I can't beleive I am finished nursing Cade, or better put; that Cade is finished nursing!
My goal was to nurse up until Cade's 1st birthday, but things don't always work out the way we plan them. I remember that first week of nursing being in pain, crying and thinking to myself "I have to do this for an entire year!" But after the pain of the first week it became easy and natural. I can't say I loved it ALL the time; Cade was such a high maintenance nurser, he needed to have it perfectly peaceful and quiet, no TV, no talking on the phone, and no interruptions. This made it hard to nurse on the go, so EVERYTHING had to be planned around when i needed to be home next to feed Cade. However frustrating and at times inconvenient it was there was always joy in the actual task. He loved to play with my face while he nursed he was constantly rubbing my lips or playing with my ears and when he was a new born baby he would just stare into my eyes the entire time (until he fell asleep of course). It just melted my heart.
Looking back on the 10 months I spent nursing Cade I started getting sad to think that the 1 on 1 intimate time was gone but after the first couple days with the sippy cup my sadness was washed away! Cade now loves to cuddle while he drinks his cup! He will even drink it with other things going on in the room around him ie. tv, radio, people. So even though it's not as physically close as it was before, I am so happy that we still have that special still/quiet time together. Because anyone who is around Cade knows that he isn't still/quiet for very long :)
My goal was to nurse up until Cade's 1st birthday, but things don't always work out the way we plan them. I remember that first week of nursing being in pain, crying and thinking to myself "I have to do this for an entire year!" But after the pain of the first week it became easy and natural. I can't say I loved it ALL the time; Cade was such a high maintenance nurser, he needed to have it perfectly peaceful and quiet, no TV, no talking on the phone, and no interruptions. This made it hard to nurse on the go, so EVERYTHING had to be planned around when i needed to be home next to feed Cade. However frustrating and at times inconvenient it was there was always joy in the actual task. He loved to play with my face while he nursed he was constantly rubbing my lips or playing with my ears and when he was a new born baby he would just stare into my eyes the entire time (until he fell asleep of course). It just melted my heart.
Looking back on the 10 months I spent nursing Cade I started getting sad to think that the 1 on 1 intimate time was gone but after the first couple days with the sippy cup my sadness was washed away! Cade now loves to cuddle while he drinks his cup! He will even drink it with other things going on in the room around him ie. tv, radio, people. So even though it's not as physically close as it was before, I am so happy that we still have that special still/quiet time together. Because anyone who is around Cade knows that he isn't still/quiet for very long :)
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Reading this I am reminded of a similar post of mine (http://nittygrittycolie.blogspot.com/2006/03/control-and-nursing.html) yet mine was much more of a whine session. Yours was very sweet and sentimental!
Caleb was done nursing at 9 1/2 months. I was sad that after 4 months of awfulness it was finally going well. I remember calling a lactation consultant and she said, "Your son will not go to a different college just because he didn't make it to the 1 year mark". It was a good reminder.
Love you!
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