The end of nursing
January 26th, 2008
So, I signed up for a conference in March which means I’ll be gone for 4 days, sans kiddo this time. He’s down to mostly only nursing at bedtime and at night and we’re currently working on the nursing when he comes home from daycare. It’s not really nutritive anymore, and the nutritionist suggested that the after daycare/pre-dinner nursing might be interfering with his dinner appetite. But he really likes to nurse. It amazing given all the problems and frustrations I had with breastfeeding, that now he is so attached to it. But alas, we’re weaning entirely now. I have mixed feelings about the whole endeavor. I originally hoped to wait until he was ready to self-wean, hoping that ready would be between 12-18 months. He seems to have zero interest in letting go though and now that he has opinions about things but no words to express them. Generally, he makes his wishes to nurse known by crawling all over me and head butting my chest while alternately trying to bite my shirt saying mmMmmamMamAAaa. So he is pretty adamant about not giving it up. I just don’t want to just pull the rug out from under him when I’m gone for a few days (I’m sure he’ll be unhappy enough). So next we’ll work on the nighttime feeding, and those will be a hard ones to get rid of, especially since we co-sleep. While I’m very ready to let go of being sort of leashed to him because of it, It’s very bittersweet for me. Being able to breastfeed took such an investment and its a special and unique kind of bonding that I will miss as he grows into an independent little person.
bonding
July 4th, 2007
not all fun and games
July 4th, 2007
No, there will not be dessert.
Avery likes books
June 13th, 2007
You would think from the look on his face that he was just dying to know what the Very Hungry Catepillar was going to eat next. However, he mostly just wanted to put the book in his mouth.
slumberland
February 12th, 2007
UNC women's hospital
December 4th, 2006
I have to say I’ve been impressed with UNC women’s hospital so far. It’s fairly new (built 2002) and the rooms on the maternity floor are private. They have these nice big windows, and private bathrooms, and TV/VCR and most importantly, internet access! They have these little lawn furniture like couches which stretch out to make a long bed too, so that whoever is staying with you can be semi-comfortable. They have a pantry stocked with juice, milk, and healthy choice meals apparently. The nurses have all been really nice. The food sucks just like every hospital. I find the food kinda funny, because you can order all kinds of bad-for-you foods for your meals, like donuts, bacon, and cheeseburgers. I’m sure they don’t let the people who just had triple-bypass surgery have cheeseburgers, but really, you’d think they’d have healthier choices overall. The main commercial restaurant *is* a Wendy’s though. Luckily, I had Corey to bring me all kinds of good food while I’ve been here. He brought a whole box of clementine oranges, and I was well stocked with bananas, string cheese, non-corn syrup containing juice, and salads from weaver street market.
