That's right I am no longer breastfeeding Daisy!
Did I have to stop? No not really. It was all going very well.
Do I feel guilty?
Honestly….No I don't!
You see I have reached the 11 month mark.
I have treated all three of my girls exactly the same. It's exactly how I wanted it to be.
I fed each of them exclusively breast milk for the first 11 months of their little lives before switching to cows milk.
That's something I'm very, very proud of.
I have given them a great start in life.
I have enjoyed the closeness breastfeeding provides.
I have experienced that overwhelming feeling of love for each of my girls and have had no difficulty bonding with either of them. I will never know if its because I fed them myself but think it must of helped.
So what's next?
I will always be a Mummy but I am no longer a milk machine.
My baby girl still gets a cuddle and her milk each night, only now it comes in a bottle. She doesn't seem to mind at all.
Now Daddy gets to feed her too.
I am not sad.
I have complete acceptance.
That part of my life is over.
Now its time for me to get my body back.
I wonder if it will ever be the same?
Probably not but we'll see.
Karen x
Katie @mummydaddyme
July 30, 2013 at 2:24 pm (11 years ago)Congratulations on feeding all your girl’s for 11 months Karen- that is amazing and you should be very proud indeed! I fed Mads for 11 months and I have no idea how long I will feed LL for. But I do know I think I will be sad when that part of my life is over. x
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July 30, 2013 at 4:45 pm (11 years ago)Thanks Katie. To be honest I’m ok. After feeding 3 babies I’m ready to claim my body back 🙂 there must be something about the 11 month mark, teeth? Xx
Sonia
August 1, 2013 at 8:34 pm (11 years ago)That is a fantastic achievement honey! Well done. Maxwell just stopped when he was about 11 months, I’d have gone for longer but it felt right that it was his call, I was a little sad that he no longer ‘needed’ me though 😉 xx
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August 2, 2013 at 8:15 am (11 years ago)I could have kept going but started getting nervous about teeth. She had bitten me once already & Rosie had been a biter! Didnt want to ruin a nice experience plus wanted to say I had treated them all the same x
Jennypaulin
August 2, 2013 at 6:00 am (11 years ago)well done Karen. i have to say that when i finished with both boys (around 9 months for both and it was mostly the that initiated the end) I was kind of ok with it and happy to get my boobs back and be able to wear nice bras again! xx
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August 2, 2013 at 8:13 am (11 years ago)Yeeehhh I’m really excited about wearing pretty underwire sets again. I had some pretty maternity ones but will be nice to have boobs back where they belong. Just need to wait few more weeks then get measured again when they’ve settled down then ill be shopping 🙂 xx