Weaning

By Jamie

I have not been nursing Mason, but I have been pumping and giving him the expressed milk in a bottle (and supplementing with Similac) since he was 2 days old.  Well...this weekend I will be heading to an Indoor Water Park with the youth group, and I did not want to be attached to the pump all weekend, so I decided it would be a good time to wean!  All I can say is....OUCHHHHHH!!!  Yesterday was Day #1, and quite painful!!  But I made it through by pumping a couple minutes every 4-5 hours, icing, and taking Advil.  Today is Day #2 and has been much better.  I can see a drastic decrease in my milk supply, and I think I'm on track to be totally done by Thursday (we leave on Friday).  I will update in a couple days!

I was a little sad at the decision to stop, as I originally wanted to get through the winter months by giving him at least some breast milk every day.  But, I guess it's good that he had 4 months of it (even though it was only about 10 oz per day).  He will start on cereal next week anyway.  Jim will need prayer over the weekend, as he has a big meeting on Monday so he'll be working from home all weekend while taking care of the M&Ms without me!

:)Jamie