Comments on: I Cried the Day I Bought My Plane Ticket for BlogHer… http://metropolitanmama.net/2008/07/i-cried-the-day-i-bought-my-plane-ticket-for-blogher/ ideas and inspiration for moms Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:41:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Susan (5 Minutes for Mom) http://metropolitanmama.net/2008/07/i-cried-the-day-i-bought-my-plane-ticket-for-blogher/#comment-61659 Susan (5 Minutes for Mom) Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:27:20 +0000 http://metropolitanmama.net/?p=1056#comment-61659 I hope my weaning for BlogHer 09 goes as smoothly... My Sophia is almost 18 months and I also am sooooo sad about having to wean her to travel... but the time is coming very soon. I hope my weaning for BlogHer 09 goes as smoothly… My Sophia is almost 18 months and I also am sooooo sad about having to wean her to travel… but the time is coming very soon.

]]> By: Adventures In Babywearing http://metropolitanmama.net/2008/07/i-cried-the-day-i-bought-my-plane-ticket-for-blogher/#comment-35221 Adventures In Babywearing Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:04:26 +0000 http://metropolitanmama.net/?p=1056#comment-35221 Aw- I know how hard this must be. You two are just precious. I will pray for a wonderful transition here and I'm sure it will all go just fine while you're away! : ) And, if you both miss it so much, Gray and I took a long break earlier this year when I was very sick in my pregnancy, but were able to start back up again. We've since weaned completely, and still have a bond that is unlike any other. Steph Aw- I know how hard this must be. You two are just precious. I will pray for a wonderful transition here and I’m sure it will all go just fine while you’re away! : ) And, if you both miss it so much, Gray and I took a long break earlier this year when I was very sick in my pregnancy, but were able to start back up again. We’ve since weaned completely, and still have a bond that is unlike any other.

Steph

]]> By: Ms. Single Mama http://metropolitanmama.net/2008/07/i-cried-the-day-i-bought-my-plane-ticket-for-blogher/#comment-35040 Ms. Single Mama Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:50:46 +0000 http://metropolitanmama.net/?p=1056#comment-35040 You'll have an amazing time ... I took my first trip away from Benjamin in March - it was hard ... so hard. But I needed a little break and came home refreshed and ready for another year of being a single mom. : ) Have a great time!!! You’ll have an amazing time … I took my first trip away from Benjamin in March – it was hard … so hard. But I needed a little break and came home refreshed and ready for another year of being a single mom.

: )

Have a great time!!!

]]> By: Sarah http://metropolitanmama.net/2008/07/i-cried-the-day-i-bought-my-plane-ticket-for-blogher/#comment-34297 Sarah Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:34:18 +0000 http://metropolitanmama.net/?p=1056#comment-34297 It is very sad to see the end to nursing. I just went through weening with Madelyn, and I am really missing that connection and bond with her. I hope you have a great time at Blogher, and enjoy being Stephanie while you are gone...and coming home to Mommy~ :) It is very sad to see the end to nursing. I just went through weening with Madelyn, and I am really missing that connection and bond with her. I hope you have a great time at Blogher, and enjoy being Stephanie while you are gone…and coming home to Mommy~ :)

]]> By: Jen @ One Moms World http://metropolitanmama.net/2008/07/i-cried-the-day-i-bought-my-plane-ticket-for-blogher/#comment-34076 Jen @ One Moms World Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:07:16 +0000 http://metropolitanmama.net/?p=1056#comment-34076 What a sweet post! I felt the same way when I was weaning each of my girls when they were toddlers. I still have that bond with both of them and it means so much to me as I don't really feel I have a close bond with my mom. It makes me sad. They are 5 and 3 now, and yes I know people probably think I am a little crazy but I just can't do the all nighter's away from them yet. I'm hoping BlogHer is on east coast next year so we can make it a family vacation and hubbs comes with us to watch them during the day. What a sweet post! I felt the same way when I was weaning each of my girls when they were toddlers. I still have that bond with both of them and it means so much to me as I don’t really feel I have a close bond with my mom. It makes me sad. They are 5 and 3 now, and yes I know people probably think I am a little crazy but I just can’t do the all nighter’s away from them yet.

I’m hoping BlogHer is on east coast next year so we can make it a family vacation and hubbs comes with us to watch them during the day.

]]> By: Mozi Esme's Mommy http://metropolitanmama.net/2008/07/i-cried-the-day-i-bought-my-plane-ticket-for-blogher/#comment-34060 Mozi Esme's Mommy Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:52:25 +0000 http://metropolitanmama.net/?p=1056#comment-34060 This is so beautiful! I too have never been away from my 15-mo-old girl for bedtime. And weaning is still to come, and I'm dreading it in a way. Have a great time at Blogher! One more step in the independence process . . . This is so beautiful! I too have never been away from my 15-mo-old girl for bedtime. And weaning is still to come, and I’m dreading it in a way.

Have a great time at Blogher! One more step in the independence process . . .

]]> By: Christina Katz http://metropolitanmama.net/2008/07/i-cried-the-day-i-bought-my-plane-ticket-for-blogher/#comment-34012 Christina Katz Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:54:37 +0000 http://metropolitanmama.net/?p=1056#comment-34012 You are so brave and so smart. Brave to plan to do wean and then really do it. And smart not to blog about it during the personal experience. Of course you will miss your little one so much you will ache (she is so darn cute!). But once you realize that she will be just fine without you, you'll have that much more flexibility. Have a great time at Blogher! You are so brave and so smart. Brave to plan to do wean and then really do it. And smart not to blog about it during the personal experience.

Of course you will miss your little one so much you will ache (she is so darn cute!). But once you realize that she will be just fine without you, you’ll have that much more flexibility.

Have a great time at Blogher!

]]> By: Belinda A. http://metropolitanmama.net/2008/07/i-cried-the-day-i-bought-my-plane-ticket-for-blogher/#comment-33815 Belinda A. Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:06:12 +0000 http://metropolitanmama.net/?p=1056#comment-33815 I was the same as you, I said I'd breastfeed for the first 6 months. That turned into a year and now we're going on 18 months. We're slowly winding down and it's bittersweet. Like you, I've never left my daughter overnight. Actually, we've never been apart for longer than three hours. I think the weaning for me is part of a larger process of attempting to wean her from me just a little - for her sake. But it is so hard. I admire your courage at leaving her for the BlogHer conference. Last year a fellow tennis-loving friend invited me on an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas for 2 nights, with the added bonus of getting to meet Andre Agassi! My daughter was just over ten months old and, quite aside from the fact that I was still nursing, I turned the trip down because I couldn't stomach the idea of being apart from her for 'so long'! Isn't that silly?! I was the same as you, I said I’d breastfeed for the first 6 months. That turned into a year and now we’re going on 18 months. We’re slowly winding down and it’s bittersweet. Like you, I’ve never left my daughter overnight. Actually, we’ve never been apart for longer than three hours. I think the weaning for me is part of a larger process of attempting to wean her from me just a little – for her sake. But it is so hard.
I admire your courage at leaving her for the BlogHer conference. Last year a fellow tennis-loving friend invited me on an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas for 2 nights, with the added bonus of getting to meet Andre Agassi! My daughter was just over ten months old and, quite aside from the fact that I was still nursing, I turned the trip down because I couldn’t stomach the idea of being apart from her for ‘so long’! Isn’t that silly?!

]]> By: Mamatini http://metropolitanmama.net/2008/07/i-cried-the-day-i-bought-my-plane-ticket-for-blogher/#comment-33811 Mamatini Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:47:25 +0000 http://metropolitanmama.net/?p=1056#comment-33811 While I have never had the chance to breastfeed (or thus wean), I can imagine how agonizing it must be to go through that final separation. You described it so beautifully, and though what I know of your mothering style is only what I read from your blog, I can imagine that you handled it in a most peaceful, calm, and soothing way. It really is bittersweet: the conflict between holding on to what cleaves them to us and allowing them to go forth and become their own person. While I have never had the chance to breastfeed (or thus wean), I can imagine how agonizing it must be to go through that final separation. You described it so beautifully, and though what I know of your mothering style is only what I read from your blog, I can imagine that you handled it in a most peaceful, calm, and soothing way.

It really is bittersweet: the conflict between holding on to what cleaves them to us and allowing them to go forth and become their own person.

]]> By: Darcie http://metropolitanmama.net/2008/07/i-cried-the-day-i-bought-my-plane-ticket-for-blogher/#comment-33784 Darcie Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:31:26 +0000 http://metropolitanmama.net/?p=1056#comment-33784 I cried and lit candles and turned what I just knew would be the last time I breastfed Cass into a little bit of a ceremony for the two of us. It sounds terribly geeky but I was just distraught about losing that special time with her. So I know exactly what you're talking about here. But you're so right about her and her daddy having a good time while you're away. I'm always surprised when people act all surprised that I'm leaving my (4) little ones with dad for the weekend. I don't get it though. He is so totally capable of caring for all of them. And they get this amazingly fun time that boring old mom would never do. You know, baseball playing marathons, pancakes for dinner (which I would do) followed by ice cream for dessert (which I would not do after pancakes for dinner). Anyway, go and have an amazing time. You got to take care of yourself too! I cried and lit candles and turned what I just knew would be the last time I breastfed Cass into a little bit of a ceremony for the two of us. It sounds terribly geeky but I was just distraught about losing that special time with her. So I know exactly what you’re talking about here.

But you’re so right about her and her daddy having a good time while you’re away. I’m always surprised when people act all surprised that I’m leaving my (4) little ones with dad for the weekend. I don’t get it though. He is so totally capable of caring for all of them. And they get this amazingly fun time that boring old mom would never do. You know, baseball playing marathons, pancakes for dinner (which I would do) followed by ice cream for dessert (which I would not do after pancakes for dinner). Anyway, go and have an amazing time. You got to take care of yourself too!

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