This morning was the last time I will ever nurse Rigdon.
Sniff, Sniff, Sniff
I never thought I would ever love nursing my baby. I cried when I stopped with Cambryn 6mo and Brayden 6 weeks. Personally I think it is a very personal decision to make whether or not to nurse your baby. I have a hard time because I gain so much weight while I nurse. I obviously have no self control. With Cambryn I also stressed every time I nursed her. It was so uncomfortable for me to be around other people and try to not flash everyone (thank you hooter hiders)! After reading a ton of articles and talking to my pediatrician I really felt that I should nurse as long as possible.
My goal was to nurse for a year. Jay made the comment yesterday as Brayden was having another asthma attack (he has had too many to count since Monday) that he was so grateful that I nursed Rigdon for a year. Brayden was always sick as a baby and child. And he has horrible allergies and asthma. I know everyone is different. I know you can nurse 24/7 and still have a sick child. I will never know with Brayden if nursing would have helped. I don't know if it really makes that much of a difference but Rigdon has only been sick once. Even when everyone else has been deathly ill around him. We have been so lucky and blessed. I just pray that he doesn't get asthma---
It is a sacrifice to nurse. But I am so glad that I did and am heart broken to stop. I really enjoyed the bond with my baby. I love how he holds my hand when I feed him and his little hand patting my back. I will miss it! Oh I love my Baby. Okay enough crying. I am not giving up snuggle time with him in the morning. By morning I mean from 4am on. Yup he doesn't sleep through the night. Boy I sure have gone soft :)
On the brighter side--My weight loss Starts today!!!! Yeah
Friday, April 25, 2008
I did it!
Posted by cyndi at 5:47 PM
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You and me baby! This weight loss thing sucks, we should have a contest. With a big prize at the end. Sorry about the nursing thing, I totally understand. I never made it to a year. :(
Cyndi you are an amazing mom and person. Good job for nursing as long as you did. And good luck I wish you were here so we could go to the gym together again.
Okay I nursed Kennedy 5 months, MacKenzie 6months and grayson is still going (almost 6 months) and he is my FIRST to get asthma! Figure that one out. The girls... never sick, of course now they will be because I said "never". I think you did all you could do. AND they're loved on top of it and they're always SUPER cute!!! :)
Way to go! Seriously, that is awesome. And I totally know how you feel. I nursed Owen for a whole year even though I was already prego again. He is never sick, or if he does get a runny nose it is gone in a day or two. Aidan I could only nurse for 4 months. He gets sick really easy. But they are different kids and you never know the impact nursing will have on them.
Good luck with the marathon training. Not that you will have time now with all your sewing orders! :)
Way to go! My girls all weaned themselves around 7 months. Except Sarah, she got so used to tube feedings and bottles in the NICU she only made it to 5.5 months and that was a fight, it was mostly me pumping. I'm proud of you and sad with you too. Good luck on the weight loss, I should follow suit!
okay, first of all, your pictures are gorgeous.
I nursed two of my five. I nursed Andy the longest, 4 months, and he is my only child with asthma. Go figure.
Asthma stinks.
I miss nursing Amelia. She had many ear infections as a baby and still gets them. I nursed her for 14 months and didn't want to stop. I had to cause I was super light headed from the combination of morning sickness-no keeping much down, and nursing. It will be ok. And he will love to cuddle with you. Amelia stopped cold turky and it was hard on both of us. It took awhile for her to re-warm up to being that close to me with out nursing. My mom nursed me a long time- a year+, and I still have allergies and asthma. You never know.
You're such a cute mommy!! you'll have lots of other times to cuddle with rig-e-bear-toe! i love you! good luck on your talk tomorrow!!
I totally understand too. I nursed both girls til 17 months, and it is bittersweet to wean. I'm going to wean Will at 12 months, he's not so attached to nursing as the girls were, but yeah, they are so sweet and snuggle and content when they nurse. But it is waaaaay nice to finally have your body back. Good luck with your goals! Soon there will be some hot mama pictures on this blog!
Good for you Cyndi for making it to a whole year! I know nursing is hard. It was for me too. My kids didn't wean very easily though. They didn't wean until they were two! LOL
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