It seems like this was yesterday.
Except, it wasn’t. It was eight months ago, and a lot has changed
He gave up breastfeeding this week.
I am…conflicted about it. Not because I’m worried about having to feed him formula (we’ve been down that road before), but because it signals the beginning of the end for me. The end of him being a baby. He’s growing so quickly and becoming a freaking toddler and, as difficult as it is, I like the baby stage. I really, really do. Every day he does something new, grows a little bit more, and gets further and further from the baby stage. He doesn’t want to breastfeed anymore. He wants to eat bagels and pizza and crackers and he probably even wants to drink beer.
He’s my last baby. As hard as it is for me to type that sentence, I know it’s true. I won’t ever be pregnant again, or give birth, or have a newborn, or breastfeed another child. Unless I go all Rebecca DeMornay in “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.” Which would never happen, I don’t like breastfeeding *that* much.
Thankfully, he’s so adorable and fun lately that it pretty much makes up for the fact that he refuses to remain a tiny little baby. Even if I am a little sad to see it all end.
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I love him!
I love you!
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He’s gorgeous. It’s hard knowing you have had your last but only for a while, it too passes.
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I’ve been reading your blog for awhile, but have never commented. My baby girl is just a week or so older than Ollie! Jenna will be 9 mos on 5/19 and she is also my last baby, I have two other girls 15 and 9. My sentiments echo yours EXACTLY! It is so hard, and it makes me so sad, but I also know she’s my last.
Ollie is an adorable little guy!!!!
I feel you so much on this girl. Of course mine is SO far out of the baby stage at this point that it’s unreal. And not fair how fast time flies…
He’s so precious. I love all the pics you post of him.
Thank you so much for this post. Eight weeks from now my last will be born and it’s such a nice reminder of how quickly the time goes and the importance of savoring each minute.
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Such a cute little guy. I had similar feelings when my baby (who just turned one!) stopped nursing around the same age. It was for the best for our family’s crazy life, but still bittersweet. I don’t know for sure that I will not have another baby, although that is what we think right now. I’m full of so many conflicting feelings. Thank goodness for sweet baby cheeks to distract us from them.