Bittersweet

This past week has been pretty bittersweet. We have been working so hard on getting Noah into a good sleep routine, one that involved no more nursing at nighttime. We started the day before Halloween and he has come so far! We have successfully night weaned, and he sleeps pretty much through the night only wakes up one time around 2am. I have felt so good about it and all the hard nights have paid off, and Ozzie has been such a great help I definitely could not have done it with out him. Well this past Saturday I nursed Noah to sleep for his afternoon nap, he slept his usual hour and wanted to nurse when he woke up at 1pm so I nursed him before we headed out to run some errands and he has NOT nursed since!!!! I knew that it was coming at that I was going to have to wean him sooner than later, being pregnant and exhausted, but I wasn't quite ready yet. Obviously he was and he has been fine, only asking me a few times for it and I am just able to distract his attention onto something else. He lets me rock him to sleep and has not nursed at all since last Saturday! I just can't believe it, I am so proud of my little guy for being so good with it, and I have to say I am proud of myself too I did not think it was going to ever happen or be so easy! I guess when they are ready they are ready and he has found his new comfort in his Mickey doll he sleeps with him, holds him when I am rocking him and has become so attached to it, but it is a little sad. I know in about 8 more months I will be at it again, however I will always cherish the 15.5 months I had with Noah and I am really going to miss our special time together. :(

The sweetest thing ever!