Ashlyn is coming up on her 1 year birthday next week, and I have made it the whole year soley breastfeeding her. She did not have one single bottle of formula. The days I couldn't feed her she got stored breast milk. My mom told me she made it to a year with all of her kids. I remember thinking I'll be proud of myself if I get to 6 months. Well 6 months came and went like a breeze and I knew there was no reason to not give her those vital nutrients and immunity from me. We started organic whole milk last week and I cut out the daytime nursing. She took to that like nothing so I went ahead and dropped the other feedings this week. She is now almost totally drinking whole milk. I do pump in the evening so that she still has a little breast milk mixed into her bottles and it helps with the engorgment. We tried the sippy cup and she wasn't quite ready for milk out of that yet, but she dropped breast feeding like it was no big deal.
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Way to go Linds- I am proud of you too! I am rounding off my year of breastfeeding too (although I have tried to "prep" him for milk this month with some formula before bed).. it is not easy- especially when people look at you like your from Mars when you tell people you are STILL breastfeeding your 8-9-11 month old! Way to go girl!!! p.s. I can't believe our babies are going to be one! I feel like yesterday we were exchanging the play by plays of their births!!
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