The sugarcane harvest will continue intermittently until April of next year, and Wang Wenye and the others seem to have adapted to the intensity of the work, except that they are buying meat to eat more often.
My baby is almost eight months old now, and we've been feeding her solid foods, formula, and fruit puree in rotation. Ironically, breast milk has become almost like mouthwash – it's almost gone.
Weaning, let's wean Ping Ping An safely.
After Yu Yin announced her decision, Lu Shurui and the two little ones stared blankly at her. The two little ones didn't understand and didn't know that their mother was going to cut off their snacks.
Lu Shurui understood, but he didn't expect it to happen so suddenly; there hadn't been any warning beforehand.
"I went to the hospital today and they said I can wean now, because the breast milk doesn't have much nutrition anymore."
"Then what should we do? Just stop feeding them altogether?"
Yu Yin was also worried. In later generations, there were various lactation-suppressing products and lactation specialists to help with this. What was available now? The only thing Yu Yin knew seemed to be that barley malt could suppress lactation, but now that traditional Chinese medicine was being suppressed, it was uncertain whether she could even buy it.
"There's no other way. I bought a bottle of gentian violet and will apply it in a bit. If the child sees how dirty it is, he might not eat it."
Lu Shurui really doesn't know anything about this, and he's never paid attention to it. Sigh, a grown man like him wouldn't even bother to look into methods for stopping breastfeeding.
"You can sleep in this room tonight. If the children get hungry, you can make them some formula."
"Oh, I'm sleeping in this room?"
"What? You think I'd eat you just because you're sleeping in this room?"
"No, I'm just worried about not having enough room to sleep."
"Let's make do for a few days. Once weaning, we'll make a small bed for Pingping to sleep in, and there'll also be a single mosquito net."
While the two were discussing how to sleep, it was time for the two little ones to have a snack.
"Ah, ah..."
An'an couldn't wait any longer and cried out twice to remind her parents that she wanted to be breastfed.
"Ah, ah..."
Pingping then chimed in twice, staring intently at Yu Yin's chest.
"Go ahead and make formula for your daughter and son."
Lu Shurui went downstairs to make formula for the children, but didn't make too much, afraid the little ones wouldn't drink it.
Seeing the baby bottle being shoved into her hand, An'an immediately protested, refusing to drink the formula and reaching for Yu Yin's.
Pingping was also unhappy, but she didn't make as much of a fuss as An'an.
"Wow...wow..."
An'an cried pitifully, refusing to drink the formula from the bottle. She kept lunging at Yu Yin, almost falling out of Lu Shurui's arms, which startled her father.
Yu Yin and her husband frantically tried to soothe the child, who had never cried like this before, and they couldn't calm her down no matter what they did.
"What should we do? Maybe we should wean her later, but she can't keep crying like this."
Yu Yin also wavered. Was it too early? The main problem was that if they kept crying like this, no one would be able to sleep tonight, and they still had to go to work tomorrow.
Seeing An'an sobbing uncontrollably and Pingping wiping away tears, Yu Yin had no choice but to give in.
Thankfully, before we could even apply the gentian violet, the two little ones drank some milk and fell asleep shortly afterward.
The first attempt at weaning has failed!
“School will be out for holidays in a few days, let’s wean them when I’m on holiday. That way, I can spend all day with them and soothe them when they cry at night, so it won’t affect your work the next day. Otherwise, neither of us can go to work.”
Yu Yin thought to herself, "That's the only way. I'm so sleepy, I need to go to sleep."
The weaning didn't affect the two little ones. The next morning, they woke up and cried out twice. Yu Yin was so sleepy that she could barely open her eyes, but she still had to get up to change their diapers. Lu Shurui also had dark circles under his eyes. He came in and put the bottle in the child's hand.
The two divided the tasks and finally got the child to daycare before going to work.
"Xiaoyu, what's wrong with you? You look so listless, and you even have dark circles under your eyes?"
"Sister Wang, don't even mention it. Yesterday I planned to wean the kids, but they just kept crying and fussing all night, and in the end we still couldn't wean them."
I still feel lingering fear. An'an's crying was so piercing; it was no longer the kitten-like cry she used to make.
“Weaning takes time and you can’t be soft-hearted, or it will all be for nothing. I know a kind of bitter fruit that is very bitter. It is usually used to make tea to relieve internal heat. When we weaned our children, we would apply a little bit of it to them and they would not want to eat it anymore after tasting it.”
“Really? Then I’ll give it a try. Lu Shurui will be on vacation soon. I’ll wean him when he’s on vacation so someone can take care of him. Otherwise, he’ll be making a fuss and I won’t be able to go to work.”
"That's even better. Babies are prone to getting overheated when weaning, and having their fathers around can help a lot. And let me tell you, your little Lu is really great; he can even help you with the housework. Unlike my brother-in-law, he wouldn't even lift a finger to pick up a fallen oil bottle."
From weaning their children to the laziness of the men in the family, the annoyance of the children, and the favoritism of the mother-in-law, it's clear that middle-aged women's lives revolve around their homes.
Lu Shurui's vacation started at the end of December. After school matters were completely resolved, the issue of weaning was put on the agenda again.
"You stay home with them for a few days first, let them get used to your company, and then I'll wean them. This time, I can't be soft-hearted; I have to succeed on the first try!"
"Yes, it worked on the first try!"
The two silently made up their minds, without the two little brats knowing anything.
After dinner that day, Yu Yin first applied gentian violet, and if that didn't work, she would use the bitter fruit.
When it was time to sleep, the two kids habitually wanted to take a few breaths, so they went straight for Yu Yin's chest.
"Oh no, we can't eat this anymore, look."
Yu Yin lifted her clothes, revealing her skin, which had turned purplish-black from the application of gentian violet.
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