I feel like I'm never going to get done shopping. This year has been very tough with figuring out what to get the kids. The girls seem to only want clothes and shoes...Tyler only wants a memory card....Zachary doesn't know the difference so he's getting new toys for his age range along with some socks, hehe.
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The weaning is progressing. We are in our last few days of nursing:-( The decision to stop was hard for me, I know I need to before my school semester starts back up again. I don't want either of us to be uncomfortable by not being able to nurse when we aren't together. Pumping is not an option for me because I've done that in the past and it is not fun for me.
Zachary was down to two breastfeeding sessions a day. This started after he turned 6 months old. Just this past week, I took out the morning feeding and that left us with the night-time feeding. I knew that by slowing down, my milk would also decrease. The first few days were very uncomfortable because I was engorged.
Sunday night, I stopped feeding him the night-time feeding. I let him empty them out on Monday morning and now that it is Tuesday morning, I feel the left one is just about done. My right breast still has milk in it but I'll wait until tonight to let him empty it out.
Weaning is giving me a rollercoaster ride with my emotions. I'm sad one minute, happy the next, crying, and etc. Like Justin said, it's just the matter of days for it to be done. In the meantime, to help with this upheaval of emotions, I have taken over all of the bottle feedings. This was a suggestion so that we can continue our closeness at feeding while we're getting use to the change.
Zachary cut his first tooth!
Thursday, December 10, 2009 | Labels: baby, eating, food, milestone, sleep, teethOn Thanksgiving day...Mr. Z cut his first pearly white:-) Now, a few weeks later, he seems to be working on his 2nd tooth...we'll see.
Last Saturday night, Zachary visited with Santa and told Santa that he wants a Fisher Price Laugh & Learn Musical Table. However, last I checked...the main Santa didn't think it was "necessary" for him to have. Oh well...at least he'll have a few small things to open on xmas morning.
Zachary has been doing really well sleeping in his crib at night and for his naps. Hopefully this trend will continue on into childhood.
One other update, Zachary has now increased his food intake. He appears to still be hungry after being fed and fusses when I take the bowl away. So instead of giving him a cube of vegie and a cube of fruit...yesterday I offered him 2 cubes of vegie/1 cube of fruit for lunch and 2 cubes of vegie/2 cubes of fruit for dinner. I'm running out of food for him...I need to go out and buy more to make! Luckily, the Farmer's Market is this coming Sunday. Zachary has also been wanting to eat the food on our plates. This has been happening for 3 days now. Must be because I gave him some of my mashed potatoes. He is also still nursing twice a day:-)
We're taking our precious one to SeaWorld on Saturday. Grandma won 2 SW tix and gave them to us...the older kids don't mind because they go to SW all the time and don't care to go right now...cool!
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