week 6-still breastfeeding imtiaz

alhamdulillah, we are so happy with this pregnancy...i still feel normal, no morning sickness or what yet.. i have big appetite nowadays, i just simply eat everything (due to the fact i'm pregnant, there's no need to watch my weight now)...

my big boy

well, i'm still breastfeeding my almost-3-year-old imtiaz...yes, there's not much milk and i don't express at work anymore, by imtiaz gets his rewards when i get home, during the night and whenever i'm accessible to him... if you are still breastfeeding your toddler or baby and suddenly you find out that you are pregnant again, there's no need for you to stop breastfeeding...breastfeeding won't affect the development of your feotus in the womb and it won't cause miscarriage as some myths said...however, if you experience any cramp pain or bleed while you are breastfeeding, it's best you see your doctor and she/he might advice you to stop breastfeeding as it might affect your current pregnancy..but if you don't have any of those, you can carry on breastfeeding...

since imtiaz is almost 3, we thought it's best that we gradually wean him..it's not that i don't want to continue breastfeeding and continue to tandem nurse him with the newborn but for me it's the right age to stop...yes, i have a mixed feeling about this..this is my first experience of having to do this..i'm proud that i have successfully provide the best of my own milk to imtiaz for more than 2 years...

i experienced some sort of nipple tightness and sore when imtiaz nursed on me....and i think the milk is not much and that's why he sucked quite vigorously to get the milk...he once slipped from his freestyle breastfeeding position and caused a laceration wound on my nipple and it bled...for one day he didn't nurse...we thought that's it...but apparently not...he continued breastfeeding until now and i have to bear the stinging pain and dryness of the nipple when he feeds...

we frequently tells him and reminds  him that he's a big boy already...cannot milk-milk anymore because milk-milk is for baby...but it still doesn't work...and he still sucks his right thumb...gosh...so when he can't get my boob, he would suck his thumb...

we'll try some other ways, but i need to do this gradually, gently and naturally....i won't put any stuff on my nipple just to scare him off (although i had that idea before)...i've wrote about weaning in my review of the La Leche League's book on weaning before "how weaning happens" and insya allah i'll try to adapt from that to make this happen..

wish me luck...