Something I've been contemplating quite often lately is when to stop nursing my son Calvin. He will be 9 months old in two days and I keep wondering when is it a good time to wean him. At this point with my oldest son Clayton I had already stopped because he kept biting me on purpose. So, at 8 months I stopped and he really didn't have a problem with it. Clayton has always been a little too independant for his own good. He didn't really even have to be weaned off a bottle. He just stopped caring about it. So we decided what a better time to wean him off a bottle. He wasn't even a year old. Calvin on the other side is much more "dependant". And so, it is to my best Mother's discretion when the best time is. I wonder sometimes as a parent especially as a Mother is it our instincts that are God-given? I question myself so often if I am doing right by my children. I am hoping that keeping myself accountable or attempting to will prove later to be positive rather than negative.
I still don't know when I will wean Calvin but I am going to keep praying that when I feel it is the right time God will give me the peace and confidence to know I'm doing the right thing. The good news is that no matter when this is done that my son will never go hungry. :) That's a huge blessing that so many around the world struggle with. For this I thank God daily.
When you put trivial things about parenting into perspective it releases a lot of undue burden and stress.
I am so grateful for my children and even more humbled in my gratitude to God for all the many blessings in our lives.
I guess its not so much about when to stop. But more about learning to trust myself as a parent.
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