{"id":465,"date":"2015-11-10T21:22:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T20:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/?p=465"},"modified":"2015-11-10T21:22:28","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T20:22:28","slug":"a-mothers-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/a-mothers-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"A mother’s bond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, November 10, 2015<\/p>\n

\"Finally<\/a>
6 weeks old<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Without realizing it, Maddy and I had our last nursing moments together a few nights ago.\u00a0 I knew this time was coming, I kept hanging on just a little while longer, now matter how much I wanted to wean her, I just couldn\u2019t bring myself to do it.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bonding experience that just can\u2019t be replaced.<\/p>\n

One night a couple of months ago, when she had a rough night and couldn\u2019t sleep, and all she wanted to do was nurse, I was tired, frustrated and said\u2026tomorrow we are going to start weaning.\u00a0 I\u2019m done!\u00a0 I knew it was time.\u00a0 We started slowly, dropping a session at a time.\u00a0 For a few mornings she was completely out of routine, was fussing and crying and just didn\u2019t know what to do with herself.\u00a0 After about the 4th<\/sup> day, she pulled my hand to the rocking chair, patted it, begging me to sit down.\u00a0 With those sweet blue eyes and her very limited vocabulary she pulled on my shirt and said \u201cthis mama, this\u201d.\u00a0 A moment that melted my heart and one I hope I never forget, but I knew it was a hurdle we were going to have to get past.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve slowly been eliminating all the other sessions until we were down to only one a day right before bed and sometimes in the night if she happened to wake up.\u00a0 We\u2019ve since eliminated the bedtime session, and one night a few nights later, she woke up wanting to nurse for comfort.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t last long, but I also didn\u2019t realize that was going to be our last session together.\u00a0 Since then, she has woken up other nights, and she has been fine with a few cuddles, a couple of kisses and going right back to bed.\u00a0 She didn\u2019t ask, she didn\u2019t look for it, she\u2019s done, I\u2019m done, we are done.<\/p>\n

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13 months old<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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4 months old<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s bittersweet for sure!\u00a0 I was ready, we were ready, its been a special time that I\u2019m so glad worked for us.\u00a0 But it means we are moving into another phase of life.\u00a0 She\u2019s not my baby anymore.\u00a0 She\u2019s growing up and everyday I see how much she changes and how much she\u2019s grown, and everyday I thank God that THIS is the little girl He gave us.<\/p>\n

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5 months old<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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6 weeks old<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Without realizing it, Maddy and I had our last nursing moments together a few nights ago.\u00a0 I knew this time was coming, I kept hanging on just a little while longer, now matter how much I wanted to wean her, I just couldn\u2019t bring myself to do it.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bonding experience that just can\u2019t be…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":469,"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions\/469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}