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Tired... Breastfeeding A Toddler All Night!

Sleepless still. I think this will last for a while. My children slept early and woke early. I didn't sleep but an hour and no I don't feel like Elf mentally. Physically, in fact, it's strange but I do feel like the energy of Elf and my body aches are gone. I am always surprised by mom power.  Will write more later... Maybe. One hour later... I am still breastfeeding my two year old and he entirely refuses a bottle unless there is something super sweet. Breastmilk is not sweet enough. He likes V8 or chocolate milk of some sort sometimes. He drinks water only from a cup and in the middle of the night I refuse to give him sugar not do I need a bath or to sleep in a puddle.  The breastmilk is bad enough for his teeth. By his age his sister loved breastmilk but loved her bottle more so she had rot in her teeth from the bad habit. I refuse to let that happen to another one of my babies. I have though lowered my ideal of a bottle/pacifier free child long ago after his older siste