Fully Weaned!

Well folks, it's been about 5 days since I last breastfed Rosie. I think that means she's all done! Woohoo! One night at bedtime she didn't ask to nurse. We read books instead. I thought it might be a fluke, but the next night, same thing. And after all these months of being nursed to sleep, she's content to read some books, sing a goodnight song, and go into her crib to fall asleep. She amazes me.

I am so pleased that I was able to breastfeed her until my goal of one year. It means a lot to me, especially since things weren't perfect and we overcame some serious obstacles. My first 6 weeks were plagued with traumatized boobs, painful engorgement, and a nasty case of mastitis. Then at 6 months we hit a really rough patch and I lost just about all of my supply and had to work very hard to get it back. At 9 months I thought she was weaning, but it was just a patch of disinterest in nursing until she worked some things out (learning to crawl, starting cow's milk, becoming interested in the world....). But we kept going and here we are.

Weaning can be really hard for some people, and it is very difficult to go through if it needs to happen when one of the parties isn't ready. Rosie and I hit it right on the mark. With the pregnancy, nursing was becoming difficult for me. And for her, well she's growing up and ready to move on.

I'm so proud of her, and me! And I can't wait to meet our brand new baby, and go through it all again. No matter how many bumps in the road you hit, breastfeeding is one of the very best things you can do for your child. I could never in a million years express what our nursing relationship meant to me.