That was before she had any teeth! She still doesn't, but if it hurt that much without.....

Also, note: nursing toddlers kill threads.

I was BF until I was about 19 or 20 months, I think, and was weaned on account of having a brother on the way. I remember being jealous watching him nurse.

feels like bad mother

She bit me once and I was so done.

Sounds like a bad baby to me. Bad baby!

She still doesn't, but if it hurt that much without.....

I may have to break Lily of her habit of regulating flow by pulling and twisting the nipple before she grows teeth.

I've heard tell that slighty flicker her cheek will do the trick.

I was too busy holding onto the ceiling to flick Em.

I was too busy holding onto the ceiling to flick Em.

The picture in my head is like a Charles Addams cartoon, with the Empress attached to the ceiling and Em attached to the Empress.

From what I hear, it's hardest to wean a kid between about 15 months and 2

We're still having bottle issues. O's just not giving it up very well. I've cut him to two a day and one of those is water (he still gets milk before bed). We're throwing them out if I can't get him off them by Labor Day. I'm just too tired to battle with him over it right now.

I've heard tell that slighty flicker her cheek will do the trick.

I'm torn. Right now, I'd rather have the pain than have her gag on an over-active letdown, as the physical pain is easier on me than seeing her startled look of betrayal when the boobie attacks.

Cashmere, my mother-in-law always says to introduce the cup as soon as they'll take it, but to let them keep the bottle through their second summer, so they get enough to drink. Now, with Julia (November baby), this meant she was well on her way to two, so I sort of forgot to listen about the bottle part. And she caught on very early that Chris was a baby whereas Ben was a big kid, and she really didn't want to be like that baby. With Ben (January), it's just about how it exactly worked out. I'd give him a cup with his meals, in the high chair, and a couple of bottles during the day, to make sure he was drinking enough, especially in the heat. Chris (April baby) fell in love with the cup before he turned one, and didn't want the bottle by the time he was one. Ideally, he would have been the one who most needed the bottle during that second summer.

I have no clue why I'm telling you this. I lost your point. I lost my point. I'm fresh outta points. Carry on.

as the physical pain is easier on me than seeing her startled look of betrayal when the boobie attacks.

You have fearsome boobies.