We did it! Abel is weaned!

It wasn’t as painful as I thought it was going to be for either of us. The first few days when I tried to give him a bottle at night, he looked at me like I was crazy woman. I really only had to weaned him from the morning and night feedings, since he already was taking a bottle during the day. I decided I didn’t want to just stop cold turkey. That would be too hard on him and too hard on me and my body.

I decided I would nurse him for a few minutes and then give him a bottle for the last part of his feeding. It was tricky at first, but each day it got better and better. Each day I would have the nursing time get shorter and shorter. And then on Wed, I realized bedtime was approaching and he hadn’t nursed and he was acting just fine. And just like that, our nursing days were over.

It is definitely a bittersweet moment for me. I think we were both ready, but I will miss the “magic” that breastfeeding did. It had an instant calming effect on him. Plus, as soon as he started nursing he would close his eyes and fall asleep. It even happened the last day he nursed. It would always bring me back to those first few days of his life when we were both trying to figure this nursing thing out. Even though he has change so much in one year, when he would nurse and fall asleep I would see my little infant baby in my arms. Alright enough sentimental talk.

“Hey Abel, we are going to stop nursing.”

“Don’t be so sad, baby.”

We going to still have lots of fun together.

A few other pics from “around the Nickerson house”.

Those eyes and lips melt my hearty EVERY morning.

My dad stopped by and surprised us one day last week. Abel always loves to see his poppy.