I'd like to know what WOHM is?

Work Outside the Home Mom

i was only a WOHM when ds1 was 3-9 mos, so i don't have experience w/the older toddler and pumping. but your sentiment above is something that is on every mom's mind, i think. parenting is the process of letting your child go and i REALLY don't like it! particularly w/my oldest, i see him reaching major milestones and coming into his own and it's wonderful and yet, i really despise how fast it is all happening. i wish we could freeze the years forever!

I am now a part-time WOHM. I worked full time (about 70 hours/week) from 6 weeks until 1 year. Since then, I've started working off and on, sometimes being away for as long as 8 hours, but usually finding time to visit at lunch if I do have a full day to work.

I was at home full-time for a couple of months after I quit my 70 hour/week job and so quit pumping then. When I went back to work, I found that I no longer had to pump--she drinks water when I'm gone and nurses a lot when I return home from work.

I haven't experienced any real signs of weaning yet, besides eating more solids. My 18 month old still nurses quite a bit. She does definitely eat more food when I am away. When I'm with her all day, she'll sometimes nurse a lot and barely eat anything.

I think I shared the experiences you asked about. Anything else?

Oh, and I, too, feel like she is growing up too fast. She just started saying hi and bye-bye instead of just signing it (she signs and says it)! I've really enjoyed her signs, and, although I certainly want her to learn to talk, I'm not ready for her to stop signing! I love the level of communication we have now, with her signs and her short little versions of words! Plus she's really big. Long. Growing up fast

maybe she won't! my 5 year old still signs a lot. and he still loves learning new signs. i know, not quite the same as when they're toddlers....

I've noticed there are quite a few stretches even when I am home where I'm not having to "flash." Sometimes I feel like I have to beg him to nurse! {I almost thought I had a plugged duct Friday morning because I felt a bit lumpy, but it was just a bruised area where he missed my nipple but kept nursing in his sleep!} This weekend was the opposite, though, as we both caught summer colds, so there was a lot of nursing (as well as a lot of boogers!) since Saturday.