, and is fine until morning. Last night? well it was not as easy…she was pissed off when I offered her water, and spent a lot of time fussing about it. She finally got back to sleep-but refused the water the whole time. I like dr jay gordons night weaning tips for older nurslings-its quite helpful.

you know how to find me on facebook right? (arkay adkisson)

I will try to spot you on FB!

Also, we may need to swap recipes!

I’d love to learn to sew too. My mother got me a nice sewing machine that I have yet to use. I feel guilty leaving it in the closet unused. But I have a feeling it’s going to be in there a while yet still. My mother-in-law just got a serger for herself. She is going crazy with it–sewing all kinds of things for my son, and her future grand-daughter that my brother-in-law’s girlfriend is birthing come March.

I also agree with what others said about Facebook. People from high school requesting friendships–that is why I blocked myself so no one can search for me. If I never talked to these people in high school, why the heck would I want to talk to them now?!?! What do we have in common, aside from the same graduation date? :-p

Here is a great article on pot & pregnancy here:
http://www.mothering.com/pregnancy-birth/use-marijuana-during-pregnancy

Alex – I hear you on ALL counts!!