Monday, March 07, 2011

The end of nursing maybe...

My nursing experience with C was very different from K... K decided around three months the bottle was preferable and not knowing better I let her decide that was ok. C tried the same thing around three months, but the memories of nine months of 5 times a day of pumping just didn't allow her the same luxuries... So instead she eventually gave up trying to fight and decided well to continue nursing well would be ok...

As the one year mark hit I realized we weren't ready to give up nursing. Rather we decided to take on a more mellow routine, every morning and night we nursed and cuddled.... Every month I thought well she would naturally give this up and so I let the routine continue... On this last work trip I decided to be more mellow about the pumping and so when I returned this weekend C and I realized my supply had almost run out... Thinking this would a natural next step I decided we could try and just give it up... So far she is being very brave (I am not) and she keeps checking, sighing and crying a bit, but really trying to understand the change... Last night when she checked again she suggested we read and so we cuddled and read... It is sad to say goodbye to one of the last stages of baby as it has been a sweet experience for both of us.

It is exciting to know I won't be required to perform gymnast moves to read to K while nursing C each morning and rather help C learn to love books as much as K does. In place of K's nursing time we used to spend hours each week reading and so now we will get to do this as a group which is nice... but for now it is hard to believe C is growing up and becoming a young girl... Another nice outcome is the retun to singing and rocking her to bed which I got to do both nights this weekend. KS's signature song is also CH's signature song... thank goodness they have the same syllables in their name and so another routine returns.

Next up on the things to get rid off will be the binky, but I can only tackle one thing a month... or maybe quarter if I really chicken out.

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