Momentous day.

Today was momentous for us, not for what happened, but for what didn't happen. Kellan did not nurse at all today and it has been several weeks since I have pumped milk. I have been trying the "don't offer, don't refuse" method. I also think it helped that last week we were out of our routine somewhat because of our vacation. He is 20 months old and I was aiming for 18 months, so I'm very happy with that. I will miss our time together, but it will also be a relief to soon be "free" of the additional time it took.

It was so cute the past couple of months when he would run to get the Boppy pillow and carry it to the couch. He has always liked to kick his feet around while he nurses, and sometimes used to rest a foot on my shoulder; but the bigger he gets, the stronger he kicks, which is not good when he ends up kicking Mommy (like in the nose)!

So, it seems that the end of my nursing time with Kellan will be much less dramatic than it was with Logan. When Logan was 16 months old (I was also aiming for 18 months with him), I got very sick with a bad gastro illness and was given a strong antibiotic that could be passed through breastmilk and potentially be dangerous to Logan. I was told to not nurse for one week. We (Justin and I) decided to not go back to it after the week was over. I felt so terrible for weaning him so abruptly. Looking back on it, I might have handled it differently.