Not Quite Weaned...

So that last post was a little premature. Ian has figured out the vinegar trick. (I like that my son is smart, I just wish he wasn't smarter than me!) And so we nursed to sleep last night and I let him nurse for a couple of minutes in the middle of the night before pulling him off. So now I am falling back on the "No" method and letting him be pissed. He gets over it realatively quickly and I just feel like we were so close that we can do this. One of the reasons I think it really is the right time, is that he is very close to climbing out of his crib. I want him to be weaned before we get him a 'big boy' bed. The thought of him being free to wake me up in the middle of the night whenever he wants to nurse is a little scary. We keep trying and hopefully I can retract my retraction and tell you once again that he is weaned but I will wait until we are a week without before declaring victory.

On another note. Ian goes to the pediatric surgeon on Thursday. I don't know if I mentioned previously that we discovered the Wednesday before the 4th that Ian has an ingurnal hernia. This is apparently a defect from birth and is genetically passed (sound familiar Alan?). He has a hole in the membrane that keeps his intestines from falling into his legs. So the doctor looks at him on Thursday and confirms the diagnosis. Then we hear what the options are. I assume he will have a little surgery. This is not uncommon in little boys and the surgery is pretty non intrusive and I assume it is an outpatient procedure. I will keep you all updated as we know more.