Since the day Mavity was born we have been enjoying the bonding of mother and daughter through nursing. Apparently we have bonded enough because Mavity has decided that this is no longer for her. Maybe she is just too grown up to be seen sucking on her momma's tatas. I'm not sure the reason but I'm sure that it's happening before I'm ready. When nursing she seems to be more interested in turning around so she can see the TV. So I've decided that to keep her interested in nursing I'm going to install a TV right into my chest. This way she can watch TV and nurse all at the same time. To this idea the Daddy man said, "don't tempt me." Since she has been less and less interested in me she has become more and more interested in the bottle. I feel replaced by a piece of plastic! She would much rather have a bottle than me. That is very sad for me. I'm making light of it but thats only to hide the fact that I am broken up about it! Before she was born I had planned on nursing until she was 6 months old, I figured that would be the time that I would be going back to work. After I started nursing I changed my mind and decided that I would like to nurse her until she was 1. Well we are at 6 months and I'm not working and I would like to still nurse. But it is not to be.
I really have to just feel fortunate because some mom's can't breastfeed at all. Or they get to the point where they are ready to wean the baby and they have a hard time of it. I got to nurse for 6 months and the weaning part she did on her own. I've kind of conceded to the idea. If a bottle is what makes her happy then a bottle she will have. I'm a softy.
So, not to point out how perfect my child is but...Mav is so grown up and mature that she no longer needs or wants me to rock her sleep. I loved rocking her to sleep or at least to sleepyness. She now will fight me until I put her in her crib so that she can fall asleep on her own. Again, I know that I should feel lucky because most parents have a hard time getting their little ones to go to sleep on their own, but I enjoyed the rocking to sleep and I didn't mind her needing me to help her fall asleep.
I know what you are thinking, "WHAAA, poor Momma, has the perfect no fuss child that weans herself and goes to bed on her own, must be terrible." Well to me it's all just happening to fast and maybe I would like to keep her a tiny baby for a bit longer. The grass is always greener on the other side. And maybe I'm not really complaining that these things are happening maybe I'm just pretending to complain so I can rub it in everyone's face. Nope, I'm complaining for real. =)
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