Officially Weened

Well we made it to just about 16 months of nursing and this girl is officially weened. 

The weening process went so much smoother than the scenario I conjured up in my head.  I thought I was going to need some big plan to put nursing to rest, but one morning I woke up with the feeling it was time and that I needed to stop TODAY. So, that's what I did. We began on a Thursday {2/27/14} and didn't look back.  She asked for it a little bit and put up a small fight but quickly realized it was gone. Her nursing days were over. Jade began sleeping through the night immediately.  It was a dream. I could not believe that weening had solved our sleeping problems as easily as everyone had said it would.  Until we went to St. George.  She woke up every night for 2-3 hours the whole time we were there. Man, oh man did I miss nursing then.  I could always nurse her right back to sleep when she awoke in the middle of the night.  However, that is not the only reason I miss nursing. I absolutely loved nursing and the bond it created between Jade and I. I will forever be grateful for my time and experience I had nursing my sweet babe.  It was easy for me and made sense to me. It was a crutch and a cure. And we both loved it. I hope it will always come easily and naturally for me with my future babies because I am way too forgetful to be packing around formula and bottles. It was always a comfort to know I had what my baby needed on tap and it was one less thing for me to think about. I have nothing against bottle feeding and think you should do what works best for you and your baby, but I will always be an advocate for nursing. You can't knock it until you try it- or give it an honest attempt.  Nursing is magical and packed with a long list of benefits - this rang true for me. My wish is that is could ring true for every mother but I understand that is not always the case. You've got to do what works best for you. In the future, I hope nursing will still work best for me because there really is just nothing like it.