I have recently been trying to wean Heidi from breastfeeding. Yesterday, I only fed her in the morning after she woke up and didn't feed her any breastmilk for the rest of the day. She was really sad, especially at night before bed, when I wouldn't give her any breastmilk. She would cry and hug me and cry some more. It was really sad. I kind of felt like I was hurting her feelings... and thought maybe she is thinking I don't love her anymore because I am cutting her off.
Well, I guess she is trying to work through this in her mind and try to comfort herself because today Heidi was pretend playing about breastfeeding...
In her pretend play, she had been playing with our Fisher Price barn set. She also had a tiny Bob the Builder plastic doll that she had put in the barn. She put Bob in the hard, blue, plastic bed upstairs in the barn and said "Night Night Bob." Then, Bob started crying. Not just a little cry, but a BIG, REALLY UPSET cry! Then, she moved Bob out of his plastic barn bed over into the corner of the barn. He was still REALLY CRYING!
Then, a little plastic Little Bo Peep doll was picked up and taken over to the barn where Bob was. Heidi then said "a crying... a crying... okay." I think she may have been trying to say "don't cry, it's okay" because that is what I usually say to her when I rub her back and try to comfort her after telling her I can't feed her any breastmilk.
Well, when she picked up the plastic Little Bo Peep doll, she started saying "Mommy, Mommy." Then, she picked Bob up from where he was crying in the the barn and she said "milk." I am thinking she was making Bob say milk. Then, Little Bo Peep breastfed Bob the Builder!!!
She pretend played this EXACT story THREE TIMES in a row today. I think she is trying to figure out how to cope with my cutting her off from my breastmilk.
She also pretended putting a couple of other babies to bed later and covered them up with their "covers," as she calls blankets. She gave one baby a plastic oreo cookie and a cob of corn to go to bed with. I guess she thought if that baby couldn't have milk, she should at least have something to snack on before she goes to sleep! haha
Well, tonight when I put Heidi to bed... she did not even ask for milk! After "book time," we brushed her teeth. Then, I picked her up and put her on my lap to rock her for a minute or so... like I usually do, but she didn't want to rock, she just pointed to the bed and said "bed." I asked her for a kiss and hug, like I normally do. She usually will give me a hug and kiss and then lay down with her baby (Brian's old ET doll) and go to sleep... but tonight, she wouldn't even kiss me or hug me! I put her in the crib and told her that I was sad because she wouldn't kiss or hug me. It didn't seem to bother her that I was pretend crying, so I picked her up to hug her and kiss her and put her back in bed... said goodnight and left her to fall asleep.
I am glad that she is weaning, but I hope tomorrow night she will give me a hug and kiss before she goes to bed. :(
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