Weaning

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.